Quotes for Abused Women, Men and Children
Inspirational Quotes about Abuse on Women, man and children. These quotes talk about the mental, physical and verbal abuse, its effects and inspiration on how to handle abuse.
Abuse Quotes
1. Trauma does not have to occur by abuse alone.


Tags: Trauma | Abuse | Mental Health |
2. Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.


Tags: Perfectionism | Abuse |
3. Jesus Would Be Disappointed. That Those Who Dress Like His Mother (Mary) are being Discriminated against and attacked Physically & Mentally.


Tags: Hijab Quotes and Memes | Jesus | Mother Mary | Discrimination | Attack | Abuse | Mental Health | Disappointment |
4. Don't ever abuse a kind heart,
You may never be offered one again.


Tags: Abuse | Be Kind | Heart | Blessed | Anger | Arguments | Fight | Healthy Communication | Muslimah | Islamic Quotes for Husband | Husband | Manly | Womens Rights |
5. Antisocial personality disorder
-manipulating or treating people badly without feeling sorry
-tendency to lie, steal or abuse alcohol/drugs


Tags: Personality Disorder | Manipulation | Mind Games | Liar | Stealing | Abuse | Alcohol | Drugs |
6. Borderline personality disorder
-feeling empty and abandoned regardless of support
-difficulty in handling stressful situations
-episodes of paranoia
-may have risky and impulsive behavior like unsafe sex, binge drinking and gambling


Tags: Personality Disorder | Emptiness | Loneliness | Stress | Paranoid | Risk | Impulsive | Unsafe | Sex | Abuse | Gambling | Mental Health | Binge | Behavior |

7. Dependent personality disorder
-dependence on people for emotional and physical needs
-avoiding being alone
-need reassurance while making decisions
-might be likely to tolerate physical or verbal abuse


Tags: Personality Disorder | Emotional | Loneliness | Decision | Tolerance | Abuse |
8. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her


Tags: Violence | Womens Rights | Pandemic | Statistics | Sex | Beating | Abuse | Mental Health | Crime | Domestic Violence |
9. You learn about anger in the family you grow up in; you watch and listen to the adults around you who model for you how and when to express it. And you learn that it can be respected, that it can be avoided, or that it can be abusive.


Tags: Anger | Parenting | Respect | Self Respect | Self Respect | Avoid | Abuse | Domestic Violence |
10. Sometimes, anger is really irritability. It’s about being in a bad mood, or waking up on the wrong side of the bed. Hopefully, you can recognize that before you do or say something you’ll regret.


Tags: Anger | Irritated | Mood Swings | Treating Badly | Rude | Regret | Abuse |
11. Anger isn’t violent in and of itself. The power of anger can be respected, and voiced respectfully. You may have to wait until you’re not quite so mad and when your words can be calm.


Tags: Anger | Violence | Abuse | Power | Respect | Waiting | Calm |
12. Some parents intentionally hurt and abuse - they absolutely know what they are doing. But some (obviously) do not.


Tags: Parenting | Hurt | Abuse | Intentional | Mistake | Parental Favoritism |
13. If you are in an abusive relationship, establishing boundaries may not be possible, as assertiveness in sharing your boundaries may not be even safe. And because the other person has a distinct agenda of controlling or even hurting you - you'll just get laughed at - if you try to voice your limits.You may need to consider leaving that relationship safely.


Tags: Abuse | Relationship | Crossing the Line | Assertion | Controlling | Mind Control | Mind Games | Leave | Unsafe | Consideration |
14. sometimes it's not ego. it's self-respect.


Tags: Ego | Self Respect | Arguments | Fight | Treating Badly | Abuse |
15. don't allow someone to treat you poorly just because you love them


Tags: Self Respect | Blind | Sad Love | Poor | Treating Badly | Abuse | Arguments | Screaming |
16. I’m a great dad because I know what it’s like not to be a good dad.


Tags: Father | Parenting | Raising Children | History | Past | Abuse | Knowledge |
17. Due to the mental and emotional abuse that I've gotten from men in general all my life and my resulting hatred of the typical male ego, I have a more dominant attitude towards men and a more submissive attitude towards women.


Tags: Mental Health | Emotional | Emotional Abuse | Abuse | Hate | Manly | Submissive | Dominance | Attitude | Women | Understanding Women | Psychology | Self Awareness | Submissive Men |
18. When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. The misinformation will feel unfair, but stay above it, trusting that other people will eventually see the truth; just like you did.


Tags: Toxic People | Adult Bully | Bully | Controlling | Mind Control | Trust | Abuse | Emotional Abuse | Glad You Are Gone |
19. A bully can be an aggressive juvenile, an intimidating boss or colleague, a controlling romantic partner, an unruly neighbor, a high-pressure sales/business representative, a condescending family member, a shaming social acquaintance, or those in a variety of other types of abusive relationships.


Tags: Bully | Adult Bully | Passive Aggressive | Children | Raising Children | Controlling | Relationship | Abuse | Emotional Abuse | Neighbor | Sales | Work Life | Relatives |
20. Physical bullying is the use of physical intimidation, threat, harassment or harm.Examples of physical bullying include physical attack, simulated violence (such as raising a fist as if to strike, or throwing objects near a person), extortion, date rape, marital rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment at work, personal space violation, physical space entrapment, physical size domination, and numerical domination (ganging up on a victim).


Tags: Bully | Adult Bully | Intimidating | Attack | Domestic Violence | Abuse | Rape | Sexual | Work Life | Violence | Privacy |
21. The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.


Tags: Abuse | Emotional Abuse | Power | Danger | Taking Advantage |
22. Unless strong and effective boundaries are established, the bully is likely to repeat and intensify the abuse.


Tags: Bully | Adult Bully | Distance | Repeat | Abuse | Emotional Abuse | Ignoring | Mind Games |
23. Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.


Tags: Power | Abuse | Emotional Abuse | Government | Law |
24. Corporal punishment has been
associated with a variety of psychological and behavioral disorders in children and
adults, including anxiety, depression, withdrawal, low self-esteem, impulsiveness,
delinquency and substance abuse


Tags: Corporal Punishment | Anxiety | Depression | Self Esteem | Abuse | Emotional Abuse |
25. Meta-analyses of hundreds of studies document that physical punishment is associated with: verbal and physical aggression; delinquent, antisocial, and criminal behavior; poorer quality of parent-child relationships; impaired mental health; and later abuse of one's own spouse and children.


Tags: Corporal Punishment | Abuse | Relationship | Beating | Emotional Abuse | Parenting | Mental Health | Domestic Violence |
26. To those who abuse: the sin is yours, the crime is yours, and the shame is yours. To those who protect the perpetrators: blaming the victims only masks the evil within, making you as guilty as those who abuse. Stand up for the innocent or go down with the rest.


Tags: Victim | Abuse | Standing Up | Hiding Behind A Mask |
27. To my abusers: I forgive you.


Tags: Victim | Abuse | Forgiveness | Peace | Mental Wellness |
28. The gain for the victim is in the fact that he can get people to stay and take care of him — for who could ever really leave the poor victim without feeling terribly guilty. In this way, victims often bully others into all kinds of care-giving, running the gamut from providing financially for poor victim, to literally making all of his choices for him. The victim typically knows exactly what buttons to push in others to get them to begin or continue to take care of him. Indeed, quite often the bully identity lurches backward into his shadowed victim identity, as a means of justifying his abuse of others.


Tags: Victim | Guilt | Favor | Mind Games | Terrible | Help | Self Help | Bully | Adult Bully | Gold Digger | Abuse | Emotional Abuse | Identity |
29. You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.


Tags: Be Kind | Be Kind | Accomplishment | Leadership | Force | Treating Badly | Pressure | Accusation | Blame | Abuse | Guilt | Emotional Abuse | Islamic Quotes for Husband | Islamic Quotes for Wife |
30. Hurting people you love is the heaviest kind of regret.


31. When you beat yourself up like that, you invite every abusive person from your past back into your life. - Willie Rios


Tags: Beating | Self Hate | Abuse |
32. Gaslighting is a manipulation tool used by many to gain control over you, and get you to believe what they want you to believe while they abuse you and enjoy their power.
Victims can start to have self-esteem issues, self-doubt, feeling inadequate, stupid, unworthy, confused and a need to please everyone,


Tags: Gaslighting | Pleasing | Victim | Mental Health | Emotional Abuse | Abuse | Toxic People |
33. Anger is a primary emotion that quickly triggers the brain - within 1/20th of a second. We often are primed to get angry because we are experiencing “other” issues like Low self-worth, unmet goals, disappointments, abuse, expectations, fear, selfishness, sins, skill deficits, stress or other emotional or relationship problems.


Tags: Anger | Emotions | Trigger | Brain | Self Worth | Life Goals | Relationship Goals | Disappointment | Abuse | Emotional Abuse | Expectations | Fear | Selfishness | Sinner | Soft Skills | Stress | Relationship | Anxiety |