When you blame others for your life circumstances, you give away your agency. Don't be a victim; it's the weakest position to have.
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Yes, but disentangling yourself from victimhood, particularly if you've been abused, is difficult - like learning to walk again.
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If someone is too weak/defeated/overwhelmed to do that, it's not necessarily possible to do that. Fetishizing victimhood, OTOH, is terrible.
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Even if it's a tiny step each day, the steps add up over time.
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There is a part of your being that cannot be harmed. Find that part and rest in it. The spiritual equivalent of re-learning how to walk.
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I agree with that, but I don't think people are always capable of doing that, or, perhaps more accurately, are not always willing to do it.
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That, and the route there seems to go straight through "here be dragons" territory. Might be worth it, but doesn't look like it from outside
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Hilarious. My wife used almost exactly the same phrase just yesterday. Synchronicity is on your side.
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Any serious path of self-knowledge leads through dragon territory. There be dragons inside of you.
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