{"id":3321,"date":"2021-08-21T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:40:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:40:20","slug":"story-the-cardboard-box-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/21\/3321\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cardboard Box Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The\nisolation of an individual, a couple or a group of people from the rest of\nsociety can lead to serious psychological and social damage, and a certain\ndegree of openness is required before healing can happen. The symptoms caused\nby isolation often isolate the victim yet further, but social and psychological\nsuccour can be provided by considerate friends and helpers who open up the way\nto a better life. The story \u201cThe Cardboard Box Dressing\u201d contains an implied\nrequest to take the plunge into a new openness which will hopefully bring\nhealing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graze on his thigh kept on becoming inflamed. \u201cNo\nwonder,\u201d he thought to himself, \u201cMy trousers are rubbing on it.\u201d He put a\ndressing on the wound, but even though the trousers were no longer rubbing on\nit, the skin was still inflamed. \u201cIt\u2019s because no air can get to it,\u201d explained\na friend. But what was he supposed to do, walk around in his underwear? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He applied another dressing, but this time he placed a\nsmall cardboard box underneath it, with the open side pointing inwards towards\nhis thigh. Now air could get to the wound, but nothing was rubbing against it.\nThe inflammation subsided on the very same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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