I think of my inner child when I actually feel like a small child. For me, it has no relation to unhealthy behaviors. Usually when I feel like a small child, I feel curious, delicate, uninhibited, young, playful, and literally-am thinking, feeling, acting-like a small child. This happens in Ts office. I think it's called regression (though there are 2 types of regression).
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Indulging our "inner child" doesn't seem healthy and is avoidant of what's happening right now.
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Sometimes that is true....But if we all were doing what we should be doing, we would not be in therapy.
