Wounded as a Child: Healing Energetic Wounds

Wounded as a Child: Healing Emotional and Energetic Wounds. As a child, I often felt different. I was sensitive, much more sensitive than others around me. But no one understood that, not even I did. It felt as though my emotions were bigger than others’. Like I was carrying some kind of invisible burden that no one could see. Maybe you recognize that feeling, too: not fully understanding why you felt so different.

Why you always felt left out, why you were bullied. What I didn’t know back then was that those feelings of rejection and sadness became trapped in my body. Deep inside. What I couldn’t put into words was that something energetic was happening. A blockage that slowly but surely started to form. It was as though my energy was reacting to everything I went through. Like a silent imprint that, years later, would still have an impact on my adult life.

Wounded as a Child: Highly Sensitive and Healing Old Wounds

The Impact of Childhood Wounds on Your Adult Life

What we experience as children stacks up in our bodies. It’s not just emotional, it’s also energetic. Those words of rejection, the glances, and the loneliness leave a mark. You might develop issues like a knot in your stomach, tension that settles in your shoulders or back. As an adult, it can feel like you can never truly free yourself from that old pain. Sometimes, you notice it as a lingering discomfort. Or an old pattern that repeats itself in relationships or work, or even a physical blockage that you can’t explain.

Wounded as a Child: Highly Sensitive and Healing Old Wounds

I know this very well because I’ve experienced it myself. Thankfully, I’m doing very well now. Every so often, I still hear the little girl inside me. Especially when I see others being bullied. Left out or unseen. From my own experience, I know it’s not just playful teasing. I know what can build up in the body. How blockages can form that stay with you for years, and how deeply that can affect you in later life.

Many people go to therapy to heal wounds from the past, and that’s incredibly valuable. It helps you understand, let go and grow. But something that is often forgotten is that your body remembers everything. The mind can process what happened on a psychological level, but your body still holds onto the memory. On an energetic level, feelings of insecurity, rejection or pain remain stored and this can manifest in many ways in your life.

Wounded as a Child: Highly Sensitive and Healing Old Wounds

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What It Does on an Energetic Level

Every negative experience, like rejection, pain, or trauma, leaves an imprint in our system. Physically, these tensions can settle as pain or stiffness in certain areas of your body. But it goes deeper than that. Our energetic body, which surrounds our physical body, also holds onto these emotions and blockages. When we don’t process these experiences, they can manifest as blockages in our energy field, which then affects our emotional state, relationships, and even our health. This means that what we go through doesn’t just stay in our minds; it expresses itself in an energetic pattern that we often carry with us for years, without realizing it.

You might notice it in your body, sometimes in places you don’t immediately connect to your past.

✨ Tension in your back, neck, or shoulders that just won’t go away or keeps coming back.

✨ A feeling of being stuck or trapped in your body. This is often caused by inner fear and the constant feeling of insecurity that came with being bullied.

✨ Headaches or fatigue. And multiple symptoms, with no explanation from a doctor.

✨ Issues with intimacy or sexual connection. Old wounds can leave feelings of insecurity or shame behind in your body.

✨ Feeling anxious or restless. This can even arise years later. Emotional triggers that seem to come out of nowhere.

Energetic Healing: Making Space for Yourself

These symptoms can arise because your body remembers. It’s signaling that there’s something still left to heal. Energetic healing can be incredibly helpful here: it supports the release of what has been trapped. It opens space in your aura and energy field, allowing you to literally breathe more easily, move, and relax into yourself. It’s a gentle, subtle way of clearing old patterns so that the child within you can finally feel safe.

As a child, I often felt that I wasn’t allowed to be who I was. I learned to hide, to survive. The little girl inside me only knew she felt bad, that she was alone, that she was sad. Now, I can recognize, feel, and comfort those feelings. That’s the difference. The child only knew it was in pain; the adult can understand where that pain came from and offer it safety.

Wounded as a Child: Healing Emotional and Energetic Wounds

Healing Through Energetic Work: Reclaiming Your Power

Over time, I’ve learned that you don’t have to live with the pain or trauma of the past. Energetically, you can remain stuck in old patterns of rejection, insecurity, and fear that were created by others or by yourself. The layers of protection and blockages you built are like an invisible wall around you, trying to protect you. But now, those same layers are also keeping you trapped. These layers can manifest in various ways in your body and energy, like tension, fatigue or even emotional closure.

But when you start to release these old layers, space begins to open for something new. You feel that you can breathe again, that your body and mind are coming back into balance. What helped me, and still helps me, is gently peeling away those layers. Feeling what’s underneath and creating space for the little girl within me. Sometimes it’s just a gentle breath into my heart as I place a hand on my chest. And say out loud, “I see you, I’m here.” It sounds simple, but it’s incredibly powerful. It reminds me that it’s safe to feel. That all feelings are allowed. That I am allowed to exist just as I am.

Wounded as a Child: Healing Emotional and Energetic Wounds

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The Process of Healing and Letting Go

It’s remarkable how childhood wounds can manifest in adult life. A comment from a colleague can trigger something that has nothing to do with the present. A silence from a friend can awaken old feelings of rejection. I thought I had healed everything myself. But a few years ago, someone came into my life who felt so special. Later, I realized that he was a soul connection, a twin flame. He touched exactly those old layers, bringing up wounds of rejection and not being seen. It was intensely painful, especially because I thought the pain was caused by him leaving me.

The pain that I still occasionally feel comes from an old piece of my past. A part that no longer belongs to me and no longer serves me. But at the same time, there’s an adult now who can see: this is old, this doesn’t belong to me anymore. The awareness of that distinction creates space for healing. Even when the pain occasionally resurfaces. When you feel hurt, it’s often because there’s still an old part within you that needs healing. That awareness that the pain doesn’t belong to your present self is the key to letting it go and moving forward.

Wounded as a Child: Highly Sensitive

Healing Through Connection and Awareness

I also notice that this process has made me even more sensitive to others. When I hear that someone is being bullied or left out, I immediately feel it. It’s like a vibration runs through my body, a reminder of that little girl I once was. Energetically, I feel the tension that can build up in someone else’s body, and in my own. It reminds me of how powerful our experiences are and how important it is to learn how to heal.

There’s something magical about the awareness of those wounds. It gives you the chance to comfort the child within you, to restore your energy. To create space for a sense of safety and integrity. It can bring soft, subtle changes: a hand on your heart, awareness of your breath, a moment of deep acceptance. The child within you learns that it is safe to be.

I’ve learned that healing doesn’t mean the pain completely disappears. Sometimes, the little girl still feels sadness, especially in situations that trigger old wounds. But it does mean that there is someone holding her, someone who looks at her lovingly and says, “It’s okay, you belong here.” That makes the pain less intense, makes her feel seen, and allows her to relax.

The Path to Healing: Gentle and Powerful

Childhood wounds leave traces, sometimes subtly, sometimes felt as a deep, old vibration in the body. But there are ways to work with them, gently and energetically. This can help you feel consciously, recognize old patterns, and make space for the child within you. The path to healing is not a straight line, but a process between the little child in you and the adult you are now. It’s a journey where each step brings you closer to yourself, a movement from past to present.

And maybe you want to try this: close your eyes, place a hand on your heart, and breathe deeply in and out. Picture the little child in you. See them as they are: vulnerable, intense and pure. Say in your mind or out loud, “I see you. You are allowed to be. You are safe.” Feel the breath moving through your body, gently releasing tension, and creating space for healing. Let yourself be present with that child within. It’s safe to feel. It’s safe to heal.” Feel your heart beating, the energy slowly releasing. Notice the space that begins to form, the softness that arises. That there is love, for that little child and for yourself. ✨

Healing begins with feeling what is. It begins with acknowledging, comforting, and making space. And sometimes, sometimes that’s all it takes to feel safe in yourself again.”

Lovingly and carefully updated on: 26/11/2025