Reclaiming Your Mind

We all have different stories so you would assume that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to this conundrum. But even though the story is different, and the villains vary, the characters involved may be diverse, and the settings may be unalike, even the number of chapters it lasted differs… the solution may not be so different.

I have spent over 10 years in the ‘I’m a survivor’ mode. Being a survivor is depicted as being so honourable, brave and empowering, that Beyonce and Destiny’s Child sang a very catchy song about it. Although I have to say that going through the trauma did not feel very honourable or brave and whilst it was extremely empowering to finally remove myself from the situation, it took every-little-bit of strength I had, and it stole the next ten years for recovery and the rebuil