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I do have this aversion to giving yourself a "Virtual hug" stuff. Imagining the part the makes me feel despair, telling it you acknowledge that it is feeling bad, walk it or carry it to a place it wants to sleep or take a nap and tuck it it or give it a toy or ice cream. I do not feel any damn better when I do that.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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