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To your inner child

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Introduction

Many of you know about different kinds of therapy, and know about "inner child" concept, that if you are traumatized it's like you are stuck at the age of trauma. If you grow up in the environment that traumatized you, you became immature, and it even leads to cPTSD. So here the words that your inner child needed

Like the previous post, this is a fragment from my diary

I'm so sorry for what you had to go through. That you were constantly under stress from early childhood, that you had to take on overwhelming adult responsibilities. I'm sorry that when you wanted to feel safe, you had to be left alone with all the difficulties. I'm so sorry that you had to become strong so early, grown up so early. I'm sorry that the people who were supposed to provide you with a safe environment for your growth and development turned out to be unsafe themselves. Despite your age, you fought so hard against difficulties, I am so proud of you, you are so great. I love you no matter what. You can be yourself. You're safe now. You don't have to hide anymore. I’m sorry that you always had to solve other people’s problems, but no one paid attention to yours or supported you. I'm here and I hear you. You don't have to be silent anymore. I’m sorry that no one paid attention to your needs, to your desires, to your interests, but I’m always there, your interests are valuable, your talents are noticeable, your needs are important and must be satisfied, and what you ask for is not much at all. I can give it all to you. You no longer need to constantly seek other people's acceptance and approval. Because you are accepted, you are valuable as you truly are, completely and in all your manifestations. You don't have to hide a part of yourself in order to be accepted by others. Show up completely, be yourself, and if they are not able to cope, it is only because they are too small to understand you. You are not a capricious child, I love you. Your emotions are normal and valid. Your emotions are a normal reaction to neglect, emotional abuse and violation of your boundaries. You have your life, you don’t have to adjust to others, I love you completely in all your manifestations. I completely accept you and I’m not angry with you at all, you’re not to blame for anything, I’m not ashamed of you, on the contrary, I’m very proud of you and I’m always proud of you in front of other people. I hear you and am always ready to listen

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Beautiful. I have adult trauma, and I have said it's so totally different (better) because I have a memory of what normal life was to reference. For kids , how do you ever find or even know what normal means. I am soo sorry to any child who has to begin their life with someone else's damage. But I do believe there is so much you can learn and grow from and help change to help the world like no one else can.

Thank you for your beautiful loving words to those inner childs. I want to share with friend. ❤️❤️

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