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Originally Posted by BlueMoon6
Dream- I love reading this. And I love that little Dreamer is out and about!
Its funny, because my little girl gets to play with my younger girls. I used to love Barbies. And something strange came up for me one day recently when I was helping then dress up the Barbies. I used to play "inappropriate" games with the Barbies at a young age. I dont see my little girls thinking in this way at all. It made me feel like my "innocence" was somehow taken from me. I remember thinking about this when my teenagers were little girls, but I quickly put it out of my mind, this time around, I am allowing myself to feel sad for the little girl that had these other thoughts get in the way of normal playing.
I feel a little like exotic, it might be too painful to let myself go there and play like a child. I would be afraid sad things would come up during play and Id cry and cry and cry....
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I find this thread fascinating. I don't think I have an inner child that needs to be let out - and I didn't have anything terrible happen to me as a child. But I do remember being surprised that my children have never lain crying themselves to sleep, as I remember doing - so I guess that depression has always been latent in me, and hopefully not in my children.
Dreamseeker, it sounds like your T is great, and if that's what seems right at the moment, then go for it. I loved your idea of doing colouring and watching movies you loved as a child. And it's great to do things that don't necessarily have a purpose but are just nice to do in that moment - I find it hard to give myself permission to do things like, or I just automatically think I would be rubbish at it.
Take care
