Let me know if I’m getting too deep for this (brand new) comm, but I’ve noticed lately that all of my sense of validation at this point in my life comes from other people. Is it possible to gain this feeling from my self or is that unrealistic?

  • odmroz [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Inner child work w a good therapist, for me.

    • Hohsia [he/him]
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      Idk why but I still can’t get aboard the inner child stuff

      Which probably means I should, but it seems so incomprehensible that would solve anything

      • odmroz [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        For me, it helped with a feeling of emptiness. Now it's like a feeling of love for myself. It helps me calm down because my brain doesn't start going "you've been abandoned." Because I have always got me. :)

        • odmroz [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          note: It did go terrible when I tried to do it myself, though. My therapist was a really important factor. We used the John Bradshaw book "Homecoming."