James Garbarino quote: The initial trauma of a young child may

Source: The Light in the Heart

“Sexual abuse is also a secret crime, one that usually has no witness. Shame and secrecy keep a child from talking to siblings about the abuse, even if all the children in a family are being sexually assaulted. In contrast, if a child is physically or emotionally abused, the abuse is likely to occur in front of the other children in the family, at least some of the time. The physical and emotional abuse becomes part of the family's explicit history. Sexual abuse does not.”

Crime Shame Child Abuse Sexual Abuse Secrecy Child Sexual Abuse Abuse Survivors Incest Dysfunctional Family Dysfunctional Families Repressed Memories Abusive Parents Memory Represssion

Book:Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse

Source: Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse

“No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.”

Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“If the abuser is a parent or caretaker, the abuse may be the most attention the child has had from that person. To the child, withholding attention can be a powerful form of coercion. Sexual molestation may be accompanied by physical expressions of affection that are sometimes the only affection the child receives.”

Coercion Child Sexual Abuse Abuse Survivors Survivors Incest Psychological Abuse Abusive Parents Emotional Neglect Child Abusers Abusive Parent Attachment Trauma Child Molestation Manipulativeness Abusive Parenting Incestusous Withholding Attention

Book:Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder

Source: Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder

“Because the perpetrators typically have little understanding as to why they are sexually assaulting children, they usually are unable to stop after the first assault. Abusive behavior continues until a crisis of some kind prevents further abuse.”

Child Sexual Abuse Incest Perpetrators Child Rape Pedophile Abusive Parents Pedophiles Child Abusers Child Rapist Abuses

Book:The Spirit Weeps, Characteristics and Dynamics of Incest and Child Sexual Abuse, With a Native Perspective

Source: The Spirit Weeps, Characteristics and Dynamics of Incest and Child Sexual Abuse, With a Native Perspective

“There is a much greater skepticism toward the memories of those who claim abuse than toward the memories of those who deny it.”

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Book:Relational Remembering: Rethinking the Memory Wars

Source: Relational Remembering: Rethinking the Memory Wars

“Some alters are what Dr Ross describes in Multiple Personality Disorder as 'fragments'. which are 'relatively limited psychic states that express only one feeling, hold one memory, or carry out a limited task in the person's life. A fragment might be a frightened child who holds the memory of one particular abuse incident.' In complex multiples, Dr Ross continues, the 'personalities are relatively full-bodied, complete states capable of a range of emotions and behaviours.' The alters will have 'executive control some substantial amount of time over the person's life'. He stresses, and I repeat his emphasis, 'Complex MPD with over 15 alter personalities and complicated amnesia barriers are associated with 100 percent frequency of childhood physical, sexual and emotional abuse.' Did I imagine the castle, the dungeon, the ritual orgies and violations? Did Lucy, Billy, Samuel, Eliza, Shirley and Kato make it all up? I went back to the industrial estate and found the castle. It was an old factory that had burned to the ground, but the charred ruins of the basement remained. I closed my eyes and could see the black candles, the dancing shadows, the inverted pentagram, the people chanting through hooded robes. I could see myself among other children being abused in ways that defy imagination. I have no doubt now that the cult of devil worshippers was nothing more than a ring of paedophiles, the satanic paraphernalia a cover for their true lusts: the innocent bodies of young children.”

Source: Today I'm Alice: Nine Personalities, One Tortured Mind

“The themes that exercised the minds of survivor movements and their allies within the health and welfare professions generated a political project: how to revolutionise medical and judicial approaches to injured adults and children, how to raise awareness so that other people didn’t have to suffer the same, and how to understand, and then challenge, offenders who so love what they do to children that they can and must shut their minds to the feelings of children who have put their trust in them. P4”

Source: Stolen Voices: The People and Politics Behind the Campaign to Discredit Childhood Testimony

“Maternal absence, in one form or another, is always found in the background of the incest romance. Womens literature on incest generally treats the theme of maternal absence tragically. Mens literature trivializes it or treats it comically. And clinical literature tends to treat it judgmentally.”

Child Abuse Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Incest Child Rape Abusive Parents Parental Abuse Maternal Neglect

Book:Father-Daughter Incest

Source: Father-Daughter Incest

“Instead, incest occurs in families where there is a great deal of emotional isolation, secrecy, neediness, stress, and lack of respect. In many ways incest can be viewed as part of a total family breakdown. But it is the aggressor and the aggressor alone who commits the sexual violence.”

Child Sexual Abuse Incest Family Dysfunction

Book:Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

Source: Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

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