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Originally Posted by RubyRae
I missed out on so much in my childhood too,shattered sanity.I didn't get to experience all the normal,usual things most kids get to,I lived an adult life even as a young girl,spent my time with adults in bars and other adult places and participating in activities no child should ever witness let alone participate in.
Something I worked on in therapy was re-parenting myself and it wasn't just things like practicing self care and basic care like going to the dr when I am hurt,showing myself compassion or eating 3 times per day,it also included doing all the fun things too like going to the zoo or the park and allowing myself to have fun.
It's very healing,so I say do whatever it is you missed out on.
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I heard about this reparenting thing, and actually ended up getting really annoyed by it
therapist: so what do you think a good mommy does?
me: lists all the things I think a good mommy should do
her: so do you think you can be your own parent?
me: well, not really. I mean how can you do that. how can you be your own parent
her: so how do you feel when you do something for yourself?
the next 2 weeks were focused on self parenting, and I just ended up screaming
I mean how can you be your own parent
you can't