For Healing... the Wound Must Be Exposed
There is a reason doctors cannot properly treat a wound they cannot see. If a wound is covered but never cleaned, it may appear to be healing on the surface while infection continues underneath. Eventually, what was ignored begins to affect the entire body. The same principle often applies to emotional, relational, and spiritual wounds. Many of us were taught to hide our pain. We learned to smile when we were hurting, remain silent when we were confused, and protect family secrets at the expense of our own healing. We became experts at surviving while quietly carrying wounds that no one knew existed. For years, I believed that ignoring the pain would somehow make it disappear. It didn't. Hidden Wounds Don't Stop Hurting Unresolved trauma has a way of revealing itself in unexpected ways. Sometimes it looks like anxiety. Sometimes it looks like anger. Sometimes it looks like people-pleasing, perfectionism, fear, emotional numbness, or difficulty trusting others. We may spend year...
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