To be brutally honest, I'd take any of the physical wounds people here have suffered. Mental wounds are much worse and long lasting. Without going into great detail, when I finally ended up in the Psych ward for 11 days, the Nurses were shocked that I survived a suicide attempt without being in ICU.
When my son was in Scouts some years ago, we had a dad who was a VN combat vet. They asked him to go out with us. He said he could not sleep in the woods, due to his combat experience. They told him, no sweat, we will have someone out there before dark to take your place. They were lying, assuming he was faking it, and it didn't mean anything, if he was forced to just deal with it like a man. One of the mothers was especially strong in this belief.
Well, no one came to take his place, and no one had intended to come take his place. ********!
All night he walked up and down in front of the fire. He didnt' even try to sleep. Poor man!
A few years later, that mother who had mocked him developed psychiatric problems and learned a lot in a very short time.
My daughter has a young son. When he was very small, she didn't want him to be a cry-baby, so if he hurt himself, she would tell him, in a supportive voice, "No blood!"
And, if there was blood, she would tell him, in a supportive voice, "Not much blood!"
