Freeing oneself could be letting go, shifting from caretaking to caregiving, from empathy to sympathy. most importantly we can only give what we have, so self love is essential.
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“Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.” ― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption