We often imagine healing as something gentle.
Soft music, warm light, lavender oils, and comforting words.
Soft music, warm light, lavender oils, and comforting words.
But real healing — the kind that transforms you from the inside out —
isn’t always gentle.
Sometimes, it hurts more than the wound.
isn’t always gentle.
Sometimes, it hurts more than the wound.
And that’s okay.
Because medicine has to go deeper than the poison.
Because medicine has to go deeper than the poison.
💔 The Nature of Poison
Wounds don’t just live on the surface.
They sink into the tissue of memory, identity, habit, and belief.
They hide in the body.
They echo in relationships.
They whisper through our thoughts.
They sink into the tissue of memory, identity, habit, and belief.
They hide in the body.
They echo in relationships.
They whisper through our thoughts.
The poison can look like:
- A childhood story we’ve repeated for decades
- A belief that we’re not enough
- A grief we’ve tucked away
- A trauma we’ve normalized
- A coping mechanism that’s quietly killing our joy
The deeper the poison, the deeper the medicine must go.
🌪 Why Healing Hurts
Healing isn’t just patching a wound — it’s extracting what caused it.
This means reopening what we’ve learned to live with.
It means:
This means reopening what we’ve learned to live with.
It means:
- Feeling what we numbed
- Remembering what we buried
- Letting go of what we clung to for safety
Of course it hurts.
It has to.
It has to.
The healing energy enters like a flame into cold, stuck places.
It purifies.
It brings discomfort because it’s dislodging what doesn’t belong.
It purifies.
It brings discomfort because it’s dislodging what doesn’t belong.
Just like a fever burns away an infection,
your healing will sometimes burn away illusions, identities, and emotional toxins.
your healing will sometimes burn away illusions, identities, and emotional toxins.
🌊 Trust the Purification
When you feel pain in healing, it doesn’t mean it’s not working.
It means it’s working at the right depth.
It means it’s working at the right depth.
You are not being broken.
You are being cleansed.
You are being cleansed.
Healing asks for courage — not because you’re weak,
but because you’re strong enough to finally face what you once had to avoid.
🌞 The Medicine Will Pass
Just like medicine can make you nauseous before it restores your strength,
spiritual and emotional medicine can stir discomfort before it settles into peace.
spiritual and emotional medicine can stir discomfort before it settles into peace.
But unlike poison, medicine doesn’t stay.
It enters, does its work, and leaves you freer than before.
It enters, does its work, and leaves you freer than before.
You’re not meant to live in pain forever.
You’re meant to pass through it — to come out clearer, lighter, and more whole.
You’re meant to pass through it — to come out clearer, lighter, and more whole.
🕊️ Final Words
So the next time you feel the sharp edge of healing, remember:
It has to cut deeper than the wound.
It has to reach what the poison touched.
It has to unearth what was hidden.
It has to transform you — not just soothe you.
It has to reach what the poison touched.
It has to unearth what was hidden.
It has to transform you — not just soothe you.
Trust the pain — not as punishment,
but as a sacred sign that the medicine is working.
You are not falling apart.
You are being restored.
You are being restored.
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