274 Quotes About Abuse-survivors
- Author Damian Barr
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Mary the Canary lives in a cloud of perfume and colours. She's an auxiliary nurse by day and a country and western singer by night: bed pans and power ballass. She's so glamorous she makes Mrs Hart look plain. She is the other woman and I'm bring trained to hate her even though I've never met her.
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- Author Katherine McIntyre
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Since her time in the necromancer’s clutches, she was still recovering lost memories from the quicksand of her mind. They’d drop like nuclear bombs, freezing her at the worst time as visuals which should’ve stayed forever buried bubbled to the surface.
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- Author C. Kennedy
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I am small.So are stars from a distance. It's all a matter of perspective.
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- Author Zachary Quinto
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I found myself in a pattern of being attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized was that I was protecting myself because I equate the idea of connection and love with trauma and death.
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- Author Chinonye J. Chidolue
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Her eyes bled from venomous anger...Her flower had been gruesomely deflowered...Her life had slowly turned into a blunder...There was no more thinking further....She would rather become a Foetus murderer Than end up a "hopeless" mother....Of course, she found peace in the formerUntil later years of emotional traumaOh, the foetus hunt was forever!The only thing you should abort is the thought of aborting your baby. Stop the hate and violence against innocent children.
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- Author Mark M. Bello
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The old man reached behind his head and unlatched his necklace . . . and retrieved the solid gold Star of David pendant attached to it. Max handed the pendent to his grandson.
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- Author David L. Calof
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She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to find out why." Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to: it's too painful to believe that their parents would do such a thing.
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#abuse #incest #post-traumatic-stress-disorder #posttraumatic-stress-disorder #ptsd #subconscious #subconscious-mind #survivors #trauma-memories #traumatic-experiences #healing-insights #healing-from-abuse #healing #abuse-survivors #abusive-parents #avoidance #child-abuse #child-rape #childhood-abuse #defense-mechanism
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- Author Dee Brown
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The damage and invisible scars of emotional abuse are very difficult to heal, because memories are imprinted on our minds and hearts and it takes time to be restored. Imprints of past traumas do not mean a person cannot change their future beliefs and behaviors. as people, we do not easily forget. However, as we heal, grieve, and let go, we become clear-minded and focused to live restore and emotionally healthy.
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- Author Glennon Doyle
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I learned that I'd never be free from pain but I could be free from the fear of pain, and that was enough. [...]The fire of pain won't consume me. I can burn and burn and live. I can live on fire. I am fireproof.Second: I can use pain to become.
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