You Become What You Think About
A Short Story by Terri Collins There are a lot of people who either do not believe this is true or who cannot wrap their mind around this concept enough to actually change their thought process and change their life. In my years of working with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault the understanding of, "you become what you think about," is one valuable self-help tool that I used to help victims transition to survivors. While there were always a few who could not, or would not gain this understanding, there were those who were able to change their negative thought process and change their negative self-talk. Therefore, able to greatly improve their lives. Every survivor who I have worked with, through the outreach programs of the local battered women's shelter, had come to believe that they were shameful, damaged, and that somehow they brought the abuse on themselves. They believed that they were worthless and that they did not deserve to be in a ...