Well said Holly. Even scar tissue disappears after time - speaking physiologically.
I'm not so sure about that. I'd have to disagree on the 'scar' bit! My grand-dad had a scar from a war wound, and you could still clearly see it when he died at 90. Also, he never really got over the horrors he saw and experienced. I still have scars from boils that are faded, but not gone after 30 years!
I think it is true that 'time' doesn't heal. It is the treatment we receive which heals. If it is emotional damage, then the healing surely depends on how soon we get help, and the quality of that help as well as our own attitude.
Some things you never really 'get over'. I don't know that this means you haven't healed though. It depends on what our definition is of healing. You don't get over the loss of a child. That hurt remains for life in those I know who have experienced it. Also, you never really get over a murder/suicide in your family. (My cousin shot his girlfriend, then shot himself) You do learn to cope, and to accept, and to get on with life though. Is that the same as being healed?
I suppose it depends on what has happened in your life. I have a family member who will never heal from being shaken as a child, because she has brain damage. That's never going to change.
I think it's great to be optimistic, but I think we have to be realistic too, and not all cases are the same and won't necessarily respond the same.
Perhaps it is more a case of changing what we can?
AF.
