How to Heal the Wounded Spirit

A wounded spirit can be caused by many things, but for it often results from experiencing some kind of tragedy, violation, hurt or disappointment. Healing a wounded spirit takes resilience on your part and understanding that the situation does not have to be permanent. Whatever has happened to you may be the very thing that teaches you how to be strong and overcome the hurt.

Things You'll Need

• Counselor
• Friend
• Evaluation

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Instructions

• 1

  Identify the hurt and what caused it. You may have to go back to your past and dig up old memories that you would rather not deal with. Confide in someone that you trust so that they can help you to get through the emotions that you will begin to feel all over again.

• 2

  Seek the help of a trusted friend, counselor or pastor if you think it will be too much to do on your own. Talk about the hurt in detail with your friend, counselor or pastor. Stop when you think it is too much for you to manage.

• 3

  Feel the hurt and let it pierce your heart. If you don't do this, then you will be right back where you started. It is OK to cry because otherwise all that bottled-up emotion will only wound you even more. Have a pity party--feel sorry for yourself--but get over it soon.

• 4

  Don't blame yourself for what happened. Take responsibility for the part you played, but don't put blame. Work on your self-esteem and believe that you did not deserve anything that happened to you. You were only a party to what happened, but you were not the cause.

• 5

  Find something fulfilling to do that will allow you to use that same experience to understand and help others. For example, if you were raped, find an organization that helps rape victims to cope and ask to be a speaker at one of their meetings. Volunteer as a regular speaker and possibly take someone under your wing to offer encouragement and support to her.