Voice in the Dark

As a child, Ophelia was a peace loving and sensitive soul. To her detriment, she saw the good in others, never focused on the negative but cared enough to help uplift where it was needed.
Because of her natural inclination to serve and fill the void, she fell into the trap of narcissists.
Unfortunately, she was born into familial and societal bondage where she was programmed to fit into a pre-determined mould but she had a deep desire to be free. Not specifically the freedom where she could do whatever she wanted to or go wherever she felt like going at any given time, but the freedom to be her Self. She wanted to be free to think and feel the way she did, free to express herself and free from the expectations and manipulations of others.
She realised that desire alone meant nothing and that action was needed.
Alone and without any external support, she found the courage within and set out on a long and difficult journey to find and liberate herself from bondage and the shackles of mind and emotions.
At the end of this perilous journey where she encountered judgement, condemnation and abuse, she not only liberated herself but she liberated her lineage as well.
How is it possible for someone like her to not be broken but more determined to live a life of peace, beauty, love and light?
How did she do it? How did she escape and manage to survive the psychological abuse she had endured at the hands of those who professed to love her?