She looked at him like it physically hurt her not to speak, and yet she stayed silent.

~ Dennis Sharpe

Dennis Sharpe Emotional Abuse Fear Silent Pain

Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.

~ Danielle Bernock

Danielle Bernock Captive Childhood Trauma Emotional Abuse Freedom Healing Healing The Emotional Self Invalidate Lies Love Love Heals Marginalized Pain Ptsd Screams Screams Of Agony Silent Pain Trauma Validation

Please don´t drown into his fears, his concrete fists don´t let him again, break the bridge of your nose with his cruel born hits. Then disappear into that mask of misery.

~ Anthony Liccione

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Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive.

~ Danielle Bernock

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The faded glittering in his eyes is like a falling star on a dull autumn's day.

~ Anna Paszkiewicz

Anna Paszkiewicz Age Mysery Silent Pain

One in four girls will experience sexual abuse by the time she is sixteen, and 48 percent of all rapes involve a young woman under the age of eighteen. It’s not surprising then, that in a society where sexual abuse of young women is rampant, many women never share their stories. They remain hidden and invisible.

~ Patti Feuereisen

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