How Avoiding Our Wounds Causes Pain and Disease in Our Lives

When we experience emotional pain, we often try to avoid it. Our natural response is to protect ourselves from pain, so we develop defense mechanisms to keep us safe. However, sometimes these defense mechanisms can create further pain and disease in our lives and body.

Our original wound is the first instance of emotional pain that we experience in our lives. It could be something as small as a comment from a teacher or as traumatic as abuse from a parent. When we experience this pain, our natural response is to protect ourselves. We develop coping mechanisms such as denial, repression, or avoidance to help us feel safe. While these defense mechanisms may be helpful in the short term, they can have long-term consequences if we do not address the underlying wound.

One consequence of avoiding our wounds is the development of physical and emotional symptoms. For example, if we experience trauma as a child and do not address it, we may develop anxiety or depression later in life. If we do not deal with our emotional pain, our body may start to express it in physical symptoms, such as digestive issues, headaches, or back pain. By avoiding our wounds, we create a cycle of pain and disease in our lives.

Another consequence of avoiding our wounds is the development of unhealthy patterns of…