Our deepest wounds often shape us as much as our greatest joys. The pain we carry—and the ways we learn to move through it—can define who we become. We asked community members from a broad array of industries to reflect on their defining wounds and have shared the responses below.
Dr. Aiden Jakob Seraphim
The defining wounds of my life began at birth. I was born to a mother struggling with addiction, and from the very start I experienced severe neglect. Read more>>
Mimi Truong
One of the defining wounds of my life has been the experience of losing touch with who I truly am because I spent so much of my life reflecting what others wanted or expected me to be. I became a mirror, constantly adapting to meet the needs, perceptions, and projections of the people around me. Read more>>
Donatella Azygous
In my life I’ve experienced death, trouble, illness and failure… on multiple occasions… but that’s just life. It’s what we all go through, pain is inevitable. My technique for healing from traumatic events has always been this: Find the lesson. For every instance we experience, there is something to be learned. Read more>>
Dee Rowe
The biggest wounds I have are around rejection. By the time I graduated high school, I had attended nine different schools, and at most of them, I didn’t fit in and was mercilessly bullied or excluded as a result. There were very few times in my life, even as a heavily masking adult, that I felt accepted for who I am. Read more>>
