Trauma is a source of ongoing pain. It is an injury so intense at its inception that it lingers in the heart and soul through the fear it caused and the shame it birthed. Trauma is beyond the individual’s ability to avoid, control, or win against. It is a loss, a damage, a defeat that the heart and mind can’t reconcile without outside help because it is too big for the injured person. All people have traumas of some type and some level from small to great, but all trauma leaves its time or event to continue contaminating in the ongoing life of the injured until it is stopped.

The first stage of stopping the trauma’s ongoing work requires humility. Humility can see or acknowledge something is wrong. People without humility assume that they are just doing what they do without realizing or examining whether or not they are compelled in their actions by a fear or shame they do not want to see or accept. Without humility, blame shifts to others, and the individual justifies their actions through emotional reasoning or stubborn acceptance of their behavior. They can not or will not see the injury their trauma is sharing with others.

There are many symptoms to trauma induced reactions and behaviors. Healing can begin once humility opens the window to let the light in. Prayer, going to Jesus directly, is always an appropriate first or ongoing step. God has made many additional resources available to us in America. There are self help groups related to any hurt a person can have. Counselors abound in faith and out. Books have been written to cover so many issues. It is incumbent on each of us to find truth, face truth, and find resources for healing as we need them. God wants us to be a blessing to others, not an injury. He wants us healed from His hand directly to us or through any of the many resources He has made available to us. Seek and choose healing. You will be glad you did, and so will those around you.