Pain is an event. …Suffering, on the other hand, is the nightmare of reliving unscrutinized and unmetabolized pain.
–Audre Lorde, “Eye to Eye,” Sister Outsider (1984)
A Mindful Life / Kathryn Harper
express : discover : renew : create
Pain is an event. …Suffering, on the other hand, is the nightmare of reliving unscrutinized and unmetabolized pain.
–Audre Lorde, “Eye to Eye,” Sister Outsider (1984)
Sounds like the begining of a definition of therapy since therapy helps you to scrutinize your pain and metabolize it into something that no longer can hurt you.