I had the opportunity to hear the most amazing speaker last night. This gentleman was parent of three bi-polar children. He has a brother who has schizophrenia, he lost his wife to cancer, and he himself has both ADHD and a mood disorder. One of the things that he related in his story were things that he had learned, specifically to not judge our own pain in relation to his. His reasoning was that everyone's pain is individual and by comparing pains, we often times minimize our own and then, cannot deal with it.
This really resonated with me as I continue down my healing path. It is easy for me to minimize my own experience, especially since I have felt that at times, others has discounted my experiences. It's true that if we deny our experiences, we can actually lengthen the time it takes to heal. Acknowledging pain and hurt is healthy. It's when we allow ourselves to be consumed with it that it becomes unhealthy. For me, that is always the balance I am trying to achieve.
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