1,745 Quotes About Abuse

There's always something in it for the person who is allowing to be taken advantage of." Psychotherapist David in Type 1 Sociopath

You have to reach out to your inner-abuser and make peace. You can't live your life as your own worst enemy!

Helpers carry a heavy load, they listen, love, cry, and often go into the depths of others’ pain. They sometimes enter darkness that no person should have to step into: the darkness of the abuse of a child, of mental health, of our cultural propensity to sit back and do nothing about it. They bear this each day.

... you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.

Gestalt means whole, and so are you.

She always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had... how do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad? ~From 'Laura' on The Nylon Curtain

She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead.

It is this dependency that became, and is, the breeding ground for abuses of power.

If you don't start playing by my rules, you'll be lucky to be licking stamps in some lowly, legal aid office.