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Abuse Survivor's Bill of Personal Rights

  • We have the right to clear communication and equal access to available support services.

  • We have a right to ask for the support we need. We should not have to suffer injustice to get what we need. Our needs are valid and important.

  • We have the right to take risks and start new adventures.

  • We have the right to good will, enrichment, joy, strong, positive connections, warmth, honesty, understanding, respect, rapport and concern for our well being.

  • We have a right to our bodies, to embrace physical self care, nutrition, exercise, relaxation.

  • We have a right to express our opinions, ideas and emotions. It's all right to have our own view of the world.

  • We have a right to plenty of rest and sleep. Whatever problems we may be experiencing can wait until morning.

  • We have the right to free ourselves of guilt and shame that doesn't belong to us, and to give back to our abusers what belongs to them.

  • We have both a right and a reason to be here. We are children of God. We have the right to take up space and the right to just be.

  • We have the right to be out in the world, to explore, to relax, to play, to experiment, to be taken care of and to stand up for ourselves.

  • We have the right to our curiosity and intuition.

  • It's our right to push and test to find limits, to say no and be separate.

  • We have a right to think for ourselves.

  • We have a right to think about our feelings and have feelings about our thoughts.

  • We have the right to be angry when our rights are violated. We have a right to let people know when we feel angry. We can be angry at people we love.

  • It's our right to take time to explore who we are.

  • It's our right to make mistakes.

  • We have a right to our own morals and methods, and a right to do things our own way, or the way of others, or the way of the group as we choose.

  • We have a right to choose to be independent, interdependent or dependent. We don't have to give up our independence to be taken care of.

  • We have a right to back out of any social, sexual, or work related contact if we feel uncomfortable, even if we initiated it.

  • We have the right take care of ourselves under any circumstances.

  • It's our right to make choices beyond mere survival.

  • We have a right to say no to anything that we are not ready for or that feels unsafe.

  • It's our right to terminate conversations with people who make us feel put down and humiliated.

  • It's our right to be self protective, even selfish and set limits as we choose.

  • We have the right to share our stories, to share our triumphs and vent our pain.

  • We have a right to divorce ourselves from all abusive relationships and surround ourselves with loving, trustworthy people.

  • We have the right to reclaim our lives as our own.



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Last modified: 1/04/2006 by Covenantal Promotions