These questions are for anybody who has recognized that they have distinct, young feeling, very needy child parts -- and has worked on resolving trauma by working with such child parts.

1. Are you able to keep your regular adult state of mind present at the same time that you can access the child part of you with its feelings of pain and shame?

If no, why not? What happens when you try?


2. If your answer to #1 was yes, can you also experience the pain in tolerable increments without getting overwhelmed, pulled too far into the pain, or without losing your adult state of mind?

If no, why not? What happens when you try?


3. If your answer to #3 was yes, while you are in touch with the child part's pain, can the adult part of you comfort the child part of you sufficiently to where the pain recedes and the child part of you feels a measure of soothing and healing?

If no, why? What happens when you try?

If no, do you ask for/accept soothing from your t (hugs, hand holding, etc.)? Did it your child part feel soothing/healing?


4. After making several/many attempts to do this and failing to achieve trauma resolution/healing, have you decided to quit working with child parts and doing this type of trauma work?

If yes, did you find a different method that helped you more? What?

If yes, what did you do about your child part(s) once you stopped trying to access/experience/resolve your traumatic issues? Did you cut them off from awareness?

If no, what made you decide to continue with the trauma work?


I'm finding myself in this situation right now in therapy and am trying to decide where to go from here. . .

Peaches