I have never heard the term a wounded healer and now recognize that I have been one my entire adult life. Such an apt phrase I get to understand myself with now. Thanks! My early years as a healer were centered on concealing my wounds by projecting confidence, not unlike the rest of western medicine. To expose a wound, that is to be vulnerable, seems to be the only way to let in what one cannot heal in isolation. I think...I am now learning that the creation of novel patterns seems to be the only way to synthesize a wound with our surroundings.
Ahh the ego...many are healed by the wounded healer because who does not like to collude with a con man (or woman), even if only a little bit. This bolsters their confidence and simultaneously their wound festers, harming themselves and eventually those that come for healing. If lucky maybe the healer escapes the loop and goes the route of Ivan Illich, although maybe not quite so dramatic. If not all manner of harms maybe unleashed, like that of the Bad Surgeon...yikes.
I have never heard the term a wounded healer and now recognize that I have been one my entire adult life. Such an apt phrase I get to understand myself with now. Thanks! My early years as a healer were centered on concealing my wounds by projecting confidence, not unlike the rest of western medicine. To expose a wound, that is to be vulnerable, seems to be the only way to let in what one cannot heal in isolation. I think...I am now learning that the creation of novel patterns seems to be the only way to synthesize a wound with our surroundings.
Yes to concealing wounds by projecting confidence. Phew! And what happens to them in the meantime?
*Ivan Ilyich
Ahh the ego...many are healed by the wounded healer because who does not like to collude with a con man (or woman), even if only a little bit. This bolsters their confidence and simultaneously their wound festers, harming themselves and eventually those that come for healing. If lucky maybe the healer escapes the loop and goes the route of Ivan Illich, although maybe not quite so dramatic. If not all manner of harms maybe unleashed, like that of the Bad Surgeon...yikes.