Third Hour Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 When someone falls and cuts themselves, we all know that the first thing we should do is clean the wound and stop the bleeding. But do we know what we need to do when someone is experiencing some emotional trauma? So often we neglect or hide our emotional pain. No one can know how weak we are. We should be able to tough it out and get over it. But no one would ask you to run a marathon on a broken leg. No one would tell you to “walk it off.” The same needs to be true of our emotional health. Elder Holland said that “there should be no more shame in acknowledging [emotional health challenges] than in acknowledging a battle with high blood pressure or the sudden appearance of a malignant tumor.” Emotional First Aid Psychologist Guy Winch talks about how to practice emotional first aid and its importance. He says that anyone who has experienced emotional injuries knows that they “can be just as crippling as physical ones.”... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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