Jun 14, 2021
Me: *gets mad*
My inner child: “_____ MADE ME FEEL BAD!!!”
My exhausted inner parent gearing up for another gentle parenting session: “No honey, you made yourself feel bad, but that’s alright. Your feelings are what help you interact with the world and define how you want to think about it.”
Inner child: “But I still feel bad and it’s their fault!”
Inner parent: “While outside influences are what can spark your emotions, they are still yours. And sure, some of them don’t feel great, but you haven’t explored those yet have you?”
Inner child: “You always rushed me.”
Inner parent, holding out a hand: “I know kid, I’m sorry. Let’s go exploring now then huh?”
#uhhhh rambles#trying to write more things#tobi talks#inner child#inner parent#its.... so hard to reparent yourself#esp when you’ve been your own emotional parent since being a child#so all your emotional intelligence has been stunted at toddler level for 20+ years#and you also have incredibly intense emotions#that you never let yourself feel before#and are now exacerbated by all the fun current circumstances