Chasity

“The happy family is a myth for many.”
― Carolyn Spring

“...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of adaptation. She must find a way to preserve a sense of trust in people who are untrustworthy, safety in a situation that is unsafe, control in a situation that is terrifyingly unpredictable, power in a situation of helplessness. Unable to care for or protect herself, she must compensate for the failures of adult care and protection with the only means at her disposal, an immature system of psychological defenses.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

“How do you forgive the people who are supposed to protect you?”
― Courtney Summers, Sadie

“we’ve been defined by our pasts. Everyone is, but I just think some souls can take more than others.”
― Jake Remington, Wretched