Senin, 29 Juli 2013

working with your inner child

working with your inner child


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when you were about 5 or 6 years old, a part of your consciousness branched off from the rest of you. And the more intensity, the more pain, the more shame you were going through at the time, then the more of your consciousness stayed behind.

this part of you is called the inner child. while the tree continued to grow upward, a branch was formed that 'stayed behind' - so-to-speak. That branch is still part of your tree. Whether you acknowledge it or not. It's attached to you. It's a living, breathing, part of you. Just as a lower branch is still part of the tree it's attached to, no matter how big the tree gets.

actually, in some cases, where the childhood was too traumatic, that branch can become the main trunk. Then you've got some real problems.

look to your own childhood. Think back. How healthy was it? the happier your childhood, the less of a problem you'll now have with your inner child. Because he or she will be happy and content to stay in their own world.

conversely, the more pain you went through then, the more problems you're likely to have now. also, when you were a teenager - maybe age 13, 14, 15 or so - another branch was formed. And thus your inner adolescent also stayed behind. Another living, breathing, part of your consciousness.

many, many people are still stuck in adolescence. You see it all around you every day. childhood was a time of fear, but adolescence was a time of sheer panic. so many people get stuck in these pa......Read More detail



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