Quotes About Abuse

O, the perfidy of men." "What have I done?" he protested. "Nothing at present, but you are the only representative of your sex I have at hand to abuse. Take your lumps for your brothers.

I've heard that people stand in bad situations because a relationship like that gets turned up by degrees. It is said that a frog will jump out of a pot of boiling water. Place him in a pot and turn it up a little at a time, and he will stay until he is boiled to death. Us frogs understand this.

They call an abusive relationship a cycle of violence, when really it's a cycle of hope. It's a cycle of misguided optimism. One day that optimism is gone, if you're lucky.

Occasional kindness does not cancel out cruelty. Hitting is never acceptable under any circumstances.

Abuse changes who we are, it changes who we become, It changes how we move in the world – And so does kindness

la carne da confianza e invita al abuso

La gente no sabe lo duro que es tener miedo al hombre con quien vives. Es lo peor de todo. Entras en tu casa como si entrases en la guarida de un lobo y respiras si él no está. Y cuando viene, rezas para que no haya bebido, no haya perdido en el juego y venga tranquilo. No sabes qué hacer ni adónde ir, el miedo te paraliza el cuerpo y la mente. Solo eres miedo.

If you abuse a collie when it is a puppy, she may shy away from people when she grows up. If you abuse a German shepherd, she may bite people when she is an adult. A pit bull may kill people when she grows up. A shih tzu will probably still love people when she grows up (and maybe become a therapist).

A good definition of lawfare is the abuse of international law and legal processes to accomplish military objectives that can't be accomplished on the battlefield.

Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it for so long, you are stupefied by its innocence.

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

When her husband recovered, it was to shout abusively at her…. Later, when she reflected on it throughout the tedious courtroom proceedings, she realized this was the moment she had irrevocably determined to divorce her husband.

O Liberty Liberty how many crimes are committed in thy name

The park was a highly secure place for people to do drugs after dark, more secure even than homes and apartments. The police didn't make regular patrols because they were too busy answering 911 calls. Policemen were more likely to enter a user's building during the night, answering a domestic abuse call from down the hallway, than they were to make a pass through the Orange Park playground.

The ultimate weapon for the abusive individual is the refusal to communicate directly....

Battered by the forcefulness of the narcissist's accusatory projections and inability to engage in a meaningful exchange, we witness the codependent's continued deterioration as she descends into a true victim experience.

It is easy to understand why trust becomes a major issue for adults abused as children when you remember that trust is learned in childhood. As children, we were totally dependent upon our parents. We trusted that they would feed us, change our diapers, keep us safe and warm. When this trust is unknown or broken, it is difficult to restore.

For whatever reason, whether you were neglected or abused physically, sexually, or emotionally, it was a problem with your parents, not with you.

Professionals and the public were largely unaware of abuse, and no one knew exactly how to deal with the problem when it was identified. Denial is not a defense used only by abused children. Society at large has had a hard time believing that children are abused by parents and that they need protection. You are not alone behind a wall. Your parents, teachers, doctors, and others may have had the same desire to hide and avoid the truth.

Emotional neglect is when parents don't take an interest in their child, and do not talk to or hold and hug the youngster, and are generally emotionally unavailable to the child. Alcoholic parents are often neglectful of their childrens' needs. Although emotional neglect or abuse may not leave physical scars, it has serious consequences for the child.

Mental suffering occurs when a child is psychologically abused. If a parent calls a child names, constantly belittles the child, blocks every effort on the part of the child to accept him/herself, this can cause mental suffering to the child. Threat of abandonment can also make the child anxious and afraid, and is another form of mental suffering.

As you begin to accept that you were not responsible for the abuse, and that your parents had a problem many people have, you may feel less embarrassed.

If you were physically or sexually abused, you may have learned to "turn off" body pain or sensations. You may have gone "into a trance" when being beaten or sexually abused to protect yourself from the pain. These were survival skills that helped you stay safe. You may not need these skills anymore.

As abused children grow up, they may view themselves as bad, and everybody else as good, or, at least better. On the other hand, some abused children can see themselves as good, and others bad. They can become afraid of others and avoid them for fear of getting hurt. In its extreme form, these people can expect only pain and suffering from others, and see everyone as a potential attacker.