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“Once someone has been traumatized again and again by someone who claimed to love them, once an abuser has warped the victim's reality and caused him or her to mistrust their perceptions through gaslighting, once a victim has been made to believe he or she is worthless, they are already traumatically bonded to their abusers. It takes a great deal of professional support, validation and resources in order for victims to detach from their abusers and begin to heal.”
― Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse
― Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse
“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“One long-term impact of trauma is the fact that often-traumatized individuals have difficulty recognizing how they are feeling and then fail to respond in an appropriate and helpful way. They become out of touch with their own feelings, bodies, and needs, which in turn makes it more difficult to respond to the feelings, sensations, and needs of others in their lives.”
― The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships
― The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships
“Airports and train stations are where you get to cry”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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