noun
emotional scar; mental trauma
Refers to lasting psychological pain or damage, similar to a wound of the heart. Often used in contexts of past abuse, betrayal, or deep disappointment.
彼女は子供の頃のいじめで心の傷を負った。
She suffered emotional scars from being bullied as a child.
その言葉は彼の心の傷をえぐった。
Those words reopened his emotional wounds.