Untreated Soul Wounds

Though far more complicated, our souls wounds can be likened to the physical wounds.  When we are wounded physically , we don't go around pretending all is normal. We buy ointments, disinfectants, bandages to make sure we assist the healing process. We only stop taking exta care of once we are healed. An untreated and ignored wound builds a layer of thick skin, which makes it look like it is healing from the outside but things would be getting messy inside. The puss eats the flesh and digs even a deeper wound. Depending on the size of wound if left  untreated,it cause severe medical conditions.

Our souls wounds are similar, when we get hurt emotionally we are to treat our wounds with care, try to find ways for us to heal so that we can live our lives to the full. The unfortunate truth is that we hardly ever pay attention to the soul would. We pretend we are okay just because the evidence is hidden from a naked eye, we lie to ourselves and others that we are not affected just because we want to believe that we strong and in control. If we pretend or ignore long enough, it does seem like the pain has gone away, but just  like an untreated or ignored wound, we build think skin around our fragile hearts. 

The problem with thick skin is that when pressed or scratched, the pain becomes worse than before due to the infestation and puss build up. The pain of an unhealed infested wound is far worse that the fresh wound. Trying to clean that, requires 10 times the effort. What we fail to understand is that the bigger and deeper the soul wound,  the greater the urgency to fix it. Ignoring it and hoping it will heal with time is a big mistake.

People who walk around with untreated soul wounds are a ticking life bomb waiting to explode. Unhealed soul wounds may trigger exaggerated responses from an event that triggers the memory of the past. Clearly this will damage interpersonal relationships, because the next person will know the whole story until you tell them. Unresolved anger is usually the result of soul wounds, where people just rub you off the wrong way. The pain you feel seems real now hence you get convinced that the current person who triggered the anger is the one hurting you. You may not know this or even want to acknowledge it, but the past does come back to haunt you. Soul wounds force us to view the world through the eyes of pain and suffering and only focus on those things that are painful whilst ignoring the good things about people and life in general. 

Healing is a journey to self that each of us need to take. We can take several paths to realising it and the information is available to those who seek it. Staying where you are is not an option. 

        

I would encourage that everyone goes through the process Dr Jordan Peterson calls, Self Authoring, where you  document all the events of the past, how they made you feel, people who inflicted pain to you during specific times. This helps brings your awareness of all the sources of your emotions that don't serve you. Anger, bitterness, pride,  will never serve you in a long run. Unfortunately, there's no instant remedy, it is a process that you won't regret committing to for a better you and even better interpersonal relationships. 

Lastly but definitely not least, our spirit is the source of our being, when our spirit is renewed through Faith in God, it becomes catalyst of all positive change. On your own your will get better slowly but surely, but with God the process is accelerated because you'll be getting sthregth from an unlimited source... If it were up to me I'd say, work your way from inside out, Spirit, Soul then Body.