Forgive yourself for the relationships you pursued while you were still discovering your worth

Forgive yourself for the things that went unsaid while you were still finding your voice

Forgive yourself for the situations you could've handled better before you learned how

You did what you could then and you'll do what you can now

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This means everything to me. I am so sick of other people telling us victims to forgive our abusers. Even the language of saying forgive yourself is offensive to a survivor. Forgiveness is a Christian construct invented by men to make us forgive them for their sins. Forgiveness needs to be taken out of the language that victims/survivors use, we don't need it. It is not our shame, it is theirs.