Tell us about a significant wounding moment that you experienced. In reference to the above, About 4 months after I had given my life to Christ, two older teens introduced me to Playboy and Penthouse then proceeded to sexually assault me. I was ashamed, wounded, suddenly disoriented, and filled with fear that I disappointed God. I hid this story by developing a poser mentality. This sudden change in spiritual trajectory certainly confused and caused my True Self to fade as the days and events occurred. The mini tachycardia Wounds between the Major wounds kept me mentally and spiritually prone to stay ashamed. I remember my pulse quickened at the smallest of things! How long can this go on? I was crying out but feared my parents would just hate me even more for embarrassing them. Then Valentine’s Day at school was quickly approaching and I suddenly dreaded the valentines card exercise because I wasn’t worthy of praise or acceptance. My mom called me into the kitchen and handed me about 2 dozen Valentines cards to fill out. Oh no! I won’t . I am not going to fill out these! (I wanted so much to tell her why I was feeling the way I felt, but just didn’t get the opportunity!) Mom said, Oh yes you will because I went and bought these for you. This was followed by her quick back hand that landed on my upper thigh which caused me to shift in the tall barstool and lose my balance and fall. On the way to the floor my lip caught the black vertical steel support that was holding up the back of the chair and ripped my mouth open. I felt and tasted the sudden warm gush of blood quickly covering my t-shirt and all the valentines cards which I had carried to the floor with me. My dad quickly intervened and after stabilizing the scene, carried me to the emergency room for 20 plus stitches and absence from elementary school which was a little win! I vowed I would take this story to my grave!