EMOTIONAL INJURIES – TRAUMA

We all know injuries of the body: bruises after being hit, burns when our skin has come into contact with something too hot, cuts when something sharp or spiky has touched our skin…

In the same way our body can suffer from injuries, also our soul can be injured. Injuries of the body are usually visible. Emotional injuries are invisible and therefore much harder to understand: for the injured person as well as others. This story is about such an emotional wound.

Are there things that makes you very angry – sometimes without reason? Is there something that makes you really sad and you don’t want to talk about it? Are there others who cannot understand why you don’t feel like doing something you liked doing before? Do you just want to be left alone – or on the contrary – need someone close by? As you will see, other young people know what you are going through from own experience!

Some of us have experienced violent situations in which we or others close to us have been hurt. It makes us angry and very often there is no space for this anger. We want justice but often don’t know where to get it. This makes the anger grow in a way that we sometimes are scared of ourselves and don’t want to feel it. Then it happens that this anger just bursts out.

This story is about anger and how it relates to earlier experiences and not to the little mishaps in our daily lives. In this story we give you ideas on what to do when the anger is about to burst out and how to control it better. The anger after being hurt is real. Together, we will find a way to get out of this cycle of violence.