In fact, what's happening is that you're healing old hurt feelings so they stop driving new bad behavior. (psychologytoday.com)
These are common problems that many people face but you can learn to feel better about yourself, let go of old hurts and change how you react to challenging situations in the future. (psychologytoday.com)
Those little steps helped me to take bigger steps, which were eventually to go to counselling, have some cognitive behavioural therapy and face old hurts from the past. (premierchristianity.com)