Living with a scar

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Some wounds we prefer to bury deep inside ecting that they would not affect us or time will heal. But there are wounds which become permanent, especially those that affect our mind, body and soul. 

Priya Saklani, through her memoir, stresses upon the generational trauma that we are subjected to when these scars are not healed.

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, once said, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” 

This goes down well for Priya, who healed herself as the cover of book The Wounded Healer suggests. The way she stitched herself together and got over the trauma of years of sexual and mental abuse will inspire others facing similar ordeals. 

The title The Wounded Healer is the name of a sculpture that our author related to and in which she saw herself. Priya says, “A permanent scar cannot be removed but we do not need to be ashamed of it. However, we need to reach to the roots otherwise it will keep cropping up like a weed time and again. While in childhood one can avoid that but when you are an adult it becomes a part of your personality and cannot be shaken off easily which leads to trauma which you end up inflicting on others too at times.”

Apart from writing a book, Priya is pioneer in animal reiki that became her passion after she lost one of her dogs to kidney failure. 

She says, “My only support system were my dogs back in Pakistan when my husband left me alone for 11 months and divorced me through an email. I could only bring back two of my dogs and it was heart breaking. Animals only know love and ask nothing in return, and I always wanted to heal them, understand them which is why I took up animal reiki. Also, it felt wonderful to extend the life of my dog through this healing therapy for almost a year.”