Toxic people Quote by Shannon Thomas

A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they've trusted take responsibility, and that is what's toxic.

— Hannah Gadsby

“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

“until victims know deep in their souls that it is a choice to be an abuser, they will continue to entertain pity for toxic…

— Shannon Thomas

“It is a source of power and entertainment for a toxic person to destroy an originally healthy and happy person. This point is often…

— Shannon Thomas

“Abusers get one more opportunity to covertly insult the survivor when they say, “If only…”   Toxic”

— Shannon Thomas

“Normal people don’t play all the toxic games psychological abusers do, and yet, survivors end up initially blaming themselves.”

— 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

“Many Survivors blame themselves for the abuse and continue to feel responsible and guilty for anything bad that happens to them or to other…

— Carolyn Ainscough

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

— Shannon Thomas

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

— Shannon Thomas

We should hold abusers — and no one else — responsible for the damage they inflict.

— Leslie Morgan Steiner

“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