Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul. – Dave Pelzer
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.
Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than to hurt yourself putting it back together.
There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.
Sometimes we survive by forgetting.
When someone isn’t treating you right, no matter how much you love them, you’ve got to love yourself more and walk away.
Never forget that walking away from something unhealthy is brave even if you stumble a little on your way out the door.
Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless… but you’re not worthless, you’re unappreciated.
It’s hard to look for the light when you’re lost in darkness.
A house where a woman is unsafe is not a home.
Standing alone is better than standing with people who hurt you.
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.
In violence we forget who we are. – Mary McCarthy
Peace is not just mere absence of violence.
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
At any given moment you have the power to say, “This is not how the story is going to end.”
Here I stand Empty hands, wishing my wrists were bleeding to stop the pain from the beatings.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. – Mahatma Gandhi
You survived the abuse. You’re going to survive the recovery.
Do not allow him-the abuser-to tell you who you are or take the blame for his actions.
Love is about giving freedom and power, not about gaining control or possession.
One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.
Domestic violence is frequently excused when alcohol and other substances are involved. – Asa Don Brown
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. – Leo Tolstoy
Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate a person you love. It’s a strange feeling. You want to live in a world where someone is good or bad, where you either love or hate them, but that’s not how people are. – Trevor Noah
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.
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
The healthy man does not torture others. Generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. – Carl Jung
Never let a man put his hands on you without your permission. – Melda Beaty
As painful as it is to admit that we are being abused, it is even more painful to come to the conclusion that the person we love is someone we cannot afford to be around.
When you are with someone who is never pleased, it is time to stop trying to please him.
Find the strength inside yourself to value your own worth more than staying with someone who only keeps you down.
It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that they’re going on.
I was heart broken, scared, I had a lot of anxiety, I was worried, I felt weak, and I had no idea how I was ever going to come up with the strength. But I just closed my eyes, and took a blind leap. I knew I had to get out of there.
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.
You can get out.
Trust is only a five letter word but it can be misused in so many different ways.
If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have… escaped.
After a series of traumas, one can lose the capacity to feel fear appropriately.
Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.
Just because the scars have healed, doesn’t mean that the pain has.
Often things are as bad as they seem. – Sheldon Kopp
Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?
When you allow yourself to be dominated by someone else, you begin to lose respect for yourself.
Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more. – Salma Hayek
If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational. – Salma Hayek
All marriages are sacred, but not all are safe. – Rob Jackson
Survivors of any and all abuse become very good at anticipating mood of others, looks, actions, all of it in an effort to survive. Believing that if we can be agreeable, be compliant and loving, do things how they want, that we will be safe. This becomes our way of life.
Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.
You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights. – Beverly Engel
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