When someone hurts you and asks forgiveness, it is much easier to forgive. When they hurt you and don’t care, it really burns and can stay with you. Depending on the offense, either way, it can really burn and stay with you.

Miraculously, I have seen some extreme acts done to hurt someone and they forgave for exactly the reason mentioned above; so that they were able to release the anger in them.

Personally, I have been hurt and left alone with the burn because the hurtful person did not care. Eventually I have forgiven. I thought a lot about it and felt pity for them. That really helped me heal.

I believe the body heals itself, even these emotional wounds, through neurological/biological processes like how it heals itself from physical wounds.