Psychic Wound
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Psychic Wound
A Psychic Wound is an emotional, psychological, or spiritual wound caused by emotional, psychological, or spiritual assault[1] severe enough to alter the bio-chemical functioning of the brain and central nervous system and damage the Bodily Ego .
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Healing > Alignment Rule Set, Attachment Analysis, Blocking Emotions, Clearing Emotions, Essential Needs Rule Set, External Resistance, Healing Environment, Healing Space, Human Flourishing, Human Potential, LP HEALING Framework, Lightning Path Therapeutic Model, No-Buts Apology, No-Violence Rule, Physical Unit, Psychic Infection, Psychic Sepsis, Psychic Wound, Psychological Pathology, Right Environment, Seven Essential Needs, Sufficient Satisfaction, The Work, Toxic Attachment, Toxic Burden
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Healing > Essential Needs, Health, Human Development, Medical Model, More-Than-Human, Neurodecolonization, Technologies of the Self
Notes
A psychic wound refers to an emotional or psychological injury that results from a distressing or traumatic experience.[2] It is a term often used to describe the deep, lasting impact that certain events or circumstances can have on a person's mental and emotional well-being.
Psychic wounds can manifest in various ways and may involve feelings of pain, fear, shame, guilt, or powerlessness.[3] Psychic wound underpin all forms of emotional and psychological damage, including damage to Bodily Ego.
Psychic wounding can be caused by a range of experiences, such as physical or emotional abuse, neglect, loss, violence, or significant life disruptions. Psychic wounds are often associated with intense emotional distress and can significantly impact a person's thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, and overall functioning.
Addressing psychic wounds typically involves therapeutic intervention aimed at processing and healing the emotional pain associated with the traumatic experience. Connection Supplements may be used to facilitate the healing process.
Because we are all exposed to a violent system of socialization Toxic Socialization, psychic wounds are extremely common.The vast majority of people on this planet suffer from one or more untreated psychic wounds.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.
- ↑ Schwartz, Richard C. Internal Family Systems Therapy. Guilford Press, 1995.
- ↑ Dunlop, Boadie W. "The Pathophysiology of Mood Disorders: From Childhood Trauma to Novel Therapeutics." Harvard Review of Psychiatry 26, no. 6 (2018): 331-345.