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The mindest necessary to shift from Victim to Victor

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The mindest necessary to shift from Victim to…

Christian Ray Flores
Jan 14, 2022
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The mindest necessary to shift from Victim to Victor

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How do we overcome trauma and transcend it? How do we transform suffering into service to others and transform from victim to victor? I believe it is done by flipping the script. My first childhood memories are from a UN refugee camp in Chile. My dad was one of the tens ( by some accounts hundreds) of thousands arrested by dictator Augusto Pinochet after a violent military coup in September 1973. After my father’s release we took shelter under the protection of the UN in what was a Catholic center called Padre Hurtado. In a state of fearful limbo, we spent our time with hundreds of other refugees asking for political asylum any country that would take us. Mortal danger was a grim reality for all of us. We had to find a new place to build a life and go into exile without any hope of return.

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