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I knew that I was the least-loved child because I was a girl and because my mother had died giving birth to me. — Adeline Yen Mah

Attachments that are not fostered may lend to the child's inability to properly attach or have no attachment at all. — Asa Don Brown

Healing from childhood abuse is not going mad, it is going sane. — Jan Hawkins

Trauma does not have to occur by abuse alone... — Asa Don Brown

Hiding my pain and acting strong, afraid to cry and show my tears, I struggle with all this years later. — Erin Merryn

Don't put your child at risk. Limit unsupervised one-on-one time between your child & another adult or another child. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

The greater a child's terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self. — Nathaniel Branden

There's no weakness as great as false strength. — Stefan Molyneux

Traumatic experiences in early childhood may interfere with the child's ability to securely attach. — Asa Don Brown

Eyes so young, so full of pain ... Two lonely drops of winter rain ... And no tear could these eyes sustain ... For too much had they seen. — Shaun Hick

Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be their hero. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life — Lynette Gould

If you want to breed something, breed bravehearts, not soulless racehorses. — Abhijit Naskar

So, although my story is sometimes ugly, it's also beautiful. — Niki Krauss

I spent so much of my life shut down from the abuse of my childhood. I didn't have friends and I didn't have connections with people. — Bonnie St. John

The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us. — James Garbarino

Childhood trauma does not come in one single package. — Asa Don Brown

We take the most difficult relationship of our childhood... and we MARRY it. — Rick Cormier

I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself. — Maureen Brady

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it. — Alice Miller

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted. — Stefan Molyneux

...Incest is rape by extortion. Thus the child's very childhood becomes a weapon used to control her. — E. Sue Blume

Trauma may be endured through a physiological or psychological threat to life or overall wellbeing. — Asa Don Brown

Survivors of trauma may have difficulty initiating relationships ... — Asa Don Brown

I was survivor of childhood sexual abuse in therapy for dissociated trauma memories. — Jeanne McElvaney

We laughed the laugh of women untethered, finally, from their origins. — Lidia Yuknavitch

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

In general, the more dysfunctional the family the more inappropriate their response to disclosure. Never expect a sane response from an insane system. — Renee Fredrickson

No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. — Adeline Yen Mah

My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome. — Bryant H. McGill

In the dark, the little live Christmas tree, two feet tall, sparkled with tiny coloured lights, like the tears I saw glistening in my brother's eyes. — V.C. Andrews

Abuse may consist of physical maltreatment or language that is belittling, discriminatory ... — Asa Don Brown

And Ana remembered her father's words, Say no! Run! Tell me! — Carolyn Byers Ruch

...there is a particular focus of the problem faced only by men. It arises from our culture providing no room for a man as victim. — Mike Lew

Perception and worldview are one's summary of life. — Asa Don Brown

Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul. — Dave Pelzer

Imagine, pretend, and play so you can become anyone you want to be. You don't need to be afraid. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

Many people with Dissociative Disorders are very creative and used their creative capacities to help them cope with childhood trauma.p55 — Marlene Steinberg

Youngsters deserve no opinions. — Carla H. Krueger

My traumatic experience was life changing — Asa Don Brown

One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty. — Stefan Molyneux

Anger is the immune system of the soul. — Stefan Molyneux

Another year passed, much as the first did. — V.C. Andrews

Tender Ember
... Barred and branded
to be forever unloved
I was a tender ember
seeking solace from above ... — Muse

I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity. — Stefan Molyneux

Believe in Eternity, believe in childhood, believe that the beauty of innocence lives on and on and on. I know it does. — Yann W. Tanoe

I remember the pain I felt, and wonder why a man who was such an accomplished liar had to tell the truth that day. — Toni Maguire

A secure attachment is the ability to bond; to develop a secure and safe base ... — Asa Don Brown

A child's attachment process begins within the first year of life ... — Asa Don Brown

There is no debating that the effects of trauma experienced in childhood may have grave consequences. — Asa Don Brown

You invite a time in the near future when you are no longer building your life on the unknown influences of your childhood sexual abuse. — Jeanne McElvaney