Being Silenced Doesn’t Mean I Was Wrong

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When the world doesn’t want to hear your truth,
they may call you “dramatic”, “bitter”, “attention-seeking”.
They’ll punish you for the pain someone else caused.

And when you stop talking just to protect your peace,
they’ll say your silence means it wasn’t real.

But silence doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
It means you’re tired.
It means you’re protecting what’s left.
It means you learned who was safe—and who wasn’t.

✨ Survivor Affirmations

• My silence is not guilt. It’s wisdom.

• I have the right to stop explaining my pain.

• I don’t need to keep telling the story for it to be true.

• My truth is whole, even when unspoken.

• I trust myself to speak when and how I choose.

• I protect my voice by honoring when it needs rest.

• I am not wrong. I am rising in my own time.

You are not silenced—you are sacred.
You are not erased—you are restoring.