In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens.
Judith Lewis HermanTags: lying denial secrecy crazy credibility survivors insane hysterical rape-survivor abusers perpetrators sexual-abuse survivor abuse abuse-survivors abuser attack-on-character attacking-people backlash break-the-silence child-sexual-abuse child-sexual-abuse-survivor false-memories false-memory-myth false-memory-syndrome-campaign healing-from-abuse incest just-tell lack-of-accountability perpetrator pschological-abuse rape-culture rape-myths sexual-assault sexual-violence unstable victimized victimizing
Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
George OrwellTags: pain torture agony abuse abuse-survivors chronic-pain agony-of-torture
Often it isn’t the initiating trauma that creates seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after.
S. Kelley HarrellTags: healing support survivors shamanism posttraumatic-stress-disorder trauma abuse-survivors ptsd post-traumatic-stress-disorder
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they make their tormentors suffer. In seeking the Bird's death to free himself, Louie had chained himself, once again, to his tyrant. During the war, the Bird had been unwilling to let go of Louie; after the war, Louie was unable to let go of the Bird.
Laura HillenbrandTags: freedom hate revenge hatred forgiveness survivors abuse-survivors
Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.
Jeanne McElvaneyTags: abuse-survivors survivors-of-abuse childhood-abuse healing-insights abuse-recovery childhood-sexual-abuse effects-of-child-abuse harrietta-s-happenstance healing-abuse jeanne-mcelvaney spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story
You can recognize survivors by their creativity. In soulful, insightful, gentle, and nurturing creations, they often express the inner beauty they brought out of childhood storms.
Jeanne McElvaneyTags: abuse-survivors survivors-of-abuse childhood-abuse healing-insights abuse-recovery childhood-sexual-abuse effects-of-child-abuse harrietta-s-happenstance healing-abuse jeanne-mcelvaney spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story
Sometimes, during our healing journeys, those closest to us can’t help even though we all wish it could be that way. Allow those moments to guide you to different, empowering choices.
Jeanne McElvaneyTags: abuse-survivors survivors-of-abuse childhood-abuse healing-insights abuse-recovery childhood-sexual-abuse effects-of-child-abuse harrietta-s-happenstance healing-abuse jeanne-mcelvaney spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story
You can recognize survivors of abuse by their courage. When silence is so very inviting, they step forward and share their truth so others know they aren't alone.
Jeanne McElvaneyTags: abuse-survivors survivors-of-abuse childhood-abuse healing-insights abuse-recovery childhood-sexual-abuse effects-of-child-abuse harrietta-s-happenstance healing-abuse jeanne-mcelvaney spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story
Honor yourself for all the ways you learned to take care of yourself during your abuse ~
Jeanne McElvaneyTags: abuse-survivors survivors-of-abuse childhood-abuse healing-insights abuse-recovery childhood-sexual-abuse effects-of-child-abuse harrietta-s-happenstance healing-abuse jeanne-mcelvaney spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story
Abuse doesn't define you.
C. KennedyTags: young-adult glbtq lgbtq abuse-survivors young-adult-fiction young-adult-novels young-adult-romance abused-children
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