“No one stands on a rug that cannot be pulled out from under her...” ChangeTraumaReality Of Life Book:Anonymity: The Secret Life of an American Family Source: Anonymity: The Secret Life of an American Family
“If the family is where we first learn about ourselves and others, it is also often the cradle of misidentity and isolation. Our false fronts, the insincere roles we adopt to survive, the ways the "victims" of loss endure and recover, combined with our interpretations (affecting both the images that appear to us and how we ourselves are perceived), the early influences that give shape to sexuality--these are the shards that each of sorts and reassembles and, finally, must pour our lives from.” FamilySurvivalSexualityMasks Book:Anonymity: The Secret Life of an American Family Source: Anonymity: The Secret Life of an American Family