Prompt # 7

This week's prompt is to write as many ways as you can why it wasn't your fault. A lot of time with victim-blaming and our own guilt and shame, we get it into our heads that we somehow deserved our trauma. That is NEVER the case! Write down all the ways you can think of why it wasn't your fault. If you are having trouble with that, at least fill a page or two of "It wasn't my fault."

• It wasn't my fault because I was a child.
• It wasn't my fault because he was supposed to protect me, not hurt me.
• It wasn't my fault even though I didn't say no.
• It wasn't my fault because I didn't ask for him to penetrate me.
• It wasn't my fault because I didn't ask him to sit next to me.
• It wasn't my fault even though I didn't fight back.
• It wasn't my fault because I am not an object.
• It wasn't my fault because my body belongs to me and no one else.
• It wasn't my fault because my clothes were not an invitation.
• It wasn't my fault because no one deserves to be assaulted
• It wasn't my fault even though I didn't speak up right away.
• It wasn't my fault and his drinking is not an excuse 
• It wasn't my fault because a crime was committed on me, not by me
• It wasn't my fault no matter what anyone says

What are the MANY reasons it was not your fault?