You Are Not Your Trauma: The Victimhood Trap

The Friday Edition | No. 48

You Are Not Your Trauma: The Victimhood Trap

Complex trauma (CPTSD) leaves deep grooves in our being, echoing through our skin with pain, abandonment, and despair. For those who have endured relentless trauma, the need to be seen and validated often feels like a lifeline that we can never quite attain. This yearning isn’t a weakness – it is the voice of a soul that has been ignored for far too long.

But there’s a fine line between acknowledging our suffering and letting it define us. When we become entangled in the identity of the victim, we risk not just halting our healing but also losing sight of our true essence.

Victimhood is a way of staying connected to our pain, but it also keeps us from the deeper truth of who we are.

_A.H. Almaas, Elements of the Real in Man (Diamond Heart, Book 1)