Their Hurt is Not Your Decision to Make

By Nikita Gill,
Brooke Shaden
Brooke Shaden

Deciding how hurt
someone is allowed to be
with your behaviour
towards them
is the emotional
equivalent of

1.
drowning someone
and deciding
how loud
they are allowed
to scream

2.
setting someone on fire
and deciding
how much of a mess
their ashes are allowed
to make

3.
stabbing someone
and deciding
how much
they are allowed
to bleed.

You do not get to
destroy someone
and decide how ruined
they are allowed
to feel.Thought Catalog Logo Mark

For more writing from Nikita Gill visit yoursoulisariver.com.

Nikita is the author of Your Soul Is A River and Your Heart Is The Sea.

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