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Top Abusive Family Quotes

The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in my life did reject me for telling the truth about my abuse, but I’m not alone. Even if t…

Christina Enevoldsen

The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in my life did reject me for telling the truth about my abuse, but I’m not alone. Even if t...

Tags: child abuse, dysfunctional families, childhood abuse, abandonment, consequences of cruelty, dysfunctional family, child sexual abuse, abuse deniers, childhood sexual abuse, abusive parents

The experience of chronic abuse carries within it the gross mislabeling of things. Perpetrators are really "nice daddies." Victims are "evil and seductive" (at the age of three!). Nonprotecting parent…

Diane Mandt Langberg

The experience of chronic abuse carries within it the gross mislabeling of things. Perpetrators are really "nice daddies." Victims are "evil and seductive" (at the age of three!). Nonprotecting parent...

Tags: abuse, abuse survivors, therapy, survivors, perpetrators, survivors of abuse, denial of abuse, minimization, child abuse survivors, abusive family

It is acknowledged that father-daughter incest occurs on a large scale in the United States. Sexual abuse has now been included in child abuse legislation. A conservative estimate is that more than 1…

John A. Talbott

It is acknowledged that father-daughter incest occurs on a large scale in the United States. Sexual abuse has now been included in child abuse legislation. A conservative estimate is that more than 1...

Tags: fear, law, crime, interference, dysfunctional families, childhood abuse, incest, child sexual abuse, legislation, male dominance

I used to pray you know, pray to God that He would somehow stop it. All the nights of listening to my mother scream and things breaking. Of holding my brother and sister and listening to them cry and…

Emily Andrews

I used to pray you know, pray to God that He would somehow stop it. All the nights of listening to my mother scream and things breaking. Of holding my brother and sister and listening to them cry and...

Tags: fear, abuse, denial, lies, secrets, hiding, hidden, society denial, siblings, domestic violence

Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy.

Maureen Brady

Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy.

Tags: fear, healing, self worth, wholeness, soul journey, worthy, psyche, fearing the unknown, integration, abusive family