That "inner Child" Stuff - Is It Real?

[macca]

I suspect there are a few reasons that people may find it difficult or unhelpful. One is if they have baggage around the concept of family or children. Another is I suspect if the person is quite split already in some way. That engaging in a way that could release that split can be frightening.

Well, I'm not DID, but I feel like and act like a small child when triggered, and my T thinks now that I've split off around 3. And that's what I'm scared of accessing on my own. I think I'll wait until my T is back from holidays, and ask her again about the book etc, as she suggested it weeks before she said I may have split off.

 

[Abstract]

I was wondering about that macca. Personally I would proceed with caution. Much better to be safe and have controls in place than finding yourself in a situation you can't manage safely on your own. It seems to me we keep a cap on these things and certain practices can take that cap off. That it's better to be prepared before doing anything that could result in a spillover. Our instincts are important.

 

[HelenB]

@macca I would definitely suggest waiting until you have the support of your therapist and totally agree that it is so important to trust your instincts within this. When I first started working through things in this way I found it very hard and eventually came to a point where I just tried to shut down again and stopped seeing the therapist. Needless to say this didn't work but when I did start working through it again I had a very strong network of support and a very safe place where I have been able to work through the issues, and know this has been so vital to me within my journey.

God bless
Helen

 

[WillyKat]

Welcome to the club of not wanting to go there. I spent a great deal of my life avoiding going there, immersing myself in science, ruling out as ridiculous anything spiritual or religious. It worked really well for a while. It's only in the past 15 months or so that I realized what I was doing.

But you're only strong enough to go there when you are in fact strong enough to go there. Rejoice in being strong enough but understand that there will be times that you think you're not strong enough.