Donna Currin

“It's not your enemies who are likeliest to hurt you. It is, always, those you trust.”
― Rachel Caine, Bitter Blood

“Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.”
― Ziad K. Abdelnour, Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

“Complex PTSD consists of of six symptom clusters, which also have been described in terms of dissociation of personality. Of course, people who receive this diagnosis often also suffer from other problems as well, and as noted earlier, diagnostic categories may overlap significantly. The symptom clusters are as follows:
Alterations in Regulation of Affect ( Emotion ) and Impulses
Changes in Relationship with others
Somatic Symptoms
Changes in Meaning
Changes in the perception of Self
Changes in Attention and Consciousness”
― Suzette Boon, Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists

“There is not a more powerful weapon upon this earth capable of inflicting more damage, pain and suffering than a betrayal of the heart.”
― Mark Boyer