Inner Child

[samack]

Has anyone who has been stuck in depression/trauma been helped by inner child work? Would uou share if you could access him or her right away?

[Smartmam]

Is that havening therapy for inner child. I tried that twice. First time it was good. I did concentrate fir 40 minutes. 2nd time I couldn't concentrate. I hope that's what you are talking about.

[Dolphin14]

I've been doing this work for probably two years. At first I had no idea what the therapist was talking about. But, I did find her. She shows up quite quickly now. I can see her in my mind at all times.

I never realized the depth of the pain she had. I knew how I felt but never thought of the little girl piece My heart breaks for her. She went through so much.

How are you doing with it?

🐬

[samack in reply to Dolphin14]

Thanks Dolphin. I am working with her to get my life energy back. I've been on frozen for so long. I am scared that this too won't help as I can barely hear her. And when she's present, I don't know what it means. I think maybe she's the raw desire that gets covered over with avoidance and excuses for not living? So far, she doesn't seem to speak very loudly. Is this what you have experienced?

[Dolphin14 in reply to samack]

Yes... she was afraid to speak her whole life. So she wasn't ready to show herself and didn't feel comfortable speaking at all.

As I'm getting deeper into the work. She shows up when I get scared. Even outside of therapy. I can see her as I'm working through a trigger.

When she's present I think she's paying attention to you, she's acknowledging you and will eventually develop a trust relationship with you.

Keep working with her. There are meditations out there that you might want to listen to. The ones I listen to explain to me what she's all about.

There must be you tubes to watch? There are many articles. Maybe just read some background on the work you are doing?

I'm here if you have questions I can answer. What I can tell you is the powerful connection I have built with her has helped me settle down inside.

Wishing you great progress.

❤️🐬

[samack in reply to Dolphin14]

❤️💚💛🧡

[lowtech]

Had a very bad experience with "inner child" so-called trauma therapist in US . Just gaslit me and had to seek meds. just for that. Added to trauma of my lost son and years of wrangling. Would not go near untrained 'therapists', you could end up worse.

[samack in reply to lowtech]

I am so sad to hear what happened to you.

Untrained therapists are worse than poison. If she belongs to a profession, psychologist, social worker etc, she can be reported to their professional association legal complaints dept. Cant remember what it is called. They can investigate him/her. There is also malpractice suits to file with an attorney, if your follow up records reflect the trauma you incurred. My best wishes to you.

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[lowtech]

But I trusted, so gutted really 😔