#isolation

Many Survivors blame themselves for the abuse and continue to feel responsible and guilty for anything bad that happens to them or to other people they know. Survivors often feel bad about themselves and different from other people. They therefore isolate themselves from other people and avoid making close friendships. ↗

— Carolyn Ainscough

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#child-abuse #isolation #rape #sexual-abuse #survivors

. . . clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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#isolation #loneliness #personality #solitude #love

I respect those who say that the United States should simply withdraw from the Middle East, but I don't respect them for anything but their honesty. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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#isolationism #middle-east #noninterventionism #respect