Freedom. We all want it, expect it, and demand it. On the outside, you may be free to travel where, when, and with whom you want, but inside, you feel trapped in an emotional jail of depression, anger, anxiety, or fear. You may feel chained to past wounds, recurring negative thoughts, or relationships that keep you stuck and inhibit that sense of freedom you crave. While in your head, you believe that Christ brings freedom and that a relationship with God is the answer, you struggle to align your emotions with this truth.

Break Every Stinking Chain! Healing for Hidden Wounds integrates psychological research and Biblical study to give you a step-by-step pathway to begin your healing journey. Identifying three recovery phases, Dr. Colson has further broken each phase down into stages with instructions and Biblical support for each. As a veteran listener to the stories of demoralized people, Dr. Colson realized that what they all have in common, regardless of their religious views or faith, is unhealed emotional and psychological wounds. Even knowledgeable and Godly people are oblivious that these past wounds are the source of their current emotional, psychological, spiritual, relational, and even physical problems.

Perhaps you, too, had bought the myth addressed in chapter one, "If it happened when I was a child, it doesn't affect me anymore." This is not true, and we will present compelling research to support that it affects you—even 50 or more years later—and will impact you for the rest of your life. But the good news is that you can be free from the chains of trauma! You can move through the healing process and not stay stuck in your pain! This book will educate you about the impact of trauma on your and others' lives and help you take your first steps to freedom.