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The first thing you notice about a high-security hospital is that the patients are not as frightening as you think they’re going to be.
Children need love and care. They need to form an attachment. When a child fails to form an attachment with a caregiver, they fail to learn empathy. That’s how you build a sociopath.
a place I’d rather forget, but as much a part of me as the veins running beneath my skin.
I hated the thought of him at peace and longed for hell to exist, solely to punish him for what he had done.
When you’re poor, shame comes as naturally as breathing, but unlike breathing, you never get used to it.
The problem was, I had the kind of brain that enjoyed reaching into the depths and revealing my worst fears to me on a regular basis. If you ever find yourself sitting alone with your mind on a loop of all the worst things that have ever happened to you, then you’ll know exactly what I mean, and the only thing that turns it off is alcohol.
Home has never been a familiar concept to me. My childhood house never truly felt like home because it was the place where my abuser lived.
No one with an unbroken spirit can truly be a victim. They can hurt you physically and emotionally, but you’re no one’s victim if you remain in possession of your whole self. Of your willpower.
