Imagine that you injured yourself and there is a fresh bleeding wound on your hand. Instead of letting the injury heal you go about with your life ignoring that it even exists. Before you know it the wound starts to fester causing more pain and discomfort than before. What could have been fixed with a little bit of care and attention is now a big gaping wound that will take more time to heal. Like physical wounds your emotional wounds get worse when you ignore it. That s probably why you hear people telling you to cry it out if