I have seen this "Mantra" so many times; maybe the words are a little different, but each one means the same thing.....that I am not a victim of the horror I've been through; but a survivor, just because I didn't die?
I question this logic all the time. I think we always remain "part victim" of our past abuse and painful circumstances. The thing that makes us "survivors" is the fact that we choose to perceive OURSELVES differently......to make the role of "victim" the minor character in the screenplay of our lives and the role of "survivor" as the main character.
The victim will always remain....it can never go away; the abuse that happened can't magically "not" have happened.....but, as I am trying so hard to learn; I am rearranging the baggage of abuse and pain and making it easier to be that "survivor" not controlled by the past any longer. Will I succeed? Only time will tell..........
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