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Emotional Pain

User Profile: Cierie16
Cierie16 February 10th

How do you channel the emotional pain that you've been carrying ever since you were a kid in the right way?

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User Profile: amiablePeace77
amiablePeace77 February 11th

@Cierie16

So sorry if you're carrying the burden of childhood trauma. It can leave the grown-up person with many emotional scars if not processed. Talking to someone trusted like a listener here or a therapist can greatly help to understand what you are going through so that you can heal. 

This is a video that might be helpful "How to cope with emotional pains"

Emotional self-care is very important.  When our emotional self-care needs are not being addressed, we tend to feel frustrated and burnt-out. You will find a link for a self-care toolbox here.

I hope this helps.

User Profile: Tboneking4214
Tboneking4214 February 11th

@Cierie16 Its a whole list of things. I don't know the ToS for this app fully so I cant fully say, but a lot of self reflection 

User Profile: CaringFaith61
CaringFaith61 February 12th

@Cierie16 carrying past childhood pain is not easy. The pain, if not healed, can manifest itself into other things. It id brave of you to recognize you need healing and take steps. Not a lot of people are able to do that. 

To heal, i would suggest you to think about your past and see what could have caused you pain and then it will be more clearer for you what to do to heal. For example, if you were criticized for your looks as a child, you need to love and accept yourself now, shower yourself with compliments, hit the gym or whatever, basically do anything that makes you feel beautiful. Recognize the negative thoughts in your mind and replace them with positive ones. Sometimes what other people say becomes our inner thoughts. Look if you are internalising the bad things other might have said and tell to yourself that it is not true. 

This just one thing you can do. I hope this helps. Wishing you all the best in your healing journey. I know you can do it😊

User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 Friday

The only thing that has ever worked for me, is by talking about it, by opening up and allowing myself to be able to unpack things in a healthy, safe and non judgemental space, where the emotions lose their impact, they lose their power and when healing begins, it allows you to be able to make decisions based on how you feel in the here and now and not on past feelings! I am sorry that you have had to go through this, but I have no doubt that you are a wonderful person with so much to give, sending you healing hugs, take care of yourself and the best of luck on your healing journey, it is not easy, but it is possible and worth it!

User Profile: akunknown
akunknown Friday

@Cierie16

I've been carrying this for years and still am ever since I was a child and suffered childhood trauma. 

How I channeled it depends on my age. As a child/kid, I didn’t know I had it not knowing what it was and how it affected me (though I’d realize all of this sometime during my teen years) so I just went on living my life as a child.

As a teen, I became isolated from everyone and society and the world. I was not accepted by anyone so that’s what led to that happening but as I got used to it, while I was unhappy about not having any friends, I was also happy bc I became my own best friend and being by myself taught me how self reliable I am along with many other good things. 

As an adult, I distance myself from those who traumatized me and spend my time distracting myself happily in fun ways so I don’t waste my time thinking about them