
Remember that old saying you might have heard in childhood?
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”
While timeless wisdom and ancestral/indigenous traditions would well understand this, modern research now also confirms that words can, indeed, “leave a mark” or hurt.
According to Shakil Choudhury, writing in The Wise Brain Bulletin,
“Further, social pain (for example, being excluded) and physical pain (such as being hit) share overlapping neural regions in the brain. This helps shed light on why angry expressions or words of rejection can hurt so much.”

As we learn more and more from recent and emerging scientific research, which builds bridges to the wisdom from more ancient traditions that understood all as interconnected and all as energy, we can more easily understand why and how words — and related things — can indeed have an effect for better or for worse.
You’ll find more on this throughout Sophia’s Children, in the ‘toxic normal’ tactics of the Empaths & Sensitives Series, and here at my Ivy Sea Online site.
For questions or more personalized consultation on these sorts of challenging communications (and their various dysfunctional effects) and constructive strategies for both energy and communication, send along an email (info ‘at’ sophias-children ‘dot’ com) or schedule a coaching consultation session — you’ll find some May Day specials here.
Big Love (and increasingly skillful energy management and communication!),
April 29, 2016 at 8:10 pm
Words definitely leave a mark – sometimes more than sticks and stones…
April 29, 2016 at 8:20 pm
Indeed they do, Andrea. Including the much-felt but not spoken ones! It’s all energy, yes? xo J
April 30, 2016 at 9:38 am
Hi Jamie. Something I have been thinking about a lot lately. Bullying is often verbal, and people have committed suicide because of verbal bullying. Words are powerful and should be chosen carefully.
Cheers – Jeff
April 30, 2016 at 4:50 pm
Thanks for stopping by, Jeff, and for sharing the insight. It’s pretty amazing when we start paying attention (or being aware) and connecting the dots on these things. And when I combined the ‘word’ traditions with the ‘energy/psychic’ traditions … wow, it makes so much sense!
I think it was Ingrid Bengis who wrote that “words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.” ‘Nuff said. 😉
Cheers to you as well,
Jamie
May 1, 2016 at 12:28 pm
I have learned over time that words seem to damage more than physical pain really. Words mark your thoughts and you carry them with you wherever you go and they don’t fade as easily as scars or bruises. Often times to your detriment. I am getting ready to try Psyche-K which should be interesting. A quicker way of eliminating old negative tapes. Keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for sharing this 🙂 VK <3
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May 1, 2016 at 4:44 pm
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights. It’s an interesting way of understanding … seeing the connection between words and energy. Good luck in your experiment with the psych-k. Perhaps you’ll share some of your findings and insights around it in one of your blog posts at some point. 🙂 May Day / Beltane blessings. xo Jamie