You carry a frozen version of yourself from age 7 or 8 that still feels childhood fear and loneliness. Talking to that younger self, a practice from Internal Family Systems therapy, can heal you. Nurture that inner child as part of growing up.
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As I have learned to love myself more and more, I've discovered the importance of getting to know my little girl, like the little girl inside of me. You know, some people call it inner child work or, you know, whatever you want to call it. We all have this frozen version of us that's kind of stuck in time, usually before— on or before the age of 7, but 8 is pretty darn close, so I'm gonna just call it that right now. And it's this version of us that gets stuck and doesn't know that we grew up, like doesn't know that there's actually an adult version of us here right now, and they're still feeling All those feelings that we get as kids, right? That, like, the feeling scared or overwhelmed or lonely or whatever it might be. And so the more I've learned about internal family systems and trauma and all the things, the more I've learned, like, wow, one of the best things I could do for myself is to spend time consciously talking to that little version of me, that younger version of me.