Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than to hurt yourself putting it back together.
When someone isn’t treating you right, no matter how much you love them, you’ve got to love yourself more and walk away.
You can’t change someone who doesn’t see an issue in their actions.
There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.
Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.
– Dave Pelzer
Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it’s the place where we find the deepest heartache.
– Iyanla Vanzant
Suicide isn’t cowardly, wanna know what’s cowardly? Treating someone so badly that they want to end their life
It’s hard to look for the light when you’re lost in darkness.
Emotional abuse is the leading reason of suicide victims.
The scars you can’t see are the hardest to heal.
– Astrid Alauda
Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless… but you’re not worthless, you’re unappreciated.
A woman should never invest in a relationship she wouldn’t want for her daughter, nor allow any man to treat her in a way she could scold her son for.
Abuse changes your life…Fight Back and change the life of your abusers by Breaking Your Silence on Abuse!
– Patty Rase Hopson
Sometimes we survive by forgetting.
Being single is better than being lied to, cheated on and disrespected.
If he makes you lose your family, lose your friends, lose your confidence, lose your self-esteem, or lose your happiness, then you need to lose him.
Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.
You’re in a relationship to be happy, to smile, to laugh, and to make good memories. Not to be constantly upset, to feel hurt, and to cry.
Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.
– Danielle Bernock
Never forget that walking away from something unhealthy is brave even if you stumble a little on your way out the door.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
– Edmund Burke
Bruises heal, but you don’t forget words and emotions, how an abuser makes you feel about yourself.
No one deserves to be treated like trash, especially not by the person you love.
A healthy relationship doesn’t drag you down. It inspires to be better.
If I treat you the way you treated me, then you would hate me.
When I was a child I was afraid of ghosts. As I grew up I realized people are more scary.
Standing alone is better than standing with people who hurt you.
The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as obvious.
Abuse is abuse;;; Be nice.. Harsh words don’t break bones but they often break hearts
Abuse is not a secret that should be kept, it’s a crime that should be reported.
Hitting a woman doesn’t make you a man with control, it makes you a coward scared of woman putting you in your place.
At any given moment you have the power to say, “This is not how the story is going to end.”
You survived the abuse. You’re going to survive the recovery.
Verbal abuse is still abuse. It’s abuse in the form of words. Don’t assume that a few hurtful words won’t cost them their life. Words hurt.
I’m in an abusive relationship with life. It keeps beating the hell out of me and I’m too cowardly to leave it.
Abuse is not just physical, it’s emotional and mental too. And it’s just as damaging.
Do not sit back and take it. Pack your things and leave.
I used to be a happy person who had plans and dreams. The emotional and verbal abuse wore me down. I felt exhausted, numb and disoriented about who I was. I stopped thinking and believing for myself. I lost hope for a better life.
When you finally escape the hold your abuser has on your mind you get a whole new outlook on life. There’s an overwhelming sense of FREEDOM you get while finding yourself once again. You’ll want to do things you haven’t been able to do for a while. It’s like being set free from prison. And sometimes being alone never felt so good!
When you’re crying yourself to sleep, know that Jesus is lending his shoulder to you. When you’re pushed to the ground, know that Jesus is holding out his hands to you. When you feel like dying, know that Jesus died to let you live. When you feel like no one loves you, know that Jesus loves you more than you can imagine.
Do not allow him-the abuser-to tell you who you are or take the blame for his actions.
Emotional abuse is the silent marriage killer.
Abuse is not just a physical action, it’s a violation of trust and respect.
A house where a woman is unsafe is not a home.
He makes me feel ugly, stupid, small. Like I don’t matter, won’t amount to anything, or like I’m not worthy of being loved.
Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love and think loves you in return.
He’s constantly putting me down, labeling me, mocking or making fun of me. It’s his way of staying in control.
People can be cruel, and they will be. People can hurt you, break your heart and they will. But only you can let them keep hurting you…
Abuse is not acceptable in any form, and it’s not something anyone should ever have to endure.
The moment that you start to wonder if you deserve better, you do.
Sometimes just thinking about something is enough to hurt you all over again.
Psychological invalidation is one of the most lethal forms of emotional abuse. It kills confidence, creativity and individuality.
Most people inevitably get treated the way they permit themselves to be treated, if you allow someone to treat you like you’re worthless then they will. Respect yourself enough not to put up with being mistreated.
You’re not a real man if you abuse women.
Mental abuse is much more painful than physical abuse because you are consumed by your own thoughts.
It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.
– Aisha Mirza
Not all wounds are visible.
Abuse is not a one-time event, it’s a pattern of behavior. Breaking the pattern starts with recognizing it.
It is better to break your own heart by leaving an abusive relationship, rather than having that person breaking your heart every day.
He didn’t have to hit me to leave a scar.
Stop telling yourself you can fix him. He’s been this way for a long, long time and he doesn’t intend to change. Save yourself instead, get out while there’s still time.
I was a happy, confident, outgoing person once.
Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Get out now! Abuse only gets worse over time. No one deserves to be treated like dirt. No one.
Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships – in other words, in families – the last place we would want or expect to find violence.
– Leslie Morgan Steiner
Peace is not just mere absence of violence.
It’s like one day you flipped a switch and became someone I never knew.
Abuse is not a mistake, it’s a choice. And it’s a choice that can never be excused.
Push me away, if you don’t feel like you can be faithful, pull me close, if I’m the one you can’t leave without, hold me tight, I wanna stay in your arms, let me go, if all you have to offer is sorrow.
Right now, I’m following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
– Aishwarya Rai
I am in an emotionally abusive relationship but I don’t know how to leave because he needs me.
Don’t let others define you or they might pick the worst word in the dictionary.
Instead of treating your child like how you were treated. Treat them with the same love and attention you wanted from your parents while growing up.
One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.
Forgive those who insult you, attack you, belittle you or take you for granted, but more than this… forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you.
Trust is only a five letter word but it can be misused in so many different ways.
Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.
– Gloria Gaynor
A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dream, or your dignity.
Use, don’t abuse.
You can spend a lifetime trying to forget a few minutes of your childhood.
Abuse is not something you can ignore and hope it goes away, it only grows stronger if left unaddressed.
The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as obvious. In fact, even among women who have experienced violence from a partner, half or more report that the man’s emotional abuse is what is causing them the greatest harm.
– Lundy Bancroft
More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.
The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.
– Charles Bradlaugh
Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.
It’s better to live at the corner of the rooftop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome woman.
A man should use his hands to HOLD his woman not HIT her.
Find the strength inside yourself to value your own worth more than staying with someone who only keeps you down.
No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
Do you feel alone in your relationship? Abusers isolate their partner from friends and family, and make them dependent financially, socially, and physically.
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.
Don’t put up with disrespect just to keep them in your life.
Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.
Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?
Losing yourself in loving another can make you forget that you’re special too.
So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
I had such a wonderful life before drugs and alcohol abuse. I’ve got that life back now and plan to keep it. Maybe I had to go through what I did to get to this point, to appreciate this life more.
Pity is a benign form of abuse. You have to care about yourself and get other people involved.
Often things are as bad as they seem.
– Sheldon Kopp
The only time a lady should be in a hospital because of a man is because of giving birth, not because of physical abuse.
The walls between you and I always pushed us apart. It left nothing but scars fight after fight. And I’m done with you not treating me right.
It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that they’re going on.
Violence against women is an everyday reality, act now, always, and forever before its too late.
Domestic violence and abuse are used for one purpose and one purpose only: to gain and maintain total control over you. An abuser doesn’t play fair. Abusers use fear, guilt, shame, and intimidation to wear you down and keep you under his or her thumb. Your abuser may also threaten you, hurt you, or hurt those around you.
After a series of traumas, one can lose the capacity to feel fear appropriately.
If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have… escaped.
Please do not stay in that kind of relationship. Your children will suffer.
When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.
Don’t abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
Everybody has their time here on earth, use it wisely and stay away from people who like to use and abuse you…
We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.
When we as human beings, are trusted with life, but lack the value thereof, we are only left with one thing abuse!
In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation’s laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
A big middle fingers up to the ones who used, refused, and abused me!
You can get out.
No one has the right to be treated wrongly.
Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening and never intervene that perpetuates such abuse.
– Philip Zimbardo
Let’s suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.
Injustice is a rule of the service, as you know very well; and since you have to have a good deal of undeserved abuse, you might just as well have it from your friends.
– Patrick O’Brian
Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.
I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.
Only the weak exploit others and cruelty is born from one’s weakness.
It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.
Abuse is a disease which doesn’t go away overnight. I’m working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I’m prepared to face the consequences.
There is no safe way to remain in a relationship with a person who has no conscience. The only solution is to escape.