Sexual Abuse Healing Quotes

#1. I am a whole person and have the potential to bring together all the different aspects of myself.

Maureen Brady

#2. You're too sensitive' victims of sexual abuse are told over and over by those whose reality depends on being insensitive. Most adults who have been in the victim role cringe when anyone tells them they are sensitive. In fact, sensitivity is a lovely trait and one to be cherished in any human being.

Renee Fredrickson

#3. An engaging examination of a painful subject, with a focus on healing and forgiveness. - Kirkus Review

Robert Uttaro

#4. Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life

Lynette Gould

#5. Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation.

Judith Lewis Herman

#6. But no matter how much evil I see, I think it's important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness.

Robert Uttaro

#7. As part of the healing process, change your perception of yourself from "victim" to that of "advocate" and "survivor.

Don Easton

#8. A quick turn around a corner
and my planet becomes sand
on the shore of a dying Universe

S. Kelley Harrell

#9. Healing isn't just about pain. It's about learning to love yourself. As you move from feeling like a victim to being a proud survivor, you will have glimmers of hope, pride and satisfaction. Those are natural by-products of healing.

Ellen Bass

#10. I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself.

Maureen Brady

#11. When we first begin to take power more directly, after long having kept our relationship to it underground...it is natural that we experience anxiety, even guilt, at putting ourselves first. These feeling let us know we are taking action; they do not need to stop us.

Maureen Brady

#12. If you were sexually abused & could not go to your family for support, you deserve to realize that your family failed you fundamentally. Your parents did not provide a safe atmosphere of support & protection for their children, which is a parent's first responsibility. It was not your fault.

Patti Feuereisen

#13. People may not realize the damage that they are doing by placing the blame on the victim ~ but that doesn't lessen the damage that they cause by doing it.

Darlene Ouimet

#14. Just one person. It really honestly just takes one positive person. One positive person can help you. And that can go a long, long way. - Alexis

Robert Uttaro

#15. When someone forces you - he unkindly borrows- he does not, can not own you- Remember your body, spirit and heart are yours and only yours, and when you start to process your sexual abuse you will get it all back.

Patti Feuereisen

#16. During sexual abuse, children feel and incorporate the rage, pain, shame, and sense of perversion that the perpetrator is projecting. They take these feelings into the very core of themselves, and they are badly traumatized by the emotions surrounding the assault, as well as by the assault itself.

Renee Fredrickson

#17. I sometimes continue to see myself in split ways; it causes me trouble and contributes to a lack of satisfaction with myself.

Maureen Brady

#18. Always know there are friends somewhere rooting for you. There are people you don't know, always praying for you and lifting you before God. - Jenee, from "To the Survivors".

Robert Uttaro

#19. This book is dedicated to all who have been affected by sexual violence.

Robert Uttaro

#20. Often times, people don't realize how much their childhood still affects them when they are an adult. Or other people don't realize the affect things still have on those they know. Other people might even say, "Get over it" or "Move on." But it's usually simply not that easy.

Lisa Bedrick

#21. If you have been raped or sexually assaulted and you have been blamed, or fear that you may be blamed, I just want you to understand this: You are not to blame. There is nothing you did to make someone hurt you, nor is there anything you could have done differently to prevent or stop it.

Robert Uttaro

#22. Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy.

Maureen Brady

#23. Recovery unfolds in three stages. The central task of the first stage is the establishment of safety. The central task of the second stage is remembrance and mourning. The central focus of the third stage is reconnection with ordinary life.

Judith Lewis Herman

#24. I am building a healthy support system and learning to use it readily.

Maureen Brady

#25. So, although my story is sometimes ugly, it's also beautiful.

Niki Krauss

#26. I value and honor the way that my suffering brings me to further search and surrender.

Maureen Brady

#27. Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'... Most of us have it mixed up. You don't start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.

Laura Davis

#28. Some of the most effective segments are interviews with various staff members, including Aila, who works for the center's legal department. She explains the difficulties of rape prosecution, concluding that "only the survivor" can truly define justice. - Kirkus Review

Robert Uttaro

#29. Out of all the piles of dirt, garbage, and shit we have been handed, we can grow a patch of daisies.

Patti Feuereisen

#30. There is comfort in knowing that you don't have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.

Ellen Bass

#31. I look upon the gift of my life as a wondrous journey.

Maureen Brady

#32. If I were free, as a physician, to say what I pleased, I would tell every abused person I see that there is an entire world out there that is nothing like the one you're living. Go discover it.

C. Kennedy

#33. I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame.

Maureen Brady