Nice post!
A nice reminder to "not play the victim".
"We aren't our past."
The choice is up to us to do something about it.

I constantly hear whining, "victim mentality mode".

In fact, I fell deep into that abyss by believing everyone else's stories, and thinking that their story was my story.

No.
No it is not.
Your story is YOUR STORY.
Your story is how you choose to define it.

Thanks for the powerful reminder, my friend.