91 Quotes About Survivors-of-abuse

Look, it's bad enough that someone hurts you and you're expected to carry the word 'victim' like a scar, whether you want it or not. But sometimes the world is so bogus that no matter how you try to avoid it, you end up being a victim 'again'.

After what she's been through, there really should be crime scene tape around her heart.

I made that happen to you, Letty. I made you take the road marked FOREVER WARY OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, instead of the one you should have taken.

You're a survivor because every day you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness

You're a survivor because everyday you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness.

The second day of the book tour I stopped an interviewer and said, “Aren’t you asking the wrong question?” The interviewer stared at me blankly. “The question is not really why I chose to share my experiences with other people. The question we should be dealing with is why does anyone mistreat their children? I think that’s what we should be talking about.

The human need to be visible is countered by the need to be invisible to avoid further abuse, and the need for intimacy and the dread of abuse, all pose insoluble dichotomies which promote further withdrawal from human contact, which reinforces the sense of dehumanisation.

If you live your life to please everyone else, you will continue to feel frustrated and powerless. This is because what others want may not be good for you. You are not being mean when you say NO to unreasonable demands or when you express your ideas, feelings, and opinions, even if they differ from those of others.

People may not realize the damage that they are doing by placing the blame on the victim ~ but that doesn't lessen the damage that they cause by doing it.