Personally, I am not a big fan of forgiveness, though of course, each to their own, and also depending on the definition of the word "forgiveness".
I've seen on the Internet that many use the word "forgiveness" in the sense of "pardoning", in the sense of "it's ok", but there is nothing ok about physical, psychological, emotional, maybe also financial, or perhaps even sexual abuse and/or neglect. It is not ok what people have done to us. It is not ok what we had to endure.
Merriam-Webster also suggests the word "release" as a synonym for "forgiveness," and I think THIS is important: letting go of bad memories and negative emotions, being done with them, and remembering something without feeling hurt and/or angry.
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