Emotional Pain Can Damage Our Self Esteem and Long-Term Mental Health. Emotional pain is at the root for the majority of reasons people seek out therapy. But some seek therapy too late and by then the damage can be huge. This worksheet will help a person to use his/her rational thinking and NLP visualizing techniques to overcome any emotional hurt that is hindering them. This worksheet is for self realization purpose. Many students wouldn't want to open up about their issues to others, this acti