Survivors are often incredibly aware and perceptive. What was born of necessity becomes a response that is gentle and understanding.
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
Don't judge yourself by what others did to you.
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If I were free, as a physician, to say what I pleased, I would tell every abused person I see that there is an entire world out there that is nothing like the one you’re living. Go discover it.
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There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.
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Christy isn’t a case, he’s a person.
C. KennedyTags: glbtq lgbtq abuse-survivors young-adult-fiction young-adult-novels young-adult-romance glbtq-romance abuse-recovery
A learning curve isn't a perfect arc.
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There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us won't "just go away". That's our breakthrough moment. It's the sun coming out to warm the seeds of hope so they can grow our personal garden of empowerment.
Jeanne McElvaneyTags: hope denial growth healing survivors abuse-survivors survivors-of-abuse childhood-abuse healing-insights healing-journey abuse-recovery childhood-sexual-abuse effects-of-child-abuse harrietta-s-happenstance healing-abuse jeanne-mcelvaney spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story denial-of-child-abuse post-traumatic-growth
Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.
C. KennedyTags: romance young-adult glbtq lgbtq abuse teen abuse-survivors abuse-recovery
In the weeds of childhood sexual abuse, we are the sturdy flowers that kept reaching for a slip of sunshine and a trickle of water so we could grow into wildly beautiful, singular people. Together, we are creating a colorful bouquet that is changing the world.
Jeanne McElvaneyTags: abuse-survivors survivors-of-abuse childhood-abuse abuse-recovery childhood-sexual-abuse effects-of-child-abuse harrietta-s-happenstance healing-abuse jeanne-mcelvaney spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story gotospirit-com
Clairey tasted the bile rising up in her throat, could smell the pathetic fear she was giving off, and they
were as familiar to her as waking and sleep, as hunger and thirst. In her time of peace there with Ellis, she had nearly forgotten the taste and smell of it, how her joints became liquid and her mouth became sour. That was what violence did to her.
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