Denial protected us, screening out certain.... : Quote by Maureen Brady

“ Denial protected us, screening out certain experiences & feelings until we grew strong enough to relate to them...Yet it also dropped a curtain over our experience, obscuring it, leaving us with a sense of missing pieces. For instance, when we achieved something, we felt like an imposter. Or, though we had a relationship with a significant other, we often felt alone and unrelated to anyone. ”

Maureen Brady
  • From : Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse
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