Wounded portrays a repressed individual navigating identity, addiction, and past traumas. Carrol, once on the brink of success, following his popular book's film adaptation, confronts his unresolved past. On the flip side, Carrol's classmate, Robert, showcased intelligence and ambition, earning a scholarship to one of the nation's premier private universities. However, his struggles led him down a destructive path of addiction, culminating in imprisonment.

This darkly comedic narrative explores the stark and gloomy trajectories that life's journey can impose upon us.