Childhood trauma survivors survive.

The one thing that childhood trauma survivors have in common is that we survive. We persevere. We overcome. And we do it better than most. We have seen the darkness of humanity, and yet here we are. 

I think about being a survivor and how that word once made me sick with shame, guilt, and embarrassment. Today, I embrace it for no other reason than I don’t know what else to do with it. Part of that is acceptance. We accept that we were abused as children. We accept that we are hurt by those that were supposed to take care of us. We accept that we have been impacted by generational trauma. We accept that we are the changemakers. 

All we ever wanted or needed was to be seen, heard, felt, loved, embraced, cared for, and shepherded into life; that guidance and care was stripped from us at the jump. Yet, we survive. 

We use the word survivor as a scapegoat, it is our easy-out for all of the things that we do that are not in line with our values. “It’s not my fault that I lied, cheated, stole, mistreated you and myself, or dug deep into sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll. I’m a survivor. I’m supposed to be fucked up.” We must accept that we control our actions.

It not until we leverage the power of the word survivor that our life changed. We no longer see it as a flag of shame to be waved over our misgivings, but instead is it a mantle on which we have place the baseline for the way we think about life, and the actions we take to create the change we so desperately seek. If we survived that shit then we can do anything! We survived the face of evil itself, the power of the devil. And today, what holds us back? Fear of the unknown or fear that survival is also the gateway to thriving? 

I think about this every day; though trauma may be our foundation, it is not our future.

Here we are.

Until next time my friend…

Be Unbroken,

-Michael 

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