1,745 Quotes About Abuse

I saw the bruises, the burns, the cuts— I knew which ones had been done to you by someone you thought you could trust. Someone you thought loved you. I knew which ones you gave yourself.

I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

It is strange... the reasons one feels he doesn't deserve things.

I regard putting a sea level adapted human into a car and driving them to the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea on a daily basis to be a form of workplace abuse.

If one abuses or neglects internal powers, external forces will act accordingly.

Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven’t let her take away my will to somehow survive.

Scars prove that you're still here. That you can move on. Maybe missing a chunk of yourself, but here, goddamn it, surviving.

In addition to reaching out for help, you will also need to reach within yourself. Your biggest ally will be your emotions. Through them, you will learn more about what really happened to you, how the abuse affected you, and what you need to do in order to heal. Your emotions will enable you to reclaim the self you long ago hid away.

Suffocating slowly, do I give up or rise?