How Healing Emotional Wounds is Like Healing Physical Wounds
By Chris Hammond, MS, IMH Physical wounds are easy to spot as they usually leave physical evidence of an injury such as a broken bone or blood. They also leave emotional evidence such as anxiety or pain. Emotional wounds, like physical, can leave physical evidence such as loss of appetite or sudden sickness. They also leave emotional evidence such as depression or anger. However they do not always leave evidence. These wounds are much harder to spot because they have been hidden or denied for so long but far more devastating in the end if not properly addressed. To heal from a physical wound such as a large cut, you must begin by realizing that you have a wound. Then you need to asses if it is a wound you can manage or if it is a wound that you need help managing. Your next step is to clean out the wound, stitch the wound up if needed, and finally bandage the wound. Failure to clean out the wound effectively can lead ...