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Seeing through your wounds

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Learning to see through your wounds is a transformative journey that deepens our self-awareness and promotes nervous system regulation. From personal experience, I've found that acknowledging rather than suppressing emotional pain allows for greater emotional clarity and healing. When we become mindful of how our nervous system reacts to stress, we can develop new coping strategies that calm our body's fight-or-flight response. One effective approach I've used is practicing grounding techniques, such as deep breathing and mindful observation of my surroundings, which help shift perspective away from pain toward present moment awareness. Additionally, reflecting on these wounds through journaling or therapy has been vital for understanding the root causes behind emotional triggers. This process isn't about erasing wounds but seeing them clearly to reclaim control over our reactions. As self-awareness grows, it enables better regulation of nervous system responses, reducing anxiety and improving overall mental health. Embracing vulnerability and compassion toward ourselves is key to this healing path, fostering resilience and emotional strength over time. By combining mindfulness, perspective shifts, and nervous system regulation techniques, anyone can navigate their wounds with greater ease and discover new paths toward personal growth and well-being.

An open book displaying page 45 of 'BE MY MOON' by Alexandra Vasiliu, featuring a poem about healing past scars with love. Overlaid text reads 'Currently Reading,' with decorative sparkles and a heart.

An open book displaying page 46 of Alexandra Vasiliu's work, featuring a poem about infusing love and believing in one's magnificence despite wounds. A silhouette of a woman's head filled with stars is below the text.

“Through Your Wounds”

I read this as a healed, elevated and just all around better version of myself. I didn’t mean to, and the realization caught me off guard a little. I am the most important person for myself and it’s time I start treating myself that way! 📖: ✨be my moon✨ by Alexandra Vasiliu 😍😍😍

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Healed Wounds

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How to recover from an open wound…

Where to begin… trauma is like an open wound. And unfortunately a lot of us don’t treat them as such. When you have a wound, what do you do? You treat it with care, patience but most of all URGENCY. If you don’t treat it with urgency it will get infected and it will spread. Its crucial that we as i

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Your words can leave wounds or they can bring healing.💕

Sometimes the hardest thing to control isn’t our schedule, our emotions, or other people… It’s our mouth. 👅 Our words have the power to build up or tear down, encourage or discourage, heal or hurt. The tongue is small, but it carries a lot of weight. What comes out of our mouth often reveals

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What your child triggers are trying to tell you

Your child isn’t trying to push your buttons—they’re revealing the ones that still need healing. 💡 When we feel triggered, it’s often a sign of our own unmet needs or unresolved wounds. Instead of reacting, we can choose to reflect. 🧠💬 ⁠ ✨ Ready to turn triggers into tools for growth? 👇 Share y

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How to recover from an open wound…

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You Might Be Looking at Your Scars All Wrong⭐

We spend so much time wishing the scar would disappear. But maybe the scar isn’t the problem. Maybe it’s the meaning we’ve attached to it. Healing doesn’t always erase the evidence. Sometimes it leaves behind a reminder that you survived something you once thought would break you. The s

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A graphic titled "10 SIGNS YOU ARE CHOOSING FROM TRAUMA NOT WHOLENESS" in black text on a pink background, overlaid on a blurry image of a smiling woman and a man. The number "10" is prominently displayed in a white circle.

Are you making decisions from a place trauma?

When it comes to family, some of our spiritual soul wounds can go unaddressed for years because family is all we know. We only know what our parents taught us and how to operate in the world through their lens until we are old enough to start coming to our own conclusions through our own life exper

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Facing our fears is one thing, but our wounds??

How do you face your wounds?

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A nurse in black scrubs takes a mirror selfie, with text overlays "Nursing: Wound Care" and "SWIPE FOR MORE," indicating an article about wound care.

An infographic titled "SKIN AND WOUND CARE" detailing stages of wound healing, pressure wound staging, healing processes, types of drainage, wound assessment, wound drains, and possible complications.

A graphic titled "Wound Care Terminology" defining terms like Erythema, Ecchymosis, Exudate, Maceration, Irrigation, Abscess, Tunneling, Hematoma, and Necrosis, with illustrations of a band-aid and a cut hand.

Nursing: Wound Care🩹❤️‍🩹

Wound care is a critical part of nursing practice, requiring knowledge of healing stages, wound types, and appropriate interventions. Here’s everything you need to know to provide effective care: 📖 Stages of Wound Healing 1️⃣ Inflammatory Phase (3-6 days) • Redness, swelling, warmth

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How to recover from an open wound…

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Facing our deep wounds is the first step

Embodiment process can hurt, it is knowing the parts of ourselves that we hate to see. However it is not the end of the world. When we decide that TODAY, NOW, the present moment, is a gift. We will start to create our own reality. Facing our deep wounds is the first step. Really and tru

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HOW HAVE YOUR WOUNDS SHAPED YOUR CURRENT SELF?

How Our Past Wounds Shape Who We Are Today **Reflecting on Our Experiences** Our significant wounds and past experiences profoundly shape who we are today. They influence our values and beliefs, guiding our daily decisions and behaviors in ways we might not even realize. Through these experie

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Listen to "WOUNDS MEET" on my tiktok

#lemon8dairy #lyrics

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wounds & dressings 🧤

My notes on wounds, dressings, skin integrity, signs of infection and expected vs unexpected findings! #studywithme #study #notes #nursingstudent #nurse

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4 Signs You're Still Carrying Childhood Wounds

So many of us confuse survival with personality. People-pleasing, fearing conflict, carrying guilt for simply resting… these were lessons we never should’ve had to learn. But healing means we can finally let them go.

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Childhood Trauma

Some battles leave no bruises, no broken bones— just quiet chaos inside a nervous system that never learned to rest. This is what trauma does: it hides, it lingers, it rewires. You’re not weak for feeling it. You’re not broken for carrying it. You’re healing. And that healing is holy. — Alu

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A luxurious modern house at night with a pool and garden, under a large pink moon. Text reads: "What your moon sign says about your motherhood wounds. Part 1 The way you mother is often connected to the way you were mothered."

A woman in a black suit stands on a modern patio at night with pink mist and a pink moon. Text describes Aries Moon motherhood wounds, including feeling vulnerability was unsafe, with an Aries zodiac symbol.

A woman in white sits by a reflective pool in a modern garden at night, under a pink moon. Text describes Taurus Moon motherhood wounds, including believing worth comes from providing, with a Taurus zodiac symbol.

Moon sign and Motherhood wounds

Motherhood doesn’t just reveal love. It reveals wounds. Your Moon sign often shows the emotional patterns you carry into motherhood — the fears, defenses, coping mechanisms, and unmet needs beneath the surface. Not so you can shame yourself. So you can finally understand yourself. Healing mo

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Emotional wounds and how to heal them!!

Emotional wounds shape our behavior, relationships, and self-perception. Recognizing them is the first step to healing. Here are some common emotional wounds, their signs, and ways to heal them. #TheDivineAcademy #spiritualawakening #healingjourney #selfawareness #AwakenHealAscend

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Healing Through Words 🌱✨🫶🏼

A Gentle Practice for Trauma Recovery 🌿 For anyone moving through trauma — whether fresh wounds or decades-old pain — finding ways to process and feel seen can be incredibly hard. That’s why I started using the Sincerely app — not just to send love to others, but to send kindness to myself.

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A vintage-style graphic details a 'Release Trauma Pot' recipe, listing ingredients like lemon, eucalyptus, chamomile, cloves, and marjoram for emotional healing and peace. It includes illustrations of the ingredients and instructions to simmer with intention.

Let go of emotional wounds + find inner peace. 🖤 #healingmagic #shadowwork #traumarelease #witchyaesthetic #witchcrafthealing

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Work Week For A Wound Care RMA

Random Thoughts 💭What's on my mind: WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK Current Mood: BLAH ⭐Rate:M-F work vibes for a wound care RMA 👍Pros : Nice paychecks, helping others, seeing gross wounds, providing wound care. 🤔Cons: Smelling horrid smells, unhappy patients always criticizing you, getting

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8 Signs You’re Still Carrying Family Wounds

You can move out, grow up, and build a new life, but family wounds don’t just disappear. They show up in how you handle conflict, how you love, and even in ways you abandon yourself to keep the peace. 🖤 save this if you’re ready to stop carrying the weight alone. 🖤 The Listening Room is

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Nursing Stages of Wounds

Wound stages and how to distinguish the different problems. I cover this in my nursing notes #bsn nursingschool #nursingstudent #futurenursesofinstagram #rn #nursing #futurenurse #newnurse #bsn #nursing #nursingnotes

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Assessment and care of wounds

Wound care and assessments for fundamentals of nursing #nursing #nursingstudent

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A slide on autumn leaves, detailing the "ABANDONMENT WOUND" with bullet points: clinging, trust issues, and over-giving, and a "Swipe" prompt.

A slide on autumn leaves, detailing the "REJECTION WOUND" with bullet points: avoiding vulnerability, people-pleasing, and overanalyzing, and a "Swipe" prompt.

How Core Wounds Show Up in Relationships

Unhealed wounds don’t just live within you — they show up in how you connect. 🌹 Abandonment, rejection, guilt, and shame can distort intimacy until they’re faced. The moment you begin to heal them, love shifts. Which of these do you notice most in your relationships? #CoreWounds #Relations

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The Wounds

It’s a daily deal love. Here’s my process: 1. Question everything especially myself. 2. Get to Safety. 3. Reprogram the lie. 4. Love myself. #trauma #healing #selflove #wounds

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The image features a purple and pink cloudy sky background with the title 'Signs You're Carrying Ancestral Feminine Wounds.' Text below explains that feeling silenced, unseen, or unsafe may indicate carrying more than personal pain, with a 'SWIPE' prompt.

Against a purple and pink cloudy sky, the text 'You Fear Being Seen or Taking Up Space' is displayed. Bullet points describe shrinking to stay safe, silencing oneself, and the possibility of lineage being punished for expression, with a 'SWIPE' prompt.

Set against a purple and pink cloudy sky, the image shows 'You Feel Guilt Around Rest or Pleasure.' Bullet points detail struggling to slow down, feeling shame for softness, and inherited guilt from women taught to survive, with a 'SWIPE' prompt.

Signs You’re Carrying Ancestral Feminine Wounds

✨ These wounds didn’t start with you— but healing them does. If your feminine expression feels blocked, guilty, or numb… You’re not broken. You’re carrying generations of unshed emotion. And now—you’re returning them to the earth. Drop a 🌕 if you feel this in your bones. #AncestralHea

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Healing From Core Wounds

Healing from core wounds—those deep-seated beliefs that we are "not enough," "unsafe," or "unlovable"—isn't a linear journey. It requires a multi-layered approach to rewire how our brains and bodies respond to old pain. Here is how we mend those fractures and build true

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It’s Your Wounds Recognizing Each Other

The obsession. The chasing. The pull you can’t explain. It feels like fate. But sometimes it’s just two nervous systems replaying old abandonment stories. Anxious + avoidant doesn’t create fireworks. It creates withdrawal, craving, and emotional whiplash. Love isn’t supposed to feel li

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When we’ve been deeply wounded, it can feel enticing to run from our pain. To sweep the memories under the rug. To bury the silence, the ache, the ghosts… because pretending it never happened feels safer than letting it rise. Denial feels like control. Forgetting feels like survival. But

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The image displays the title "6 Signs You Have An Unhealed Mother Wound" with the subtitle "It's not just blocking you from healthy love, it could be blocking your physical health as well." It sets the stage for discussing physical manifestations of an unhealed mother wound.

This image lists "1. Gut Disorders" as a sign of an unhealed mother wound, including Crohn's, IBS, chronic constipation, diarrhea, or bloating, linking them to not "digesting" emotions or nurturing.

The image highlights "2. Reproductive Health Issues" as a sign, detailing painful periods, PCOS, endometriosis, and fertility struggles, connecting them to a disconnect from the womb, creative, and feminine center.

How An Unhealed Mother Wound Shows Up In The Body

Very seldom do people speak about the physical effects of having an Unhealed mother wound. The mother wound doesn’t just live in your memories, it lives in your body. When nurturing, safety, or emotional attunement were inconsistent growing up, your body became the container for everything

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“Wounds”

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Signs You’re Resisting Structure Because of Wounds

If structure has felt scary, rigid, or unsafe — You’re not broken. You’ve likely experienced distorted masculine energy in the past. But sacred structure isn’t punishment — it’s protection. It’s the energy that says: “I’ve got you. You can rest here.” Have you noticed resistance to struct

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Hidden wounds

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✨ Let’s be real—some wounds you can’t see still hurt just as deeply.

So many people carry emotional bruises in silence because their truth felt “too inconvenient,” “too dramatic,” or “too hard” for others to hold. But healing was never meant to happen completely alone. 💗 Just like physical injuries, emotional wounds often need: 🌱 identification 🫶 support 🩹 acc

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The scars nobody sees

People will compliment the way you carry yourself without realizing how much pain taught you how to stay composed. Some women became gentle because they know exactly what harshness feels like. Not every wound leaves visible scars. Some become silence, hyper-independence, overthinking, people ple

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You’re not raising them stronger. You’re wounding them deeper. #trauma #healing #healingjourney #wounds #fypage #TheCycleEndsWithUs

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The Childhood Wounds You Don’t Heal Can Follow You Into Every Relationship.

Not every relationship struggle starts in the relationship. Sometimes the fear of rejection, difficulty trusting, avoiding hard conversations, or needing constant reassurance began long before you met your partner. The good news? Awareness is where healing begins. Your past may explain you

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3 Signs You May Have a Mother Wound 🤔

You thought it was just your personality… but it might be something deeper. If you find yourself constantly apologizing, afraid of disappointing others, or never feeling like you’re enough… That’s not random. That’s what can happen when your emotional needs weren’t fully met. And the

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