Healing Trauma 5: Connecting With Our Younger Self

Disconnecting when we’re hurt is a way to keep ourselves safe. Part of healing trauma is to resource ourselves as an adult in this present moment when we have more agency than when we were a child.

We do a practice to connect with our younger self who needs to have a direct experience that they are not to blame, they are no longer alone, and that it is safe now to feel. We connect with the parts of us who feel left behind and unwelcome. We reassure and welcome them.

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Working slowly through this series as I keep in mind the trauma of growing up queer through past election cycles. This practice was hardest for me so far — will try it again in a cozy space. Thank you for this collection!

I thought this was a great help to me but I still felt in danger of the abuser being there.