“If you don’t heal what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people that didn’t cut you.” – unknown.
I love this statement and it is so true.
Mental Health has become a hot topic of late and it’s wonderful that there is more conversation around this very real problem.
What is the next step? The healing is the next step and it’s not easy becoming vulnerable when in most cases those places are deeply locked within us.
One of my mentors stated that until we are able to speak our truth, forgiveness of self cannot happen. What does that mean, well when we do not do our own work, we continue the same patterns, we react the same (often not in a healthy way) and we continue in shame and denial. “I am not OK” is a very tough thing to say to ourselves and to others.
While there is conversation about mental health, a lot of us keep it at arms length, having compassion for others and not able to admit to ourselves that we need support.
Personal deep healing is hard, we don’t want to do it and it is the best thing we can do for ourselves and the people around us. It is important to find people and a space where we feel safe to be open and vulnerable knowing that we are not met with judgement or sympathy. The important things to ask yourself are do I feel safe, am I being met with compassion and is the person I am with completely present with me in this moment. If it is yes to those questions, you have found the right place.