Sticks and Stones???

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.

I have heard that saying ever since I was a little kid and I had usually thought that this saying is true...well, I was just a kid back then. Whoever gave out this saying should see how wrong it is.

Sticks and stones can indeed break my bones but words are much worse than that. Words hurt. It hurts more than the stinging sensation that any sticks and stones can do to you. And unlike sticks and stones, the wounds that you will get from words will be etched in you for life and no amount of healing can mend that. There would always be a scar that would be there forever.

Yes I know, physical pain can also give you scars. But those scars won't hurt after they've healed already. It would just be a vivid memory, something you will laugh at everytime you will see it. But with those hurtful words, the scars still stings everytime they are remembered. Those words will haunt you even when you thought that you are over it. Words will make you suffer, and it's that pain that will never be over.

Words. They really hurt. Honestly, I would rather get hurt physically than to suffer psychological hurt. It would be really hard to recover from that than the physical one. At least the wounds that I will get physically, I will be able to see it heal. With hurtful words, you really wonder when you will be okay with that.

I had my share of psychological trauma because of the hurtful words I recieve from people. And honestly, eventhough I think I look okay right now, there would be a time when those words that had hurt me would resurface and it would trigger the pain that I had.

So next time you say something, make sure you think twice before letting out that thought in your head. You may never know that you will be scarring someone for life if you are not careful.