Findings Quote by John Bradshaw

“Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self…” quote by John Bradshaw — Download Open image

“Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings)

Findings Hell Knowing Knowing who you are Life Live your own life Living Your Own Life Opinion Self True self Who you are

More by John Bradshaw

Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking…

John Bradshaw

Image

“Generally speaking, most of our vital, spontaneous, instinctual life gets shamed. Children are shamed for being too rambunctious, for wanting things and for laughing…

John Bradshaw

Image

“A covert kind of sexual abuse occurs when Dad or Mom talk about sex in front of the children when the age level of…

John Bradshaw

Image

I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they cant feel anymore.

John Bradshaw

Image

“Love-that which biologists, nervous about being misunderstood call "attachment"-fuels the bond between dog and master or mistress.”

John Bradshaw

Image

“(b) Boundary Violation. This involves children witnessing parents in sexual behavior. They may walk in on it because parents don’t provide closed or locked…

John Bradshaw

Image

“A toxically shamed person is divided within himself and must create a false-self cover-up to hide his sense of being flawed and defective. You…

John Bradshaw

Image

I define a 'good person' as somebody who is fully conscious of their own limitations. They know their strengths, but they also know their…

John Bradshaw

Image

“The ego defense of conversion transforms developmental needs into the need for something else. This could be food, money or excessive attention. In Max’s…

John Bradshaw

Image

“In fact, the most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star…

John Bradshaw

Image

“If our primary caregivers are shame-based, they will act shameless and pass their toxic shame onto us. There is no way to teach self-value…

John Bradshaw

Image

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

John Bradshaw

Image

Explore all 178 John Bradshaw quotes

More Findings quotes

“We will all, at some point in our lives, fall. Every single one of us. We shouldn't spend our time trying to avoid falling.…

Nicole Williams

Image

The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting…

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Image

Enjoying life isn't about finding the answers, but living the questions.

Sue Margolis

Image

You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding…

Janet Evanovich

Image

In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding…

Jerry A. Coyne

Image

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his…

David McCullough

Image

One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else.…

D. Elton Trueblood

Image

I kind of pride myself on coming onto things that are well-oiled machines and finding a way to bring what I bring and fit…

Rob Lowe

Image

But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete.

Jodi Picoult

Image

Max—you have a bigger mission than finding the flock's parents. Focus on helping the whole world, not just your friends. I held my wings…

James Patterson

Image

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are…

Anonymous

Image

What is entrepreneurship, after all? Bigness is not the issue. Poor people are the ones who take challenges every day. The guy who sells…

Muhammad Yunus

Image

Browse all 3,235 Findings quotes

Findings Quote by John Bradshaw

Related quotes

More by John Bradshaw

More Findings quotes