Posted by bubblechild on October 24, 2003, at 16:46:51
In reply to Re: Inner Child part two » Poet, posted by Penny on October 24, 2003, at 9:38:03
Thank you for the continuation of this thread. Your T seems to be personalizing the difficulty you are having in caring for your inner child. I can understand how that can seem painful and comforting at the same time. As in reading your post, that's how it made me feel.
I wonder if one of the reasons we dislike our inner children is that they can possess attributes we were told, as children, were offensive. In my home it was emotions, weakness, vulnerability, and needyness. We seal up these children as protection, in our desire to be accepted. Personally I do not feel my inner child is deserving of the care your T offered.
After telling my T once, that she has been the only person to really see my inner child, she thanked me for the privledge. That totally blew me away. It never occured to me that anyone would ever want to see that child-let alone, thank me for sharing her. (although I did tell my T that I was sure she was trained to say those things! lol.
My T has used terms like "reparenting" but I find that so difficult to even understand. I am slightly closer to that understanding than I was last year!
<sigh> oh well........((((hugs)))))and thank you for bringing this discussion to the forum.
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