Deep emotional wounds manifest as profound internal conflicts arising from discrepancies between personal values and a sense of one's own worth.

Healing Deep Emotional Wounds

Deep emotional wounds manifest as profound internal conflicts arising from discrepancies between personal values and a sense of one's own worth. Such wounds often appear when the drive for self-affirmation is thwarted, causing an individual to feel inadequate in their relationships with the surrounding world. It is precisely this feeling of loss, the violation of self-esteem, ambition, and pride that becomes the source of deep emotional scars, which may have a lasting effect and even lead to neuroses or psychoses.

For example, one source states:
"And only in relatively rare cases do we manage to overcome, rather than simply forget, the emotional wounds arising from irreconcilable conflicts between values. Particularly deep emotional wounds ('traumas') occur as a result of thwarting the pursuit of self-affirmation... Emotional wounds that arise from unsatisfied or even injured self-esteem, unfulfilled ambition, and wounded pride are especially agonizing and the hardest to heal." (source: link txt)

These wounds can manifest not only as a feeling of inner disorder but also in the disruption of the interaction between the mind and the heart, where the mind acts independently, creating meaningless patterns, while the heart remains detached. Thus, a person’s damage may be visible in their tendency to find themselves in absurd situations, in a distorted perception of themselves and their environment, leading to a conflict between the desired and the actual.

As noted: "How does a person's damage manifest?

Very often, it is just as Father Pavel Florensky precisely expressed: 'Everything in me is free except myself.' The person appears as a kind of prisoner who does nothing by himself, yet something occurs within him." (source: link txt)

Regarding the healing of these wounds, a key role is played by the attitude towards one’s own inner pains. If emotional pain is concealed and not given proper attention, the wound only deepens and becomes a source of other negative phenomena in life. One source similarly warns:
"Otherwise, the wound remains incurable and will continue to hurt, to whine, and erode mental well-being, remaining the ferment for other mental frailties, sinful habits, and passions." (source: link txt)

Healing occurs when a person sincerely acknowledges their pain and seeks help from someone capable of understanding and supporting them. In the healing process, it is important to be willing to reveal one’s wounds, to show true humility and diligence, which activates inner strength to overcome the trauma. As one source notes:
"Is it necessary here to spend money and undertake a long journey? Does this treatment cause pain and suffering? No, it does not require spending money, it is painless, and it heals quickly. According to the disposition of the one coming, the Lord grants healing from wounds as well as medicine." (source: link txt)

Thus, healing emotional wounds is possible when a person becomes aware of their nature and allows them to surface—not by hiding the pain, but by sharing it with a trusted individual who can offer support and help transform negative experiences by replacing lost values with new, positive guidelines. This process implies emotional honesty and readiness for change, through which the wounds begin to mend, and their impact on the inner state gradually subsides.