Daniel Gould
Sep 1, 2018 · 1 min read

You make good points. I’ve seen a lot of people resist the term survivor. I don’t entirely embrace it myself, but my last bout of abuse utterly, completely destroyed me. I couldn’t go to sleep sober for nearly a year, and six years on still have many issues and hangups. I’m ok with survivor for me because while i’m far from healed and ok, I did survive what had very strong potential to kill me. I still often think it would be easier to opt out and start over fresh in another life than waste time trying to heal and function in this one. Every day I wake up, I’m a survivor. Not because I thrive and am “over it,” but because I’m still alive despite it. That’s all it means to me, it didn’t kill me, when I use it I don’t imply or infer “I’m over it.” I find it interesting how different words appeal to different people. Always good to learn what works for others.

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