Abuse-survivors Quote by Patricia Dsouza Download Open image ““Burst the Anguish Within! Allow it to pierce every nerve deep in your skin.”” — Patricia Dsouza ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abuse-survivors Anguish Grief Inspirational Motivational Past Suffering
“How could a feeling that leaves you so hollow be a pain that is so sharp?” — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“There are various wounds to describe our hurts;the deepest one is the most painful.” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“There is a blinding flash, a pain that rips through me for one searing instant, a silent scream from my broken body. For the… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“The sting and pain of my Mark was nothing compared to the pain I'm feeling now. It's a scraping deep down, a dull blade… — RaeLynn Fry Copy Share Image
“The wounded can inflict the most painful wound without hesitation.” — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it takes the knife that emotionally pierces our heart, to pierce the walls that lie in front of it.” — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Love’s a knife with pain and ecstasy converging at the piercing tip.” — Jorge David Awe Copy Share Image
“Grief—in all of its agony—burrowed deep into her essence, its serrated edges killing her piece by piece.” — R. W. Patterson Copy Share Image
“The sole reason I stand to open it up now is that lots of people who are in pain just like I was, and… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I CREATE my OWN DREAMS! I alone have the POWER to DESTROY or FULFILL them” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The way in which the child is manipulated pulls them into considering the lies.” — Patricia Dsouza 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
“Being survivors signifies that we have recognized that we have been through a lot that should never have taken place and we now hope… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“They illustrate that since no one really loves or cares for them, why should they love or care for themselves?” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“If a child is abused by a family member, most likely they blame themselves for the integral act of abuse than those that are… — Patricia Dsouza 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
“Children are naive, they don’t possess enough skills to be able to recognize the balance between the truth and a lie.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“when these little ones don’t receive the love, they need in their homes, they seek attention outside.” — Patricia Dsouza 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
“SPEAK TO THE CHILD WITHIN YOU: Tell the child within you, the one that has remained buried that the “adult” in you is positively… — Patricia Dsouza 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. I feel real. I'm not playing charades anymore. I wouldn't go back to the way I was for anything. I'm really like a different person. I'm where I am, and I'm making the most of it.… — Ellen Bass Copy Share
“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 the abuse: "If you weren't such a whore, this wouldn't have to happen." Each time she is used and trashed, she becomes further convinced of her innate badness. She sees herself participating in forbidden sexual activity… — Diane Langberg Copy Share
“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 trauma has been stored without words. These starkly vivid and detailed images are defined by our five senses and emotions, but there is no 'story'. So we are left trying to comprehend the incomprehensible while trying… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share
“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 occurred during the writing of my book The Emotionally Abused Woman. As I listed the symptoms of narcissism, I was amazed to find that I recognized myself in the description of the disorder. It should have… — Beverly Engel Copy Share
