Child-abuse-survivor Quote by Wendy Hoffman Download Open image ““Had I not been dissociative, I never would have survived.”” — Wendy Hoffman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Child-abuse-survivor Defence-mechanisms Dissociation Dissociative Dissociative-disorders Dissociative-identity-disorder Mental health Psychological-defense
“What was inside him would never go away. What had happened would never not have happened.” — Paul Russell Copy Share Image
“I’D NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO HOW I WOULD die — though I’d had reason enough in the last few months — but even… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“I don't know what I would have done without you." "You would have been just fine, I think.” — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
“I don't think I would have survived that had you not been there. I told you before that your my light, my Sunshine, and… — Harper Sloan Copy Share Image
“I felt disincarnate, cut loose from myself. How it would feel to be back in my body again I couldn’t imagine.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“I would have stayed.” Her words were muffled against my shirt. “If you’d asked, I would have stayed.” My heart swelled with emotion. I… — Leylah Attar Copy Share Image
“It's not like I ever thought I'd live forever - or wanted to - but it had never occurred to me that I might… — Tanya Byrne Copy Share Image
“If it’s any consolation, I don’t think I would’ve had it in me to be his friend if we’d broken up. I would’ve wanted… — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
“This is my fault. If you’d never met me, this wouldn’t have happened.” “If I’d never met you, I would never gotten to hold… — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
“I decided that if I survived I would never do what Father had done, never defer to anyone’s judgment or refuse to look clear-eyed… — Phyllis T. Smith Copy Share Image
“As an adult, it shatters me that the child parts of my mind froze at those ages, didn't develop, and continued to believe the… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“This book is not for the delicate or for people who are convinced the world is fine just the way it is.” — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Scientists, doctors, and trained ordinary citizens use drugs and torture to render children machines that do others' bidding. The commands these perpetrators put in… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“People don't make decisions within these sorts of groups. They try to avoid more torture. Then they are tortured into thinking they made a… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I wanted my mother to love me. Despite all the torture and brutality.” — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The concentration camps were a laboratory for the Nazis. They put the minorities and intellectuals in there because the general population wouldn't mind losing… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I imagine everyone wears layered masks, and parades around a variety or panoply of false selves depending on the occasion. Normal people do that… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I imagine everyone wears layered masks, and parades around a variety or panoply of false selves depending on the occasion.” — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Put an End to "CHILD" Pedophilia in Liberia. Our Boys and Girls must learn, not be taken advantage off, by men/women, perhaps, "SOME" government… — Henry Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
“I lived through this horror, and no one can tell me I have to stay quiet. "I have been silenced long enough, and I… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“I felt like I needed to comfort both the little girl inside me and my mother, assuring them that neither of them could have… — Erin Merryn 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.… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
“I can no longer deny that bad things happened to me. I can’t be absolutely sure what happened to me, or who did them… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“I had never before considered that people near me might have problems that were not caused by me. I had been created to please… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
“dissociating put me at higher risk for attacks in my neighborhood and at school, making me more easily identified by sexual predators” — Olga Trujillo Copy Share Image
“Controlling my environment was still a compelling need for me. I did everything I could to not be surprised by anything... Looking back, I… — Olga Trujillo Copy Share Image
“As I faced each tragedy in my life, I learned to reach into the depth of my soul for strength and determination. Through this… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“The adult incest survivor is likely to become involved in sexual relationships with older or more powerful people…There is little room for intimacy and… — E. Sue Blume Copy Share Image
“We are all born same, we are completely cute, innocent, sweet, and we need that reflection of ourselves as little human beings to live,… — Anneke Lucas Copy Share Image
“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in my life… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
