Reparenting Your Inner Child

1. How to Reparent Your Inner Child?

2. During your childhood years, you naturally depended on your parents for survival. The basic needs of food, shelter, and clothing were foundational in the sense that they provided a level of stability. But as you can imagine, children need more than food, clothing, and shelter to become well-rounded humans. When emotional needs are neglected, there becomes a void that internally limits certain progressions in adulthood. This absence is when reparenting is crucial to not only fulfill the neglect from childhood but ultimately heal yourself from the trauma of your past. As you enter the journey of introducing yourself to your inner child, you can begin to notice a difference in how you navigate your life and acknowledge the feeling of being emotionally whole. The end goal is not to bash how your parents raised you. It’s a process that allows a one-on-one mending of who you are and the ways to progress forward into adulthood that will sustain an authentic living as you enter new chapters in your life.

3. Navigating the Inner Child The ‘inner child’ represents the innocent part of a person’s psyche. When you think about it, childhood is essentially a phase of innocence, wonder, and curiosity. A stage we all journeyed through at some point. During this phase, our parents or guardians wield enormous influence over us, and what they do with that influence determines the fate of our inner child. Psychologists tend to associate the inner child with past experiences and memories of childish innocence/curiosity. This association confirms the view that the inner child is at the core of some of the traits people display in adulthood

4. Signs of a Wounded Inner Child Your inner child can be wounded in many ways, but when you examine the anecdotal data, it all boils down to your personal experience of some form of parental neglect in the formative years. It could be emotional neglect, psychological neglect, or physical neglect. What childhood neglect achieves in people is displayed in many forms. Some people struggle with low self-esteem, obesity, OCD, addictions, sexual dysfunctions, perfectionism, suicidal thoughts, self-doubt, rage, among other things, because their inner child suffered from one form or multiple forms of parental neglect. The good news is something can be done to heal your wounded inner child. But it all starts with identifying that you have a wounded inner child and committing to reparenting yourself.

5. Reparenting for Living an Authentic Adulthood If you struggle with any of the issues highlighted above, it's time to consider the process of reparenting yourself. It begins with the knowledge that your inner child is wounded couples with the awareness that something can be done in the way of healing. In order to heal your wounded inner child, you need to pick up some socio-emotional skills; these skills include but are not limited to self-discipline, self-love, relationship and communication skills, and tolerance skills. You can acquire these skills by reading self-help articles on how you can develop desired emotional competence. You can also find yourself role models, people who can share your insights on how to achieve the desired elevation by leveraging on their personal and acquired experiences. Therapy is another commitment that can help you heal your inner child. Therapists are trained to deal with you compassionately, even while making sure you're accountable for your decisions.

6. In any case, reparenting yourself for an authentic living is not an easy endeavor, but it's a worthy endeavor guaranteed to improve the quality of your adult life. Make it a priority and stop the cycle. Visit Gone With The Soul To Learn More