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I Am Hurting

You remember when you were a kid hearing the saying "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me"? Yeah, seems great. If only it were true. Words can cut deeper than any knife. Words can take your happiness and steal your pride. Words can leave you so damaged that you don't want to wake up the next morning. They can sucker punch so hard you lose your appetite and sometimes your will to live.
That pain can't be caused by people you hate. It's the ones you would give your right arm for that hurt the most. When someone you respect, someone you care for, wields that sword. That's when it hurts the most.
So let's try this on for size, okay? Sticks and stones can only break bones, but words can destroy me.

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VioletRayne · 31-35, F

[c=#4C0073]I believe we have the power to decide whether or not we are hurt by those words. I generally don't get hurt by words. I get annoyed, frustrated, and pissed off, but not hurt. I know who I am. I am secure in the knowledge of what I'm capable of and what I have to give. I also know that can change at any moment. I don't too much care what others think of me. Prince said it best, "Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people."[/c]

Highonheels · 51-55, M

@VioletRayne yes I also believe that we have the power to decode whether to let words hurt us so I agree with that part of what you said but (and please don’t take this the wrong way it’s just my theory or opinion of this) you said that you don’t get hurt by words you only get annoyed , frustrated , and or angry but those emotions technically are a form of emotional / psychological hurt , so if words that someone says annoys you or causes you to lash out at them in frustration and or anger then the way I see it your psyche was “hurt” by those words. If words didn’t bother you then technically you shouldn’t react to them at all the way I see it. Anyway like I said that’s my opinion on that. But yes for the most part I try not to let someone’s opinion of me bother me either but it’s hard sometimes when you just want someone to like you or when it’s someone already close to you.