Pain in Vastly Intricate.

It’s something everyone experiences at some point in life. For some, pain may be introduced at an early age through the trauma of sexual abuse. For others, it could be discovered in teenage years through the death of classmates or the loss of a close family member. Pain introduces itself in many different forms and is no respecter of persons. More often than not, pain overstays it’s welcome.

Over time, one begins to learn the characteristics of pain almost as if it’s a close friend. One becomes comfortable with pain and learns to co-exist with it. At what point does one make the decision to take a step back and loosen the bondage held so strongly on them by pain?

“Somehow the very event that caused them so much pain had also become their sole source of meaning. They felt fully alive only when they were revisiting their traumatic past.” - Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

Last updated July 27, 2021