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It’s not happiness. It’s not sorrow. It’s not hope. It is not despair. The danger of ignoring what pain is telling us is the numbness that results from denial.

Though pain is uncomfortable and challenging to the spirit, it alerts you to your issues. Like a toothache or discomfort in the body, pain may be signaling that deeper issues need to be addressed. Numbness blocks the message pain is sending to our bodies and, like an undetected cancer, emotional issues may be festering in our hearts while ravaging our spirits and damaging our relationships.

You have convinced yourself that you’re okay and that what happened meant nothing to you. But deep down inside, you know something is wrong. You know the incident has left its imprint in your emotions. The fact that you aren’t hurting any more has deceived you, and you have managed to make yourself and others believe that you are actually recovering. Are you fooling yourself? Are you really healed or are you just desensitized?