Understanding that hurting people hurt people can help you accelerate your healing process. The insight gained from this truth will open doors of freedom and give you the ability to navigate relationships with success.
In my treatment of clients over the years, I've discovered that hurting people hurt people. All people carry their wounds, unresolved pain, and heartaches from their past. I have worked with numerous individuals who experience intense guilt and regret regarding their abusive behavior and desire to make amends.
I have such empathy and compassion for these men and women since there exists an underlying shame, which is primary to why they become defensive and angry and go on the attack quite easily due to their woundedness and delicate ego. I have found that beneath that external facade of self-confidence is a deeper layer of fragility, insecurity, and a fear of being seen as weak and a failure. These people are typically victims of abuse and trauma earlier in life. They can often appear to be arrogant and emotionally distant or cold. This can be a survival mode to compensate for the lack of self, believing at their core that they are unlovable and unworthy.
The good news is that you can heal regardless of whether or not the abusive person in your life is willing to do the necessary work to change their unhealthy behavior. They are not responsible for your healing—you are. And with God’s help and the help of others, you can be free.
Freedom is knowing this truth, which begins to shift how you operate within certain relationships.
It takes courage and deep commitment to do the healing work and not blame other people but still recognize your role in the relationship. Acknowledging this truth can be extremely difficult because when we face reality, face the lies we have been telling ourselves, and face painful emotions that we have buried. We become aware of just how much our false beliefs and toxic thoughts contribute to our suffering.
Healing consists of knowing the toxic relationships we have allowed in our lives and how we have nurtured them and neglected ourselves in the process.
Do you ever feel or experience the following things?
Leaving conversations with the person you are in a relationship with feeling confused, manipulated, deceived – even a bit crazy.
Your voice is rarely heard, your needs are left unmet, and you feel misunderstood.
You often feel ashamed and frustrated with yourself for not standing your ground and agreeing with them when you don’t.
You feel lonely within your relationship.
You say yes when you really mean no.
If you answered yes to any of those, I have designed a coaching program that can help you overcome and experience transformation, healing, and breakthrough if you are in a toxic relationship in your toxic relationship. Click HERE to learn more.
In the next post, I’ll be sharing what all toxic relationships have in common as well as ways to prevent yourself from being suspectable and vulnerable to attracting painful, confusing relationships.
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