“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.”
― Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
― Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
“With emotional abuse, the insults, insinuations, criticism, and accusations slowly eat away at the victim’s self-esteem until he or she is incapable of judging a situation realistically. He or she may begin to believe that there is something wrong with them or even fear they are losing their mind. They have become so beaten down emotionally that they blame themselves for the abuse.”
― The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing
― The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing
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