“Creating distance with your parent means giving up the delusion that they will someday change and releasing the feeling of responsibility for them they may have instilled in you.”— Julie L. Hall, huffingtonpost.com
“It started when we were little kids. Free spirits, but already tormented by our own hands given to us by our parents.”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“Growing up in an abusive household is a fucking trip dude. If you’ve never had someone angrily wash a dish at you, or fold a sock in your direction, then how are you gonna understand why I get nervous when you quietly do the laundry, or why I ask “are you mad at me?” when you set the bag of grocerie…”— ericfvckingharris, ericfvckingharris.tumblr.com
“I inherited hunger, popped jaw, all teeth, & father taught me how to feast.”— Kemi Alabi, kwelijournal.org
“Do you charge us with wanting to stop the exploitation of children by their parents? To this crime we plead guilty.”— Friedrich Engels, amazon.com
“When you decide to be with someone, make sure you know/explore/unpack how they were raised. Many folks are raised on survival, not love.”— THEakasha, twitter.com
“We are not born feeling inadequate. Life experiences and emotions create that sense within us in a variety of creative ways. For example, when we were little and we felt afraid or anxious, our mind told us something was wrong with us, not with our environment. That's why children who were abused or…”— Hilary Jacobs Hendel, hilaryjacobshendel.com
“Growing up in an abusive household is a fucking trip dude……If you’ve never had someone angrily wash a dish at you or fold a sock in your direction then how are you gonna understand why I get nervous when you quietly do the laundry, or why I ask ‘are you mad at me?’ when you set the bag of groceries…”— Unknown, tragicheroin.tumblr.com
“When I tried to hug her, she’d tell me it was too hot for hugs. So I learned to stop trying. We never had conversations. I thought it was normal. It was all I knew. I always thought the relationship between a mother and a child was about giving and receiving orders. But when I was ten years old, I w…”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.”— Naguib Mahfouz, facebook.com
“If you live with monsters, you’ll become monstrous. This can be good and it can be bad. You need to keep your perspective and know when it’s time to quit a bad scene.”— Adam Gnade, amazon.com
“There was a terrified child inside of him. He wanted to love. And he wanted to be loved. He just didn’t know how.”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“They thought that children should be seen and not heard. In their world, you're not supposed to have feelings or opinions until you turn eighteen.”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“Being abused can seriously affect your ability to distinguish between “not obviously pleased” and “obviously displeased” because abusers go from Neutral to Hostile for absolutely no discernible reason, and eventually you start worrying that everyone is going to be like that and you start feeling thi…”— Anonymous, iwonderwhatsfordinner.tumblr.com