#48- To Forgive and Forget? My Journey After Leaving a Cult
The Truth that Heals
English - October 21, 2023 18:13 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBMental Health Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I used to think that forgiveness meant forgetting the past and pretending like nothing bad ever happened. I didn't have self respect. I blamed myself. I let the abusers from the cult off the hook. Later I realized that I wasn't actually forgiving. Instead, I was ignoring the wounds that I had within me. Instead of blindly forgiving everything and anything I decided to acknowledge what happened to me, to willingly make the choice to forgive, and to learn a lesson that boundaries are okay. Speaking up is okay.
So now instead of pretending like everything is okay, like everything is fine and dandy, I am learning to create boundaries and to learn from my experiences.
Many told me that I wasn't truly forgiving if I wasn't able to forget but I now realize that it's okay to set up boundaries and to talk about my experience.
I have the right to heal as loudly as I want to.
Forgiveness shouldn't be forced. It is a choice that we all have the right to make.
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