Second guessing Quote by Shannon Thomas

“Survivors often get to a point in recovery where they can predict the responses of the toxic person.”

— Shannon Thomas

“I have been known to tell survivors, who are remaining in contact with intensely toxic people, that I cannot continue to work with them…

— Shannon Thomas

“The survivor delivers this message in a firm and clear tone of voice, not mad or screaming. Just stating the facts. Take it or…

— Shannon Thomas

“Some abusers on the middle-to-high end of the toxicity spectrum have absolutely no reservations about damaging survivors in any way possible, even to their…

— Shannon Thomas

“You're a survivor. Each one of you. And survivors don't have the luxury of acting like regular people. We do what we have to…

— Deanna Roy

“Survival depends on denial, and death comes swiftly to those who forsake it.”

— B.G. Bowers

“Through No Contact, survivors can find ever-increasing distance from the malice that almost permanently ruined their lives.”

— Shannon Thomas

“We are all survivors, right up until the point we are not.”

— Claire Evans

“Eliminating the toxicity in your life is not a failure. It's curative and courageous and never, ever easy.”

— Pam Godwin

“Survivors' accounts reveal activities which are not only criminal but deliberately and brutally sadistic almost beyond belief.”

— Susan C. Van Benschoten

“I decided that my initial survival strategy would involve declaring my complete ignorance of what was going on. This would not,naturally, be terribly hard…

— Lia Habel

“It is my personal opinion that all survivors can go from victim to victor and live more than a survivor.”

— Patricia Dsouza