Can being sick lead to healing? I just heard someone say that if you weren’t given a chance to be sick as a kid, you are being set up for being a sick adult. Meaning, if you didn’t get cared for as a kid, you’ll crave that as an adult. This really resonated with me. Not because I wasn’t allowed to be sick as a kid, but because it reminded me of something I read in my 20s. Getting the Love that you Want by Harville Hendrix covers a similar concept. Basically, childhood trauma being played out in adult relationships so you have the opportunity to get a different, more loving, result. I was sick a lot as a kid. It was my body’s way of getting a break from caring for everyone else — all the time. And this played out in all of my relationships. I left an abusive marriage over ten years ago. It was very traumatic. My husband used emotional torture and gas lighting with flare. I have been working on healing from it ever since, and I have made huge progress, and disc...