Nadia Jamil forced to ‘parent’ herself after traumatic childhood
Nadia Jamil kept her 'head high' after becoming a sexual abuse survivor
Pakistani actress Nadia Jamil has revealed that she had to “parent” herself after suffering from sexual abuse trauma.
Nadia shared that it has taken her a “long time” to recover from the traumatic childhood but now she keeps her “head high” after becoming a survivor.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the veteran actress wrote, “It’s taken a long time getting here, but Alhamdolillah I am truly blessed, & can say with my head high, I am a survivor, who learned how to become a blessed thriver.”
She continued, “I walked through agonising pain, zero self esteem, constantly out sourcing my happiness, & hiding from situations & people, with a deep unhappiness. Till I found the tools to learn how to parent myself, till I found the way to respect myself,protect myself & love myself.”
The Jo Bichar Gaye star added, “I am responsible for taking care of the child within me & I am responsible for every other child whose healing I can somehow facilitate.”
Nadia emphasized on taking care of children, adding, “every child matters.” She advised the audience to nurture their inner child as well.
“Healing is possible, the light at the end of the tunnel is real. It’s ok to feel the fear, & move towards it. At our own pace. It’s ok to feel sad & own our fears. It’s ok to feel overwhelmed. It’s ok to stop & just breathe,” she remarked.
The Damsa starlet called breathing the “most important thing” and swore that she can’t live without it for more than a few minutes.
“It took me time to find my beautiful tribes. All of them. Especially the tribe that shatters the shame with me. The tribe that says it out loud it’s #notmyshame. It never was. Thank you INCREDIBLE emmajanetayloruk for starting this empowering movement,” Nadia appreciated the founder of not my shame champaign, Emma Jane Taylor.