I have been victimized.
I was in a fight that was
not a fair fight.
I did not ask for the fight. I lost.
There is no shame in losing suchFS Quote ugly defeat
Fights, only in winning.
I have reached the stage of
Survivor and am no longer a
slave of victim status.
I look back with sadness
rather than hate.
I look forward with hope
rather than despair.
I may never forget, but I need not
constantly remember.
I was a victim.
I am a survivor.
THANK YOU DR. OCHENBERRY, for your amazing work with veterans. And thank you that this holds equally true for all civlian survivors of trauma, whether from WWII civilian concentration camps, or recent trauma and loss.
