Oh, and yes, I've done Inner Child work both in therapy and on my own. It's been really difficult as I learned as a kid that I was COMPLETELY unacceptable, so for twenty years I did everything I could to keep my truest self hidden. At the same time, though, I had this awareness that it was really my parents who were in the wrong for not accepting and loving me. Now, I should let other people come close so that they could show me and tell me I AM lovable, so that I could TRULY learn it on an emotional level - but it's SO hard when, as a child, I learned people will hurt me.. But not everyone - gotta keep reminding myself of that..