Silently hurting
I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. (C.S. Lewis) What is hurting you so badly that you can't even talk about it?Has that happened to you before? Most of us would have encountered at one time or another, some hurtful issues that have wounded us so deeply that we find it difficult to talk about. We have suppressed them, hoping that 'out of sight, is out of mind'. Unfortunately, they seldom lie quietly hidden.It is also not uncommon to hear of stories of people suddenly facing some deep emotional breakdown when they get older in age. Most of these issues can be traced back to childhood wounds that were suppressed but re-surfaced later in life. Childhood wounds run very deep. What's worse, most of these child-victims don't even understand why they had suffered at the hands of…