![]() ![]() Our inner child is wounded when doesn’t feel safe physically, emotional, psychologically or spiritually, and as a result, experiences a profound loss of innocence. Instead, their inner child has been denied, neglected, disparaged, abandoned or rejected…(and it still holds) our accumulated childhood hurts, traumas, fears and angers.” How Does Our Inner Child Get Wounded? says in Essential Secrets of Psychotherapy: The Inner Child, in Psychology Today, “True adulthood hinges on acknowledging, accepting, and taking responsibility for loving and parenting one’s own inner child. Or, rather than feeling open, fully alive and free, we feel imprisoned, stuck, stagnant, or weighed down.ĭr. We wear masks, people please, withdraw, enable, rescue, jump to negative conclusions, act out or become passive aggressive. With a wounded inner child many of us have underlying sense of anxiety or feeling of unease. An unhealed inner child causes destructive or unhelpful behavior patterns. It lives deep inside our unconscious mind and it influences the choices we make, how we respond to challenges, and how we live our lives. Technically speaking, our inner child is typically between the ages of three and seven-years old. You wouldn’t let a four-year old drive your car would you? And yet, for many of us this is exactly who is in the driver’s seat of our lives. But first we need to understand the role and impact of the wounded inner child… Our Unhealed Inner Child is in the Driver’s Seat I’ve also learned a few powerful techniques that can help you heal your own wounded inner child. In my personal healing journey, I’ve found inner child work to be immensely valuable. The good news is that when we connect with this fragmented part of ourselves, deep healing occurs. The trauma could be big or small, such as having to share your parents with a new sibling, being abandoned by a parent, or being physically or emotionally abused. The wounding occurs when we experience trauma at a young age that results in a profound loss of innocence. Unless you enjoyed a completely ideal childhood, chances are you have a wounded inner child as well. ![]() In my work as an intuitive healer, I’ve discovered that many of my clients have a wounded inner child. ![]()
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