For the Survivor who still carries what was never hers to hold. The shame I carry does not belong to me. I lay it down, piece by piece, and r
For the Survivor who still carries what was never hers to hold.
- The shame I carry does not belong to me. I lay it down, piece by piece, and reclaim myself.
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I refuse to keep punishing myself for what someone else did to me. Their actions were the harm—not my survival.
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Every time I believed I was “too much” or “not enough,” I was being lied to. I know better now.
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I am not dirty. I am not ruined. I am not a mistake. I am a miracle in motion.
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I am allowed to be proud of who I am becoming, even if they never apologized for what they did.
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I do not have to explain my pain to be worthy of compassion. My healing is enough. I am enough.
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The voice in my head that repeats their cruelty is no longer welcome. I speak to myself now with love.
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Even if I was silenced, blamed, or ignored—I was never the problem. I was the one surviving.
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I am allowed to hold joy. I am allowed to feel pleasure. I am allowed to live free.
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I survived what should have broken me. Shame has no claim on someone that powerful.
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Every lie shame whispered, I return to sender. I don’t belong to shame—I belong to healing.
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I am not what happened to me. I am not what they called me. I am what I choose to believe about myself now. And I choose truth.
You don’t have to carry the shame that others projected onto you.
You don’t have to keep whispering apologies for simply existing.
You are not the worst thing that ever happened to you.
You are not the lowest voice you ever heard in your own head.
You are allowed to be kind to yourself.
You are allowed to live unburdened.
You are allowed to stop running from your reflection and finally see the beauty there.
You are not shame.
You are light.
Survivor Affirmation: I Have a Disability and I Reclaim My Voice
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