One of the most valuable phrases I've been able to embrace during my healing journey is "Nobody is coming." I didn't just absorb it from one perspective either. It took on a couple of different meanings for me but somehow it always pointed me back to myself. Let me explain. Lesson #1 - Nobody is coming to save me Surviving childhood trauma helped me to eventually come to the conclusion that nobody is coming to save me. Not the teacher, the pastor, my parents, the court system