Beautifully written and thought provoking!

From a different angle: there is a great (non-fiction) book by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk "The Body Keeps the Score" https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748

Among other things it says exactly what the title of your story says: childhood stings, adult body remembers.

So. your wise words are in full agreement with the science of human psychology :-)