https://jochum.dev/en/tags/oppression/ Recent content in Oppression on jochum.dev https://jochum.dev/images/20260503-me.jpg https://jochum.dev/images/20260503-me.jpg Hugo en Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jochum.dev/en/personal-development/20260521-the-oppressed-oppress-the-free-make-free/ Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jochum.dev/en/personal-development/20260521-the-oppressed-oppress-the-free-make-free/ <p>I write this not from theory. I was a victim long enough to know what that feels like from the inside. And I have myself oppressed — made people feel small, relieved myself at their expense, passed on the burden that lay on me. Both belong to me. Neither is to be glossed over.</p> <p>Today I am free. Or more precisely: I am on the way. I am trying to be a warrior of light, in Coelho&rsquo;s sense — that is, someone who falls, rises again, doubts, keeps going. Not a hero. A practitioner.</p>