Can you be hurt without even being touched?
- Bullies use harsh words and “hurt your feelings”. Some people let those comments resonate, some retaliate and some are so distraught they take their own lives. What dictates our level of emotion?
- Someone yells in your ear so loud that it’s painful. They didn’t touch you, so why does it hurt?
- You hear or someone gives you bad news and it gives you a stomach ache or headache or makes you sick.
But none of these things touch you…
So how do people without ever being touched get physically or mentally ill?
What about people that grow up normal and then due to a outside circumstance, like an injury or a traumatic event, develop or trigger a mental illness?
Why do 22 vets/soldiers commit suicide every day? Why or how are they hurting so much they cannot bare it any further?
How about hearing or seeing things that are not really there? It’s not just the schizophrenics, we’ve all been there. I remember when my Great Dane, Zeus died, I caught myself petting a blanket on the floor with my foot when I was watching TV. My husband and I also saw him in the house after he was gone. We were told that phantom sightings of your pet are normal because you are used to them always being there.
You go to a concert or shoot a gun and you hear sound that’s not actually there! You hear about people getting in fights and getting there “bell rung” or hearing ringing in there ear but in fact, there is no sound that anyone else can hear.
How about vertigo? How is it the world feels like it’s spinning out of control when in fact it’s not. How did doctors figure out the method of Dix Hallpike, Epley, and Supine Roll or Canalith Repositioning or Semont Liberatory or Gufoni Manuever or Brandt Doroff to fix the feeling of being dizzy!?
How do babies learn to use their hands and learn how to eat and learn how to potty train. Why do they cry when you take their sucker away? It hurts!!!
So many things in this world hurt that don’t touch you.
If that doesn’t prove that we are spiritual beings in a human body trying to figure out how to use it, sometimes abusing it, and eventually leaving it, I don’t know what is.
Have you heard of so many examples of people dying of a broken heart?
How can you feel wind but you can’t see it?
How can I call my best friend on a whim and it just so happens that she needed that call more than anything to cheer her up from her day.
Why do you feel so good after a workout? Your body hurts but your mind is sharp and your stress is low.
Some people say all of this is science, although most is un-explainable.
How can some people be in tune with their body and some people have no idea what their body is saying?
How can some people go to the doctor at the drop of a hat, while others know something is wrong but they ignore it? Are you in tune with your body?
I say…our creator invented science and the mind, body and spirit are normally beautiful things. Sometimes our minds can get out of control and affect us in the most extremely painful ways.
How about the other things we cannot see, like virus’. Oh. yes. I. did. Some people they hurt, some people they kill, some people they use as a host. Virus’ don’t care, and why are there so many different ways it impacts people?
In the middle of a pandemic (who had to look up the definition of pandemic like I did?) It is the most delicate balance of mental and physical health. Your balance is your business and no one else’s. You must do what is right for you and your family. Most importantly, try try TRY not to judge other people’s choices. We are all fighting this battle individually AND globally. Try and show grace and love and kindness in a world of darkness, be the star.
Dedicated to AJ Betts.
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