“When change is bumpy and messy, particularly if it impels others to change, it is viewed with suspicion and rancor usually reserved for the worst heretics.” ChangeHealingAbuseTherapy Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
“The reason for entering the struggle is a desire for more; a taste of what life and love could be if freed from the dark memories and deep shame. No one leaves the lethargy of denial unless there is a spark of discontent that pierces the darkness of daily numbness. To live significantly less than what one was made to be is as severe a betrayal of the soul as the original abuse.” HealingAbuseTraumaTherapyChild AbuseChild Sexual AbuseAbuse SurvivorsHealing JourneyNumbnessChild Trauma Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
“It seems many people operate on the principle that whatever happened to them is not abuse, but if it had happened to someone else, or if it had been a bit more extreme, then it would have been abusive.” AbuseDenialChild Sexual AbuseAbuse SurvivorsChild Trauma Book:The Wounded Heart Source: The Wounded Heart
