Let the healing begin
Healing is a process that is usually accompanied by emotional pain. It requires a person to go back to moments in their past to understand what is going on in their present. As much as we would like to forget those moments, we are sometime forced to remember due to physical and emotional scares that are left behind. If we don’t heal from these things, those scares will always have a negative affect on our lives. Scares come in many forms which means healing does as well. For instance, if you have been abused physically or even involved in an accident that requires surgery or stitches, seeing the scares evokes feelings related to the incident. If your scared are emotional, your outward scares will be look like unprovoked anger, depression, anxiety or cutting. There are many things that hinders us from wanting to engage in the healing process, such the fear of having to feel the most hurtful feelings we have ever felt, all over again. It can also be concerns about others who are connected to our pain. Healing is voluntary and can only work when you are ready. Continuing to live in or avoid the pain can have a negative effect on you, both emotionally and sometime physically. It can keep you in a place of self-destruction as well as the destruction of those who love you (hurt people hurt people). Some signs of healing include the ability to tell Your Story. When you can relay the events in Story From to others it creates a feeling of power as well as emotional healing. You are no longer forced to live in a place of darkness, self-loathing, fear, hurt, and self-destruction. You are ABLE to live freely in forgiveness of yourself and others. You can cope with the residue of the past without relapsing into destructive or defensive behaviors. Healing is a process that you do not have to go through alone. Therapy is a great place to start this process with the tools and support necessary to help you become THE BEST VERSION OF YOU. The one you planned to be before…….Be encouraged that it is possible and you are able. I encourage you to Choose to Heal!
