Does emotional pain matter?
Have you ever wondered if your emotional pain matters? I have! When I compare my pain to that of starving children, persecuted christians, and women that are being bought and sold through sex trafficking my pain seems small and insignificant. I tell myself to suck it up, deny my pain, my fear, and my anxiety because I have so much to be grateful for. Does my denial help? Nope. Pain is pain. Emotional pain is not something that can be compared or measured it needs to be acknowledged, understood and healed. I don't know about you, but I get stuck in the comparison game. I get stuck in a cycle of comparing my pain to others, denying that it matters, then guilt and shame that I can't stop myself from feeling it and letting it affect me. Here's what I'm learning and practicing: I must take the time to feel my emotional pain. A walk, a quiet moment alone, asking for a few minutes if I'm in the middle off a difficult conversation, whatever it takes to create a sa...