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- Child abuse damages a person for life and that damage is in no way diminished by the ignorance of the perpetrator. It is only with…
- The only possible recourse a baby has when his screams are ignored is to repress his distress, which is tantamount to mutilating his soul, for…
- The abused children are alone with their suffering, not only within the family, but also within themselves. They cannot crate a place in their own…
- Only the mourning for what one has missed at the crucial time can lead to real healing.
- The results of any traumatic experience, such as abuse, can only be resolved by experiencing, articulating, and judging every facet of the original experience within…
- Regression to the stage of early infancy is not a suitable method in and of itself. Such a regression can only be effective if it…
- Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to…
- Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional acceptance of the…
- Where there had been only fearful emptiness or equally frightening grandiose fantasies, an unexpected wealth of vitality is now discovered. This is not a homecoming,…
- The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her, and…
- One can only remember what has been consciously experienced.
- One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not to listen to…
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- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
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