Healing from the Emotional Hurt and Pain of a Toxic Friendship: Five Things You Can Do to Help with the Healing Process

The Passing of Time

It has been said that "Time heals all wounds". I personally think the value of this statement is over rated when it comes to emotional wounds. I don't believe it to be true. It is what you do with the passing of time that protects your wounds from further damage. Your wounds never heal. With a physical wound; your body forms a scar tissue that protects it from future damage. Just like a physical wound, your mind forms mental scar tissue that minimizes the hurt and pain which enables you to move on with your life. The emotional wounds lie dormant in the deepest darkest place of your heart but they never completely go away. You will never forget the emotional pain so don't hold your breath. You can suppress it, temporarily block it out of your mind or pretend it never happened but it will never go away... With the right trigger, it can resurface.

However; on a lighter note you don't have to let the emotional hurt and pain control your life. It is imperative to your mental stability that you find ways to overcome it. The passing of time alone can't form scar tissue over your emotional wounds unless you take an active role in your healing process. After all, the only thing time will do is pass... from minute to minute and hour to hour. The passing of time will only be of value to you if you use it wisely.

Think about it, how many people do you know who have been hurt by someone, not just a toxic friend; it could be by a significant other, a parent, a co-worker or just about anyone they may have had a close relationship with? We all know someone, don't we? We also know people who after long periods of time, are still holding on to the hurt and pain they experienced from another person. But with the passing of time, one might ask; why is this person still in pain?

Although time may have passed, he or she is still hurting and holding on to the pain because while time was passing, he or she did nothing to help heal their wounds. They just waited on time. Some are probably still waiting today.