The more a child is abused, the more the child uses his abilities to anticipate, manage, prevent, dismantle, and challenge the abusing ways of his parents.

Steven Franssen
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  1. Admitting pain humbles us to the reality of our personal histories and our present conditions. We no longer have to pretend we are something that we are not.
  2. Without confidence we feel insecure. We replay the doubting voices of our parents on a loop in our own minds.
  3. The greater your ambition for the health of the world, the more sinister, diabolical, complex, and threatening the resistance you will meet.
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  5. By aggrandizing one's own abilities and achievements, the grandiose person remains out of touch with who they truly are and as such, remains prone to crossing the boundaries of others.
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