Child abuse Quote by Alice Little

“With gratitude, I have become a healing balm to thousands of people, if not more, who have suffered child abuse, sibling abuse, a dysfunctional…

— Dana Arcuri CTRC

“I have met many, many severely distressed people whose daily lives are filled with the agony of both remembered and unremembered trauma, who try…

— Carolyn Spring

“WHE YOU FOCUS ON HEALING AND OVERCOME A TRAGEDY OR CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE, YOU BECOME A SURVIVOR, NOT A VICTIM ANYMORE.”

— Linda Alfiori

“Shame is the bane of my existence both as a trauma therapist and as a survivor, as it is one of the most difficult…

— Amanda Ann Gregory

“Empathy heals shame; sympathy exacerbates shame. We don't want people to feel sorry for us; we want people to be with us.”

— Brené Brown

“More and more, it seems to me that compassion dwells in the tough, not the tender-hearted, because it requires us to come to terms…

— Ann Nietzke

“we all have more than our share of pains and sorrow. Embarrassments and things that haunt us. From that, no one is ever immune,…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“The sick person becomes very adept at distinguishing between compassion and pity. Compassion is someone else’s suffering flaring in your own nerves. Pity is…

— Christian Wiman

“What kind of person is void of compassion? A heartless one. But alas, compassion cannot exist without the endurance of afflictions.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“If you see a person who is suffering from misery and sadness, wash it away with your compassion and kindness.”

— Debasish Mridha

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the…

— Giovanni Boccaccio

“And compassion really begins, the real seed of it is not thinking that you have some sort of special problem that isolates you from…

— Barry Boyce