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Judith Herman

Judith Herman Quotes

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Judith Herman

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Nationality: Germany

Occupations: Screenwriter, Writer

Total quotes: 1

“Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality formed in the environment of coercive control is not well adapted to adult life. The survivor is left with fundamental problems in basic trust, autonomy, and initiative. She approaches the task of early adulthood―establishing independence and intimacy―burdened by major impairments in self-care, in cognition and in memory, in identity, and in the capacity to form stable relationships. She is still a prisoner of childhood; attempting to create a new life, she re-encounters the trauma.”

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

Tagged: Trauma and Recovery, Domestic Violence, Childhood Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Self-Care, Effects of Trauma, Trauma Reenactment, Trauma Repetition, Repetition Compulsion

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