abuse recovery
Abuse? Ah. Such problems, even with time, do not go away on their own. They must be addressed. André Chevalier
— Nikki Sex
Attitudes and ignorance” about (any type of) abuse can be passed down through the generations. It is important to our healing that we sort out the belief systems we adopt; belief systems that were taught to us and because they are so full of lies, they lead to all kinds of depressions, addictions and other struggles while we try to cope with the manifestations of the problems instead of the roots of the problems.
— Darlene Ouimet
Christy isn’t a case, he’s a person.
— C. Kennedy
Dermatitis: door-mat-i-TIS noun; low self-worth. A learned behavior where the infected person allows others to walk all over them, blame them, treat them terribly, always giving the boundary crosses the benefit of the doubt. They make excuses for them, They will give in to guilt and intimidation and give the boundary crosses what they want again and again." P.A. Speer's Dictionary
— P.A. Speers
Dissociation leaves us disconnected from our memories, our identities and our emotions. It breaks the trauma into digestible components, so that different aspects of the trauma get stored in different compartments in our brain. What happens as a result is that the information from the trauma becomes disorganized, and we are not able to integrate these pieces into a coherent narrative and process trauma fully until, hopefully, with the help of a validating, trauma-informed counselor who guides us to the appropriate therapies best suited to our needs, we confront the trauma and triggers in a safe place.
— Shahida Arabi
Don't judge yourself by what others did to you.
— C. Kennedy
Don't try to be brave all at once. Take it in steps.
— C. Kennedy
Healing isn’t just about pain. It’s about learning to love yourself. As you move from feeling like a victim to being a proud survivor, you will have glimmers of hope, pride and satisfaction. Those are natural by-products of healing.
— Ellen Bass
I am small. So are stars from a distance. It's all a matter of perspective.
— C. Kennedy
I let go of false hope. I let go of the hope that they would transform in favor of working on my own transformation. Furthermore, I let go of the hope that they would HEAR me. Furthermore, I let go of the hope that they would SEE me. Instead of my hope being in THEM, I listened to me. I heard me, I saw me, I validated my own pain and I began to emerge from the broken life I had been living.
— Darlene Ouimet
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