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Originally Posted by QuietMind
It's definitely really hard to take care of one's inner child.
I often beat my inner child up in my self hatred.
But I'm slowly slowly learning in therapy to notice her, and be neutral if I can't be kind. Instead of being harshly punitive.
I'm also learning how it feels like to be nurtured in therapy by T (and the contrast of T to my upbringing is so f!@king painful!!) and then learning to hold myself tenderly in my mind.
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This so totally describes where I am. I'm trying very hard to validate those parts of me. The parts that felt unimportant or that they could not be good enough to be ok.
Thank you for posting this!!
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