“ Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me has now become a labyrinth that is set to destroy me. And laying spent in t… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Most of your healing journey will be about unlearning the patterns of self-protection that once kept you safe. Vironika Tugaleva
“ I found myself in a pattern of being attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized was that I was protecting myself because I equate the idea of connection and love with trauma… Zachary Quinto
“ Never allow yourself to become a choice in any relationship. The moment you do is when you have reduced your loved one's affections to a daily biological question: Should I take a dump here or wait ti… Shannon L. Alder
“ It takes courage to let go of the past and all the mechanisms you have put in place, in order to ease your pain, regret and fear through avoiding responsibility for it. Shannon L. Alder
“ No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others. Shannon L. Alder
“ Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's h… Shannon L. Alder
“ All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection. Alice Miller
“ The walls that we build for self-protection become the walls of self-imprisonment later!!!! Harrish Sairaman
“ We are not supposed to run after miracles but we are supposed to run after self-perfection, self-growth, self - improvements. Sunday Adelaja
“ Raising Black children — female and male — in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they will probably not survive. Audre Lorde
“ And so, because he won't let himself be hurt, he does wrong to those he loves best. And then he sees that, and after all, it hurts him. Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Putting words onto paper—when it is done as an honest act of search or connection, rather than as an act of manipulation, performance, self-aggrandizement or self-protection—is a holy act. Pat Schneider
“ The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must be based upon the self-protective capability of the… Judith Lewis Herman
“ These times are hard, but I won't walk away jaded, darker, different. I feel. I cry to heal. If you saw me in those moments, maybe you'd think I was a mess. But I don't call it a mess. I call it stren… Vironika Tugaleva
“ Being in a state of denial is auniversally human response tosituations which threaten tooverwhelm. People who were abusedas children sometimes carry theirdenial like precious cargo without aport of de… Sarah E. Olson
“ She surveyed the undergrowth and focused on a cluster of fern fronds curled tightly against the new life they had been given. She often wondered why the fern’s new existence was so firmly wound up. Bu… Jesikah Sundin
