Have you ever seen adults around you who are boring, arrogant, easily irritated, and shout now and then? They always seem super strict and everyone is always scared of them. Are you one of those adults? Or you know how being with that person feels like and you don’t want to be like them?
Whatever be your reason to read this blog, you are at the right place because all of your questions will be gracefully answered here, so keep reading.
Bridging the Gap Between You and Your Inner Child
How will you react if I say, everyone, you know is an artist? You will not believe it, will you? Even the person who does not know anything about art is an artist if they how to handle their emotions effectively.
This blog will teach you how to deal with your inner wounded child effectively. As doing this will not only help you be more creative and curious but you will also develop a fun and loving personality overall.
Inner child: You can grow as old as you want but you can never deny the fact that your 6-year-old self is still present inside you. Whenever someone brings your favorite chocolates, you used to eat as a child or sings your favorite childhood song, you reconnect with the inner child.
· All those sweet memories of good-old times refresh you all over again. But life is not all chocolates and fairy tales. Some traumatic incidents that occurred to you as a child could leave a great impact on your personality.
· As an adult, those traumatic incidents can get triggered anytime without even you being aware of them. And as a result, you may feel like your emotions or your actions are not in your control. You may unnecessarily procrastinate, get irritated, have anxiety, and many other things like these.
· These are nothing but signs that your inner child is wounded or traumatized and needs healing.
· When you become conscious of how you are feeling and responding to your day-to-day life, you will see yourself following a pattern that keeps triggering you. What you have to do is try to break this negative pattern or cycle and create a new and healthy coping mechanism for yourself.
· Creating these new patterns will help your inner child heal and grow. You will learn how to consciously respond instead of impulsively reacting.
· I am assuming that you are a mature and understanding person who is very aware of the fact that he/she is wounded and wants to heal. You must know that for healing, you need to take care of your wounds instead of running away from them.
· You have to listen to them, embrace and accept your 6 as well as 16-year-old self. Listen to those songs and eat your favorite chocolates frequently. This way you find joy in everything around yourself and will live a happy and fulfilled life.
Ways to Heal and Mend your Inner Child
There is an uncountable number of tips and techniques that have worked for many people to help them heal their inner children. One tip that works best for any kind of healing is called self-care, self-love, and spending time with yourself.
You can give this tip as many names as you want. Just don’t forget to follow it religiously. Now there are various ways to show love for yourself.
· The first one is, giving a high-five to yourself. Yes, as wired as it sounds. It does wonders to your self-confidence and self-image.
· Acknowledge your feelings and write about everything that triggers you or makes you feel uncomfortable or anything that doesn’t feel right.
· You will realize that writing is helping you get-go of everything that is holding you back or hurting you.
· Forgive. Yes, you need to forgive the people who caused that traumatic incident in your life. They could be your guardians, parents, or anyone. Just forgive them. Because holding grudges will only lead you to a dead end.
· Try different types of exercises to lighten up your mood, do yoga, breathe deep, read self-help books, and most importantly know that your past will not define your future, you will.
· So, work on yourself, heal, grow and design a future of your dream.
Conclusion
If you religiously follow the tips mentioned above, I can guarantee you that you will never become those boring and arrogant adults mentioned at the start of the blog.