1,260 Quotes About Recovery

I’m sorry, monsieur, but now this is a criminal proceeding. It’s out of your hands.” That night I didn’t understand how my story could stop belonging to me

If you are sitting in the dark (due to depression) go turn the light on. If you can't find the light switch, seek the help of someone who can.

Whereas rape victims' self blaming has often been misunderstood as merely a self-destructive response to rape, arising out of low self-esteem, feelings of shame, or female masochism, and fueled by society's desire to blame the victim, it can also be seen as an adaptive survival strategy, if the victim has no other way of gaining control.

I've read about people who were so sad, they stayed in bed all day. That alone motivated me to want to get up, even if I just moved to the couch. The couch is not the bed.

We are more than our traumaWe are not our diagnosisWe are more than the worst thingsthat have ever happened to us

Expunction of pain, deviant, or oppositional behaviors does not indicate healing; however, it can signify successful conditioning.

The man that abused you was hardly kind but he was familiar.Dark or dim, you could find him in a crowded room. And he walks freely. Has friends, a job, even a new lover. But there is this cage in his mind.A trap that follows him around. He is his own enemy.

And I guess at the end of the day, you’re just amazed that I can still stand, and I’m just amazed that I can stand still.

I won't be mad at you because you gave me something no one else has: the ability to live even when I thought I was dead.