How We Keep Injuries from Healing
How We Keep Injuries from Healing Most people don’t recognize the similarities that mental or emotional injuries have with physical injuries: -They mostly come from environmental sources, which can be treated. -They hurt when you touch them. -They both have a natural healing process that will run its course if allowed to. -They require more intensive treatment if aggravated. -As with bones and muscles, proper healing often leaves emotion systems stronger than before. I think the main difference between the two are that emotional injuries are on the inside--they can’t be seen (except on a brain scan, where they are clearly visible). Physical injuries are in plain sight making them easier to identify and understand, both for the injured person and for treatment personnel. I wonder, how would we treat emotional injuries if we could see them? Well, I do know we definitely wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) say things like this to someone with broken femur: -I just don’t see what the big deal is… -I