Chungwon Lee

“In simple terms, Alice was never safe to speak her mind as a child; therefore, she won’t be safe to speak her mind as an adult. Although this isn’t logical, it can be very hard to break this mindset or cycle, especially if Alice does not become aware of it. If she does not work on breaking this response, Alice will struggle in her intimate relationships and will be unable to communicate with authority figures in her life.”
― Anna Berry, Heal Your Inner Child: Self-Care Guide to Understand and Recover from Childhood Trauma

“awareness can help you navigate your trauma response and provide you with insight into why you do certain things.”
― Anna Berry, Heal Your Inner Child: Self-Care Guide to Understand and Recover from Childhood Trauma

“There are many perpetrators who seem to have a sixth sense for identifying people who have lost the ability to protest and blame unfairness. If we do not register a “negative” feeling response to hurtfulness, we cannot tell that we are being abused. Instead we tacitly “forgive” our abusers just as we were forced to tacitly forgive our parents, no matter how much ongoing abuse they dish out. This is why psychoanalyst Judith Viorst says:”
― Pete Walker, The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame

“the body contains our past emotions healing work creates space for the release of what we felt long ago”
― Yung Pueblo, Inward