Last update: 03 March, 2015
Emotional connections really exist. Establishing an emotional connection with another person allows us to accompany them in loneliness and pain and, when you get sick, it can also serve as therapy
Nobody knows the depth in which our thoughts move. Intelligent people are used to perceiving things and thoughts more rationally, but sensitive people not only perceive what is rational, they also develop a connection, an emotional connection with greater ease.
A real case in which sensitivity was the key to solving the problem
A professional psychologist had a young patient, 13, who hadn't spoken a word for 15 months. His father had died from suffering from a serious illness since he was a child and his mother had died in an accident just 2 years earlier. His paternal grandparents had chosen not to have any contact with him, while his only maternal grandfather had not allowed him to live with him.
When the young man went to the psychologist, he spent hours looking at the walls without saying anything. He was restless, nervous and worried and he repeated this behavior session after session. His pain and anguish were so strong that not a single word came out of him and he was unable to express any emotion, even if insignificant.
The psychologist who followed him decided to do everything to cure him and he did it in a particular way, approaching him in silence and accompanying him in his pain. After each session, the psychologist told him: “If you like and feel like it, come back next week. I know it's difficult ”. The young man's answer was always the same: NONE.
Months passed and the psychologist started playing chess with the boy. The seasons passed, while the young man's nervousness and anxiety diminished, until one day the psychologist was slow in moving his piece and the young man, looking at him, said to him: “It's up to her”.
From that moment on, he began to speak progressively, then joined a basketball team and made friends with his schoolmates. Ultimately, he stopped isolating himself to live his life.
The psychologist may never know where the mystery of the young man's healing process lies. However, he learned to develop an emotional connection with the young man thanks to his sensitivity. He learned to be more sensitive with words, to be present with just a look, a caress, a smile, an affectionate gesture.
He learned to listen to his heart.
