Click on the link above for an incredible article, I found it profoundly moving. As a parent with a history of trauma, I have been known to experience frustration at my children’s complaints over the most mundane of thing – “this raspberry jam has bits in!” “the internet isn’t working!” – insignificant moments that left my own inner child screaming internally: ‘You have no idea how lucky you are, do you want me to show you a real problem?’
This article articulates this feeling of pain so accurately; your children will not understand what you have lived through, and the reality is you don’t want them to. Of course, this leaves your own child part feeling unheard, misunderstood and alone and this is why it is so important that we take care of this part of ourselves, whether through therapy, yoga, mindfulness, or whatever strategies work for you. The traumatised, neglected child part of you can be comforted in the here and now by you, as the closest person to them you know exactly what they have overcome. Be brave, keep evolving.
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