EMOTIONAL INJURIES – TRAUMA

We all know injuries of the body: bruises after being hit, burns when our skin has come in touch with something too hot, cuts when something sharp or spicy has hit our skin… In the same way the body can suffer from injuries, the soul can also be injured. Physical injuries are visible. Emotional injuries are invisible and therefore much harder to understand: for the injured themselves and for others, too. This story is about such an emotional injury. It also offers ideas about what you can try to feel better again.

Anxiety helps us to keep safe in dangerous moments and helps us to protect ourselves. However, in long-lasting situations of anxiety and if anxiety stays even after surviving extreme stress, we have to find ways out. In this story we tell about these forms of anxiety and show some ideas what can help to overcome these feelings.