How to begin healing those wounds that can't physically be seen
captured it beautifully. Unfortunately, when a psychological wound is continually invalidated by others, it can inadvertently add to the pain, similar to applying salt to a cut, or wood to a fire. We've all been told,"leave it in the past" or"get over it" when we're suffering because of something that happened to us that's still significantly affecting us. These platitudes, while often well-intentioned, never help.
Unfortunately, much of the lay public doesn't see it this way or understand how or why psychological trauma can have a lasting negative impact on someone. Trauma treatment is still younger than 40 years old. In fact, it wasn't officially recognized as a significant emotional difficulty until 1980. Fortunately, healing is very possible, doesn’t need to take a lot of time , and doesn’t mean what the perpetrator did was OK.
Now that you know, there's one small thing you can do to reduce suffering in the world: I would recommend you do not minimize others' psychological trauma; be curious, supportive, validating, and compassionate when someone risks telling you about a painful past event.
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