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There is more than one inner child in us. Natural, crying, controlling, adaptive, rebellious.
INNER CHILD
Did you know that inside each of us there is an inner child?
And what can there be several of them?
Natural, crying, controlling, adaptive, rebellious.
“Notes from a Psychologist” with Angelina Seagal at ECHO OF MOSCOW in Samara.
Topic of the program: “Inner child”, broadcast from 09/01/2021
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Good afternoon, dear listeners! Angelina Segal is with you.
Today is September 1st, on which I congratulate you! Some people have children going to school. And for some, the school years are a passed stage. However, our brain remembers that every year on September 1st we traditionally went to school when we were children. And of course, one way or another, we react to this date.
That is why today I want to offer an adult audience of “Echo of Moscow in Samara” a small exercise to improve contact with your inner child. Of course, we are already adults, some are 30–40–50 or more years old. But inside each of us lives that same child who, perhaps, wants to play, or be creative, or maybe he is lonely and sad. In any case, getting in touch with the inner child part of yourself is very useful, and here’s why.
The childhood ego state is primarily responsible for our desires and needs. A natural child says “I want.” And who puts prohibitions and restrictions on him? That’s right, parent. For various reasons, parents limit the wishes of their children. For example, a child’s wish may be unsafe, and the parent protects the child in this way. There are also norms and rules of behavior in society, and then the parent transmits these rules through restrictions — what to do is good and what is bad.
But there are still reasons why parents ban their child’s desires. For example, when the parent himself has poor contact with his inner child, with his desires. A person does not hear himself, but only does what is right.
There is so much we don’t really realize; we often do things that are not good for us or the children. Unfortunately, psychologists encounter this all the time in psychological…
