Wellness Calendar: Sunday 28 September

Victimhood

Here are two blunt questions for you to consider if you have ever been hurt, harmed or wronged.

Can striving for justice (such as revenge, retribution, punishment, payback, retaliation, etc.) bring you a sense of empowerment, or are they two different beasts altogether?

Similarly, if you have been a victim of someone or something…

Can remaining in a state of victimhood give you empowerment?

The reason we ask these questions is that our only concern at Self Detective is your well-being and the well-being of others. If seeking justice or being in a passive victim-mode doesn’t help your well-being or gets in the way of your wellness, then perhaps it’s not the path to take. Or perhaps while the recognition that you are a victim is an important step to make, it’s merely another stopover on a journey to wellness.

Here is another couple of direct questions for you to ponder.

If you’ve been hurt or harmed or wronged in any way, what are your options?
If you have hurt or harmed or wronged someone else in any way, what are your options?

Might there be a choice to make between doing something about it and doing nothing? Might there be a decision to make as to whether you can move on from the pain/shame of what happened or whether you cannot? Which then might raise another question…

Can I truly move on without some form of letting go, without some form of forgiveness, either to another or to myself (or both)?

As ever, there are no right or wrong answers to any of these questions. We are merely throwing them up into the air and seeing where they land.

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