“Justifying a demonic act does not make the actor less demonic; justifying only makes the negator more complicit.”
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“What most people call spontaneous recall usually involves memories that have been denied, not repressed. The survivor has always been aware that the sexual abuse happened, but he or she has studiously avoided thinking about it. A catalyst sets the memory process in motion, but the essential factor in the memory surfacing is the readiness of the survivor to deal with the reality of abuse.”
― Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse
― Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse
“There is a much greater skepticism toward the memories of those who claim abuse than toward the memories of those who deny it.”
― Relational Remembering: Rethinking the Memory Wars
― Relational Remembering: Rethinking the Memory Wars
“Triggers are like little psychic explosions that crash through avoidance and bring the dissociated, avoided trauma suddenly, unexpectedly, back into consciousness.”
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“I remember the way love
used to glow on my skin
before he made his way in
now every touch feels like a sin”
― Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
used to glow on my skin
before he made his way in
now every touch feels like a sin”
― Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
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