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Originally Posted by Big Mama
Hi . I have posted once before here. I have dissociative issues. My T has been talking alot about getting in touch w/ my inner child. I'm not sure what that means. She says I'll know when she shows up or she can help me find her. Sounds kinda weird to me. But sure enough she showed up I guess. In T I started crying because of what I was thinking. The T stopped mid sentence and said your little child is here and we need to talk to her. What in the world? I was able to tell her what was going on and causing issues at the time but inner child, I'm not so sure about that. Anyone here have any idea or way to explain this. I don't think it was in a multiple personality kind of way. I'm just not sure about what she was talking about. Anyone who can add insight or tell me where to put this if it is the wrong forum it would be greatly appreciated.
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throwing an idea out here... maybe your therapist is talking about the inner child as in... everyone has times when they feel like a child....when they feel like they felt when they were a child, feel like needing someone to take or then feeling like you need your therapist to hold you almost like a parent would their son or daughter, .....
example this morning I felt so overwhelmed by not being in my own home that I felt like I just wanted to curl up on the sofa and cry. I wasnt switching into alters because my alters are integrated with me so switching into alters is no longer possible or an issue. but I sure felt like a child needing to cry, scream and holler "I want to go home!" and bury my face in the sofa pillows.
I got in touch with that feeling (other wise known as my inner child) by sitting down and telling my self ... "I know you miss your home and I know you want to go home and its not the ritz here but this is our temporary home. what do you need to feel more comfortable here until things get easier?"
by acknowledging my child like feelings and asking myself what I needed, that lead me to what I needed to see my pets, spend time with the dogs and cats and get away from the adult world of damage done by the storms.
when my wife got home from work we talked and we decided to take the weekend off and headed upstate to our friends and pets. right now I have a cat on the top of the chair, one next to me in the chair and one dog laying on my feet lol and I feel less homesick and happier.
I cant speak for your therapist but if this is what your therapist is talking about Im guessing she wants you to recognize what you are feeling, sit with those feelings (other words let your self feel what ever is going on) and then listen to those child like feelings to find out what you need from your self and from your therapist during that moment of child like feelings.