Abuse Quote by Lundy Bancroft

“Abuse changes who we are, it changes who we become, It changes how we move in the world – And so does kindness”

— Nikki Rosen

“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

“Abuse is never deserved, it is an exploitation of innocence and physical disadvantage, which is perceived as an opportunity by the abuser.”

— Lorraine Nilon

“Abuse can take many forms. It always involves a boundary violation, although every boundary violation is not necessarily abuse.”

— Adelyn Birch

“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

“Childhood abuse is the misuse of power and control which leads to wrong.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“When we don’t honor ourselves, we are coming into agreement with the abuser’s toxic agenda. We end up abusing ourselves too.   While”

— Shannon Thomas

“To be defined by another is the worst form of abuse”

— Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban

“The internal system of an abuse victim differs from the non-abuse system with regard to the consistent absence of the effective leadership, the extreme…

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

“Abuse is never contained to a present moment, it lingers across a person’s lifetime and has pervasive long-term ramifications.”

— Lorraine Nilon

“psychological abusers damage others – not out of impaired judgement – but because they enjoy the control they gain from abusing people.”

— Shannon Thomas

“A home where a woman is abused is a small-scale model of much larger oppressive systems that work in remarkably similar ways. Many of…

— Lundy Bancroft