The Healing Process

As I go through the healing process for whatever the back issue is that I have I ponder the healing process in general. How amazing our bodies are to heal from injury or illness. However some injuries and illnesses take time and alot of work to recover from. I do stretching exercises every day and take it easy if it feels like I have overdone it. I know a stroke victim who gave up with rehabilitation and never recovered from their stroke. But I also know someone who never gave up and once again was able to go home and live on her own. But physical healing is not the only trauma to heal from. There is emotional trauma, be it neglect, abuse, or anything in our lives that causes emotional trauma. That is not as easy to spot as a physical trauma but it is very real. However there is a "buck up and get over it mentality" that widespread among society. But I can understand that because to deal with emotional trauma is not easy and it exposes the horrible things people have done to others that they don't want others to know or even the horrible things to us that we are embarrassed to talk about for whatever reason. I was in that group for decades. To let others into the dark parts of my life was also exposing me to rejection-or so I thought. It was not easy to work through all I had buried away but just because I buried it away did not mean it did not come out somewhere and somehow in my life. It was a long painful process because I also had to work through the actions I did out of it. But once I started I did not ever want to stop, the counselor I saw said once I start I need to see it all the way through, if I stop in the middle of it then it will be worse because all that emotion and trauma will be out in the open. I am glad I persevered because the healing and healthiness that was waiting on the other side of it was and is still great. To learn to be more honest and real as opposed to hiding behind a mask is much easier than hiding behind a mask. So if there are those who are beginning in the healing process of emotional trauma keep at it, the benefits are well worth the reliving of the trauma.