A Wounded Filter
"Heal, so you can hear what's being said without the filter of your wound." I read this yesterday and it stopped me in my mental tracks. Immediately I thought about some recent scenarios where I have definitely processed what was said or done through a wounded filter. I had something happen to me that caused me to lose my faith in friendship, in confidants, in being truly vulnerable with others. It doesn't matter what happened, some things should remain private and not exposed for all of social media world to know. However what happened most definitely caused some deep emotional wounds that I realized I have not fully healed from. I have definitely moved on, to an extent, and have grown as a person because of it but I realized that I have built walls to protect myself from being hurt by others. I filter what people tell me through this invisible wound and tell myself that I cannot trust them and that if I let my guard down with them they will end up hurting me.