Taking Care of Your Inner Child: Advice Needed

I love age regression it helps so much with my ptsd and having my what I call a happy place in my head instead of bad memories always trying to come in I would consider it or maybe look into it c:

Have you ever heard of age regression?

I agree, i like watching childhood shows or eating my old favorite foods

One psychologist I follow on Instagram talked about how giving yourself things you wanted/needed as a child but didn’t get can be therapeutic, whether that be an object or an experience. Another therapist (or the same one. I really can’t remember) talks about how it is important to keep at least one small promise to yourself each day. It’s also really good to let yourself play. As we get older, we focus so much on being mature and not doing “childish” things and on being productive, but we also need to give ourselves periods of leisure and play. I’m not saying to completely age regress, but don’t be afraid to color in a coloring book, do things just for fun, build a snowman, play with a dog, etc. I’m 21, and within the last couple of years, I’ve embraced keeping some of my childhood stuffed animals with me at college. I used to disdain them because were “supposed” to grow out of that sort of thing. I feel like it’s helped me start to embrace the inner child part of me again, though. Another thing I’ve done to try and connect is keeping a picture of my child self where I can sometimes see it. I did that because I feel this disconnect between me and my child self and I can’t see myself in her. My hope is that seeing the picture will help me be more conscious of and in tune with child me, and in turn, the connection and awareness will help me have self-compassion and start to heal the childhood wounds. I don’t know if there is science to that, but that’s just one thing I’ve tried. 😊