“In order to gain their freedom, survivors may have to give up almost everything else. Battered women may lose their homes, their friends, and their livelihood. Survivors of childhood abuse may lose their families. Political refugees may lose their homes and their homeland...+

...Rarely are the dimensions of this sacrifice fully recognized.”

― Judith Lewis Herman, “Trauma and Recovery”

“Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation.”

“It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain...+

...The victim demands action, engagement, and remembering.”

—Judith Lewis Herman, “Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror”