​“What’s wrong with me?”

Would you be willing to consider hidden trauma?
 
 Would you be willing to envision hidden trauma as real…
As painful as a bleeding head wound…
To see its pulse as anger…
Its heartbeat as fear…
Would you be willing to allow that hidden trauma treats no one with tenderness…
That it is never gentle with any hostage…
Would you be willing to consider that hidden trauma is profound darkness…
And cannot guide anyone into their light…
That hidden trauma only breeds more of itself…
Would you be willing to see hidden trauma as a silent bully…
Disguised as intellect…
Masquerading as knowledge…
Are you willing to consider that all wounds cry out for the therapy of love…
And that the only love that can truly heal the trauma hidden within is self-love…
What’s wrong with me?
Are you willing to consider that you are suppressing hidden trauma…
And that it is bleeding out through your behavior…
Through your self-talk…through your question…
Are you willing to see the clues that will lead you to your answer…
khf 10/20