for those who’ve been hurt … sentence starters
tw: victim-blaming / dismissing hurt.
change pronouns / wording as needed
“You’ve lost a lot, haven’t you?”
“I mean, you hurt them a lot, too.”
“I won’t hurt you the way they did.”
“You deserve to feel safe. And happy.”
“There’s nothing wrong with being wary.”
“You never shouldn’t been treated that way.”
“They aren’t here. they can’t hurt you, again.”
“How long are you going to let this affect you?”
“I know you don’t trust me, yet, and that’s okay.”
“I’m sorry. I want to earn your trust back. Please.”
“No, I’m not upset with you, why would you — oh.”
“You’ve been through a lot. It’s okay. We’ll take it slow.”
“Why can’t you just get over it? It happened so long ago.”
“You haven’t said a word since it happened. Are you okay?”
“You’re still healing. It’s only natural you don’t trust anyone, yet.”
“Why didn’t you ever tell someone what you were going through?”
“What happened to you was unfair… it’s okay to be angry about it.”
“Do you think you’ll ever be able to forgive them for what they did?”
“You’re a better person than they ever were, and this just proves it.”
“If you ever want to talk about it, you know I’ll always be here to listen.”
“You’re safe here. I know it’ll take you a while to believe it, but you are.”
“Just because they hurt you doesn’t mean everyone else is out to get you, too.”
“I know you’ve been hurt in the past, and I promise, I’ll never let that happen, again.”
“Cry. Scream. Break something if you need to. Just… you need to process this somehow.”
