Abuse Quote by Diane Langberg

“Their experiences led them to create assumptions about others and related beliefs about themselves such as "this is my lot in life" and "this…

— Christine A. Courtois

“psychologically abusive people set out to take down the biggest challenge that presented itself at the time. The abuser sees it as a huge…

— Shannon Thomas

“If abuse is to cease, and genuine love, respect, and trust are to be restored to the family picture- indeed to humanity's universal picture-…

— Moriah S. St. Clair

“Perpetrators of abuse often make their victims believe that they are somehow responsible for their own abuse. Such misplaced notions shift the blame of…

— Mallika Nawal

“Frequently, the emotional homicide is happening while other people go on clamoring about what a great guy or gal the abuser is and how…

— Shannon Thomas

“Though, the type of abuse differs from each individual, all survivors of child abuse deal with a certain extent of trauma, consciously or unconsciously.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“The damage done through abuse is awful and heinous, but minor compared to the dynamics that distort the victim’s relationship with God and rob…

— Dan B. Allender

“By developing a contaminated, stigmatized identity, the child victim takes the evil of the abuser into herself and thereby preserves her primary attachments to…

— Judith Lewis Herman

“Because the victims are “only children,” their distress is trivialized. But in twenty years’ time these children will be adult who will feel compelled…

— Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child

“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

“Psychologically abusive families can never be without a targeted victim. Otherwise, they would have to look at their own individual issues and deal with…

— Shannon Thomas

“One disturbing aspect of abuse and harassment is the idea that it’s not the crime that’s the betrayal but the testimony about the crime.…

— Rebecca Solnit