1,745 Quotes About Abuse

Theirs was the eternal youth of an alternating self, a youth with the constant although unfulfilled promise of growing up

Vi er bare oppfinnsomme når det gjelder å mishandle oss selv, det er det virkelige bytte for vår åndskraft - et farlig redskap når det er i uorden!

Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically.

Generally, in a verbally abusive relationship the abuser denies the abuse. Verbal abuse most often takes place behind closed doors. Physical abuse is always preceded by verbal abuse.

...verbal abuse is an issue of control, a means of holding power over another. This abuse may be overt or covert, constant, controlling, and what Bach and Deutsch (1980) call “crazymaking.

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.

(...) there's only so far a girl can be pushed before she becomes her own hero.

It’s comforting to think the defect is mine, because that means it is under my power.

In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator.