84 Quotes About Abuse-recovery
- Author Assunta Harris
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You're a survivor because every day you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness
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- Author Assunta Harris
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Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.
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- Author Jyoti Patel
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No matterhow strong you areas a personloving a weak manis likesucking the bloodout of your bodydrop by dropby your own lips- abusive relations
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- Author Lundy Bancroft
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When a man starts my program, he often says, “I am here because I lose control of myself sometimes. I need to get a better grip.” I always correct him: "Your problem is not that you lose control of yourself, it’s that you take control of your partner. In order to change, you don’t need to gain control over yourself, you need to let go of control of her.
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- Author Michael Bihovsky
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Empathy is not the same as approval. And explaining something is not the same as excusing it. But if you want to change people, if you want to reduce terrible things like domestic violence, first you need to understand that such monsters do not usually come out of nowhere. They are usually created, in a stream of abuse that can go back for generations.
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- Author La Toya Jackson
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It doesn't matter how rich or poor a person is, what gender or social class, or how much fame or education she possesses. Verbal, mental, and physical abuse can happen to anyone. It doesn't matter what a woman’s ethnicity is because the only distinguishing color of abuse is black-and-blue.
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- Author C.J. Fallowfield
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You're gay. I'm safe with you. Castle's not.""(...) But me being gay doesn't make you safe in my company, Alex. Me choosing not to hurt you makes you safe. Gay, bi or straight, it doesn't matter, it's about respect for another human being and making the choice not to commit violence against them.
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- Author Peggi Speers
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I love you but I got to love me more.
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- Author Jeanne McElvaney
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You can recognize survivors of abuse by their courage. When silence is so very inviting, they step forward and share their truth so others know they aren't alone.
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