me personally - I really hate the terms 'victim' and 'survivor'. I don't see myself as ever having been a 'victim' and I don't now see myself as a 'survivor'.

If someone 'vicitmized' me, I see that as meaning they changed me from 'me' into a 'victim'. I refuse to be labelled as someone's victim. i refuse to be labelled as 'someones' anything.

In my life I have experienced a lot of trauma and a lot of pain. Throughout my adult years i have worked hard to recover from and heal those hurts.

But I am NOT a victim and I am NOT a survivor.
I am ME.

Me, me, me, me, ME!!!
(still on the long rocky road of healing)