For me, when I think of something being sound; I think of solid, complete, or whole. It was not until I began to understand the true definition of healing that I was able to see that although I was indeed making progress (at least in my eyes) in moving past certain difficult situations from my past, I was in no way becoming a more sound being, I was merely “going through situations” and not truly “growing through situations”.
The healing of our bodies is quite different than the healing of our minds, our spirits. Whereas we can apply ointments, take prescribed or over-the-counter medications to promote the healing of bodily aliments, it is nowhere near as simplistic when it comes to the healing of our spirits from those “near death” emotional experiences we encounter along life’s highway.
I will never forget when I was embarking upon what must have been the third or fourth journey with severe depression within my early adulthood, I attempted for the first time to obtain some outside professional help by visiting a psychiatrist. I entered the doctor’s office and watched him intently as he hurriedly jotted what I assumed were case notes for the patient I passed on my way into his office. “Please have a seat” the psychiatrist said; all without even looking up to acknowledge me. I remember how horribly nervous I was about sharing my innermost secreted demons with a complete stranger, and