Quotes about Dysfunction

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All the great words, it seemed to Connie were cancelled, for her generation: love, joy, happiness, home, mother, father, — D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
She has that voraciousness about children. She swoops in on them. Even I, in public was a beloved child. She'd parade me — Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects
It is very difficult to develop a proper sense of self-esteem in a dysfunctional family. Having very little self-worth, — David W. Earle
Another preoccupation fed into this dynamic relationship between discovery and denial: does sexual abuse actually matter — Beatrix Campbell, Stolen Voices: The People And Politics Behind The Campaign To Discredit Childhood Testimony
My mother's mouth drops. 'Emmy...don't say those things Emmy. Remember, we don't talk about those things.''Yes Mom. I re — Emily Andrews
Fear of breaking family loyalty is one of the greatest stumbling blockages to recovery. Yet, until we admit certain thin — Ronald Allen Schulz
All people cross the line from childhood to adulthood with a secondhand opinion of who they are. Without any questioning — Heyward Bruce Ewart III, AM I BAD? Recovering From Abuse
In Ireland we have the phenomenon known as a "Spoiled Priest." Unlike a spoiled child, this does not refer to a Priest t — J.P. Sexton
You think you have a handle on God, the Universe, and the Great White Light until you go home for Thanksgiving. In an ho — Shirley Maclaine, Dance While You Can
Okay, well, on Borelletrox V, the males are kept completely isolated from all images of the female until Binding Day and — Jackson Lanzing, Joyride Vol. 2
I was wrong last night. Kyler isn’t just trouble. He’s an apocalypse-level disaster waiting to happen. I need to find so — Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler
He knows I’ve seen something in him. Something I recognize, only because it exists in me too. — Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler
This whole scenario is sick, depraved, but also grossly fascinating. I’ve become a Peeping Tom. And. It’s. Turning. Me. — Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler
What is that?” Addison inspects the food with a look of sheer revulsion on her face. You’d swear I just handed her a pla — Siobhan Davis, Finding Kyler
When one person attempts to “fix it” for the other person, the connection of acceptance is snapped and the sender and re — David W. Earle
This is what we desire in intimate relationships but this deep connection is often so frightful that most do not take ad — David W. Earle
Wounded parents often unintentionally inflict pain and suffering on their children and these childhood wounds causes a l — David W. Earle
Our parents were our first gods. If parents are loving, nurturing, and kind, this becomes the child’s definition of the — David W. Earle
It's my opinion, with some people, just knowing they are alone, living inside of their own miserable, self hating, dysfu — Colleen Truscott Fry
The dysfunction was not the character of one person, it was the split of family by divorce, with the ripples felt for et — Amber Garibay