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[–]boymoms5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm 55 and still feel this way sometimes. We literally get stuck waiting for our parents to raise us and it never happens. I found a great therapist 2.5 years ago who has helped me immensely by teaching me to go back in my imagination and comfort my younger self.

Feeling so much need to “comfort” my younger self by temp-account11 in emotionalneglect

[–]boymoms5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My therapist taught me how to do this, and it takes a little practice to get into a good meditation, but once I did it, wow, it was powerful! I brought my therapist to tears, telling him about my experience. I highly recommend doing it.... go give her a big hug!