As we move away from the old role in which we were helplessly entrapped as a victim, we make friends with the people who affirm us. Their enthusiasm about us mirrors the positive experience we are having.

~ Maureen Brady

Maureen Brady Abuse Survivors Affirming Empowerment Friends Friendships Healing Healing From Abuse Moving On Recovery Recovery From Abuse Survivor Survivors Thriver Victim Victim Role

I believed I was too sensitive and weak. To “prove” I wasn’t a victim anymore, I moved closer to painful experiences rather than away from them. Remaining in harm’s way and exposing myself to more pain kept me in the victim role rather than moving me out of it.

~ Christina Enevoldsen

Christina Enevoldsen Belief System Harm Healing Pain Sensitive Suffering Victim Victim Role Victimization Weak

We each have our own ways of sabotaging & keeping ourselves down…Do we need to remain the victim so strongly that we pull the ceiling down upon our own heads? There is a comfort in the familiar. Also, it is important to us to be in control because as children being abused we were not at all in control. In self-sabotage we can be both the victim & the victimizer.

~ Maureen Brady

Maureen Brady Abuse Survivors Comfort Zone Comfortable Control Healing Healing From Abuse Healing Insights Recovery From Abuse Self Sabotage Survivors Victim Victim Role Victimization

And the victim must have been broken and must remain so, so that the externalization of evil is possible. The victim who refuses to assume this role contradicts society's simplistic view. Nobody wants to see it. People would have to take a look at themselves.

~ Natascha Kampusch

Natascha Kampusch Evil Evil Men Evil People Externalize Society Denial Society Thinking Stockholm Syndrome Trauma Bonding Victim Victim Role

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

Renee Fredrickson Abuse Survivors Criticism Emotional Abuse Healing From Abuse Hurtful Hurtful Words Insensitive Insensitivity Psychological Abuse Recovery From Abuse Sensitive Victim Victim Role