We each have our own ways of sabotaging & keeping ourselves down… Do we need to remain the victim so strongly that we pull the ceiling down upon our own heads? There is a comfort in the familiar. Also, it is important to us to be in control because as children being abused we were not at all in control. In self-sabotage we can be both the victim & the victimizer.

Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse