Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Emotional Bruising is the long-term damage, done by any kind of abuse that you have experienced, which has left you with emotional scars that are still affecting your life.
This behaviour by someone (or even yourself) that hurts your physical body or feelings chips away at your self-worth, independence, and confidence. This can be any physical, sexual, verbal, or non-verbal abuse and can be from parents, children, other relatives, romantic relationships, friendships, work colleagues, or social groups.
This is usually done by force or manipulation, to gain power and control over you. It involves a pattern of physical and or verbal offense, threatening, bullying, and constant criticism, as well as intimidation, shaming, and manipulation. You start to believe what is said.
Some short-term effects of Emotional Bruising
- Feeling manipulated and trapped
- Feeling used and controlled
- Feeling helpless
- Feeling not good enough
- Feeling undesirable
- Anxiety or fear
- Shame or guilt
- Frequent crying and feeling isolated
- Think that you are going crazy
- "Stockholm Syndrome-like" dependence
- Depression and Suicidal tendencies
Some long-term effects of Emotional Bruising
- Low self-esteem and self-worth
- Inability to trust
- Emotionally unstable
- Feeling trapped and alone
- Extreme dependence on the abuser
- Physical pain without physical cause
- Substance abuse
- Depression
- Withdrawal
- Suicidal thoughts or attempts
These emotional wounds go to the deepest part of you and are forced to live your life hiding these emotional wounds. They become part of who you are, and the driving force behind your actions and behaviour.
With this Integrated Healing protocol, we clear your Emotional Bruising. This empowers you to reclaim a healthy sense of self, have good boundaries, and go confidently into the future as your magnificent true self.
There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
We liken this protocol to Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese technique of repairing ceramics with seams of gold. This repairs the brokenness in a way that makes the object more beautiful, stronger, and even more unique than it was before being broken. Instead of hiding the scars, it makes a feature of them.
Kintsugi reminds us that someone can break and yet still be beautiful, and once repaired, it is stronger at the broken places.