Understanding Sexual Abuse | Page 28

I acknowledge something terrible happened to me.

I have the right to seek and receive help and healing.

I have the right to be believed.

I am beginning to deal with my feelings about the what happened to me.

I'm angry but I don't want the anger to destroy me.

I can and will talk about what happened to me.

I give the responsibility of the sexual abuse to the person who attacked me. It was not my fault.

I could not have prevented the assault. I did my best to get through it.

I am valuable.

I am going to work on my self-worth.

I have a choice to forgive the person who sexually abused me.

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