1,745 Quotes About Abuse

Gaslighting is implanted narratives cloaked in secrecy.

Their manipulation is psychological and emotionally devastating – and very dangerous, especially considering the brain circuitry for emotional and physical pain are one and the same (Kross, 2011). What a victim feels when they are punched in the stomach can be similar to the pain a victim feels when they are verbally and emotionally abused, and the effects of narcissistic abuse can be crippling and long-lasting, even resulting in symptoms of PTSD or Complex PTSD.

Forgiveness is not giving the other person permission to reoffend. However, if I don’t forgive, the person that I’ll be reoffending is myself.

There are so many people more concerned with how a relationship makes them look, rather than their own personal well-being. They hide the truth, many times behind a pretty white picket fence. Appearances are their very first priority, so they hang on to the relationship despite the abuse.

There is only so much environmental abuse a body can take before it gives up.

She used all of her skills to charm me. I now know this was narcissistic charm and just a tactic of abuse.

God is the source of life. Life without God is hopeless. But life with God is an endless hope

As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.

As we are advocating for the freedom of the press all over the world, we should also ensure that the press men and women are not corrupt people in journalism. If not, the purpose of the press freedom is already defeated.