Abuse-survivors Quote by C. Kennedy Download Open image ““Abuse doesn't define you.”” — C. Kennedy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abuse-survivors Abused children Glbtq Lgbtq Young adult Young-adult-fiction Young-adult-novels Young-adult-romance
“The abuse does not define you or have the last word on your identity. Yes, it is part of your story, but not the… — Lindsey A. Holcomb Copy Share Image
“When anyone abuses you verbally, do not react. Because the very words that they are using against you are the very words that they… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“Just because...you've been abused in your life, doesn't ever give you the right to go out and abuse others.” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“Abuse ambushed my life, I could not love myself truly and could never have a healthy relationship, they were either abused or completely impaired.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I love the idea that an abuse can be negated. And that the things most often disabused are notions.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Abuse is never contained to a present moment, it lingers across a person’s lifetime and has pervasive long-term ramifications.” — Lorraine Nilon Copy Share Image
“If the relationship you had in the past or the one you have now is with a person or people who consistently make you… — Gregory L. Jantz Copy Share Image
“When you truly love yourself, you do not accept abusive relationships, because you know you deserve better.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
“In your whole life nobody has ever abused you more than you have abused yourself. And the limit of your self-abuse is exactly the… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
“Sadly, that is exactly what happened. You were fully being yourself and the abuser was a chameleon. The abuser morphed to fit your ideal… — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“If I were free, as a physician, to say what I pleased, I would tell every abused person I see that there is an… — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Sadb spoke quickly, defensively. “Merry wish me return a message to ye, but ye did not give ye say-so to do so. So, he… — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I don’t mean to take the bow off the end of your rain, but you gotta be smart about your first boyfriend.” — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.” — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“That's right, stupid little voice, bash all my hopes and dreams. Shut up and tell me how to start a conversation with someone who… — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“no recovery from trauma is possible without attending to issues of safety, care for the self, reparative connections to other human beings, and a… — Janina Fisher Copy Share Image
“I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?” — Eskay Teel Copy Share Image
“In spite of the horror, in spite of the tragedy, in spite of the weeks of sleepless nights, I'm finally alive. I'm not pretending.… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“The more I focus my time and energy on withstanding a real life, I am able to overcome and come out victorious.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The capacity for dissociation enables the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need for attachment in spite of the fact that principal attachment… — Warwick Middleton Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons a survivor finds it so difficult to see herself as a victim is that she has been blamed repeatedly for… — Diane Langberg Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us won't "just… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Dissociated trauma memories don't reveal themselves like ordinary memories. Like pieces of a puzzle, they escape the primitive part of our brain where the… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“When you accept things as they are, you allow yourself to make choices, that will help create the change you seek.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“There came a time in my life when I had to admit to myself that I have some very clear narcissistic tendencies. Ironically, it… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
