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“The little girl's dependency on her father made [his] abuse more insidious.”
― The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
― The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality
“It is the common peoples duty to police the police.”
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“I came to understand intellectually that my mind used dissociation as a way to protect me from knowing things. Dr. Summer repeatedly explained, "If you had woken up every morning and knew that later that day or evening you would be abused, you would have killed yourself". I would always nod, as if in agreement. It all made sense in a theoretical way, but I could not and did not want to truly understand or accept what had happened to me.”
― The Sum of My Parts: A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder
― The Sum of My Parts: A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder
“The police have lost sight of the fact that they are public servants.”
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“She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to find out why." Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to: it's too painful to believe that their parents would do such a thing.”
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