The Choice Is Yours
Everyone experiences pain of some sort in this life, and yet many of us run from it, bury it, or deny it rather than face it. In the process, we can end up negatively impacting or sometimes even ruining relationships. Because unexpressed pain will eventually leak out through unhealthy behaviors, one or more of these avoidance strategies is likely to develop.
The Void
This image represents the chaos and then the emptiness of The Void. In this state, a person's life and mind can initially feel out of control, chaotic, filled with so many feelings, so much emotion that it is often completely overwhelming leading one to then want to shut down through excessive sleep, inability to focus or participate in regular activities, desire to be alone hoping that will quiet the madness happening inside.
The Mask
When a person survives The Void but doesn't actually heal the wounds that led to it, one option to survive in this world is to wear The Mask, create a persona, become someone on the outside who we don't feel like we are on the inside. Oftentimes people who wear masks are high achievers, perfectionists, successful in their professional lives, but their personal lives can be quite the opposite
The Storm
Other hurting people pass along the pain they have experienced and stay stuck in anger or rage, surface level emotions to cover the deep pain that lies beneath. The level of anger or rage at any given time determines the intensity of the storm that is created in their lives and relationships.