Are your wounds getting in the way of your relationship?

I recently had a conflict with someone close to me and our wounds from our childhood were the core of it.

Luckily, we were both honest about our wounds and could talk about them and we could identify how they were contributing to our current conflict. We both had a difficult childhood in a way and learned the opposite lessons.

The progress that I have made in paying attention to emotions definitely helped! Here’s a post about how I did it.

I think the damage caused by childhood is at the center of many of our conflicts and we don’t recognize it. I’ve heard that conflicts at work are often replays of the conflicts from our childhood.

Have you ever thought about your childhood wounds and how they may affect your relationships? Can you pay attention to the emotions involved?

Can you be gentle and kind with both yourself and the other?