#inner-child

[queka-store]

Validation

🌟 As little babies, and then toddlers, our lives depend on validation. We need others to mirror and reflect what we feel, to know that each emotion is normal. We crave an explanation and mediation of these strange new sensations inside us—feelings. 💓

But if our surroundings never provided such validation or weren't capable of giving it, our need to feel seen and know that we are normal as we are faces a significant obstacle. 😢

However, my friend, it's never too late to learn to understand and believe to your body, your sensations, and your emotions, no matter how strange or strong they might feel. Even if they seem out of control, it might be because they, and the little you, haven't been seen for too long. 🥺

Upon learning to listen to ourselves, we first encounter some intense stuff. But with a tiny flame of hope and compassion, step by step, we might find relief—which is valuable for every part of your life that follows. 🌱 Sending you soft, loving validation, and know that with all your unique and different parts, you are normal as you are. To exist is to be a normal part of this life, just as you are. 💖 🌈🌸

[rat-at-heart]

Healing her inner-tadpole with positive self-talk after the recent lily pad fiasco (don't ask)

[virtualplushy]

i love re-consuming media i used to love when i was younger. like wow! child me still is in me i am holding her hand and keeping her safe and doing her favorite things with her!!!!

[yujateaandpi]

Fanart for @noodles-and-tea’s precious Twins in Time AU comic! These goobers rotate in my head every day.

[neuroticboyfriend]

all your stuffed animals love you. they're not sad if they're in a box, or on the floor, or not held/played with as much. they understand. they know that you might need another stuffie more, or that you don't have enough space. they're just happy to be with you, and if you ever give them away, they'll be happy there too. stuffies are for comfort. they understand. they love you too. it's okay.

[bigturtl]

i love lawyer game

[hinamie]

I'll give them shelter like you've done for me

[yuumei-art]

Inner Child The older I get, the more I keep my inner child locked inside. I used to talk more about my past, about my dysfunctional family and how they've hurt me. But these days I feel pressured to be positive, to only paint happy things because the world is sad enough already.

Since being diagnosed with CPTSD, I've gotten therapy and it has helped a lot. But that doesn't stop the nightmares from happening and there are days when I can't do anything but cry. I used to draw myself strangling my younger self, but it never dies. There will always be a part of me that longs for a happy family, for parents that love me. Maybe one day I'll learn to co-exist with that part of myself.

[strawberrymilkwithastraw]

not to get all sad for no reason but something nobody tells you about growing up is that a part of you is just a little girl who is yelling ‘please like me please love me please tell me i am good’ at everyone you meet and most of your day is just trying to ignore her

[sleeplessv0id]

does anyone else love stickers but never use them because you're too afraid to waste them.

[another-delta-lover]

Petition to make the minecraft movie about a forbbiden yaoi romance about a villager and a pillager that fell in love and are trying to run away together juliet and gnomeo style instead of that... thing.

[deeeaahh]

[spookedbees]

Sorry Rick, these two are my ocs now. I grabbed em. They're mine.

[pixieverse-icedtea]

enemies to lovers but it's me and myself

[eggsdoodz]

and the trauma too 😵‍💫

[dignityofapotato]

Entry 17

Today, I went shopping for my internship. Since I don’t drive and didn’t want to bother someone I knew for the day, I decided to walk to a thrift store. Originally, the thrift store I was planning on going to was only a mile away, which would take about twenty minutes to walk. However, when I arrived, I found out that everything was closed. The store had different hours listed on their website,…