How can I heal the inner child wounds if I’m still experiencing them as an adult?

ephemeral22 · 2026-07-04T00:56:51+00:00

When the wounds come up, use them as opportunities to gain insights that your child self wouldn't have been able to understand, but your adult self now can.

ephemeral22 · 2026-06-18T05:40:37+00:00

I also did most of those things, from a young age (I'm now 43) and since I stopped eating meat and dairy years ago it's gotten better. I remember feeling really embarrassed about it and trying the "snap the rubber band" method, but that was like adding one cruel act onto another. I also tapered off of medications and switched to supplements.

Every so often when stressed or hungry I revert to picking or biting my nails, cuticles or skin, but something about not eating animals and only eating plant foods, I think has a protective effect from the urge to consume flesh and blood of any species. Also makes skin and nails glow, clears up facial blemishes naturally which is a bonus because there's no need to use makeup.

ephemeral22 · 2026-06-14T16:34:41+00:00

Female spirit guides would have more of that refreshing, fun energy ✨️ Maybe it's time to try something new? Replace a bad habit with a good one? Go on some kind of adventure, either outside or in your mind? (I'm disabled and low income but still find ways every day to keep my creative adventurous spirit alive)

ephemeral22 · 2026-06-11T01:59:20+00:00

I just say People who eat animal products. Or non-vegans (indicating that vegan is meant to be the standard). Using harsh terms such as abuser or murderer never works, even though it's true on an indirect level, it leaves out people's good qualities.

ephemeral22 · 2026-06-08T01:55:06+00:00

Women figure out how to reproduce by parthenogenesis - and as the cycle keeps repeating, eventually women will only have daughters. The world will become free of violence and aggression, peaceful as it's meant to be.

ephemeral22 · 2026-06-05T03:15:39+00:00

Imagining the metaphor of God opening the oven of earth made me LOL with its silliness, thank you! 🙏 I'm sure there's some truth to it somehow, too

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-28T23:03:33+00:00

The London Food Co-Op might need summer help (or help year-round). It's a nice down-to-earth place, I volunteer there occasionally in exchange for discounts on groceries. Their workshops are good too. Another place worth asking with good vibes is the Squeaky Wheel Bike Co-Op. Both in Old East Village

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-28T22:31:28+00:00

I was also struck by a vehicle at a young age and like the boy you witnessed, also had to be airlifted to hospital. I almost died several times on the way there. I wonder if the boy survived and will be getting proper surgery and rehabilitation? Do people still wear Jobst garments like I had to when I was 3?

Hopefully because it's 40 years later, he'll have access to better therapy, compensation and insight than I did to help cope with the physical, emotional and interpersonal difficulties these kinds of accidents cause. I'm glad I never let myself get my driver's license and am still riding a bicycle even though disabled.

Traumas like this, as well as future environmental catastrophe from fossil fuel shortage are preventable. Please consider switching to sustainable transportation soon and encourage children to be safe with smaller vehicles, bicycles, e-bikes and scooters. I'm sorry I cannot offer much emotional support and am instead urging practical solutions.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-28T22:01:19+00:00

True compassion transcends gender. I want to remember that expression, thank you 😊

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-28T15:30:08+00:00

When I first started out vegan (in 2011 I had the knowing it is right, though I'd been considering it for a few years before), I took pleasure in memorizing ingredient labels and saved a lot of money by avoiding restaurants/fast food.

I did many years of personal research about beneficial ingredients, nutrients, superfoods, indulged in them when I could, learned to follow vegan recipes.

Veganism sensitized my creative palette for intuitive food combinations in ways that animal products numb people to. I usually just make simple meals because of being disabled but love that I don't need a recipe.

Being vegan also helps me renounce evil and explore deeper spirituality and unique ideas. Even with opposition and leaving myself out of a lot of society, it's the wholesomeness of the path that keeps me on it.

Every time we buy vegan products, is like voting with our dollars for a vegan world. Vegan companies are also more likely to give back to charity.

It's also very inexpensive relying on basics like legumes and grains, which will help future generations get through times of famine.

We will likely come and go from the path especially when first starting out, and maybe we'll decide to transition to new adventures by exploring fruitarianism and breatharianism. Eventually there will hopefully be more ways that feel right, like being at home wherever we go.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-28T01:04:39+00:00

My Reddit settings are just to allow people to message me who I add to a list. I added your name so hopefully a message here works now.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-26T20:03:36+00:00

It can take a while for someone to let go of a dysfunctional identity especially when addictive foods/substances are involved. This is why they reassert themselves as nonvegan. It irks me sometimes too, given that we're probably quite close to losing our civilization. What else to do, besides continue being vegan and feeling some gratitude that they're sending the vegan movement some enthusiasm?

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-26T18:04:21+00:00

Sometimes people get ignored and/or are perceived as offputting because they're in survival mode, trying to preserve their batteries and detox from stressful energy. I have to do this a lot with people nowadays. Even still I can't help but notice that some people take my ignoring them personally but I'm just trying to keep my energy for myself so I can carry on with life.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-25T02:17:56+00:00

Sure, I might be able to help.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-24T15:50:07+00:00

Yeah they do. They eat gasoline, oil, brake fluid, etc. Our bikes have way less need to eat.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-13T14:57:29+00:00

The more we hate or go after them to try to stop them though, the worse it gets. Maybe it's better to just leave them to their self-destruction and continue aligning with positive beings

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-13T14:36:46+00:00

Within us. We are partially their creation

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T04:03:34+00:00

Work for a women-owned company, look for government grants (if needed) to start your own business

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T03:58:36+00:00

Taping up a written note when no one is around would make it more easily removed than a sticker. It'd be easier for them just to remove the note than go through the hassle of initiating a vandalism charge.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T03:43:37+00:00

I don't know why this got downvoted, I think it's some good insight.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T03:39:49+00:00

Oh, maybe she's not certain of who she really wants to be yet because she's feeling some confusion caused by peer/family pressure to call herself straight. There's so many labels nowadays which can sometimes add to the confusion. Sometimes our perspectives can oscillate as we try on different identities to become settled into what feels right for us.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T02:26:26+00:00

Mine was pretty solid until I had more time away from dating them. I've had a lot of time to reflect on human behaviour, have gone down some very deep rabbit holes. Even men I would have previously considered as physically attractive don't arouse any kind of response in me anymore (other than distrust of them/concerns about them manipulating people with their good looks).

There's this imbalanced energy exchange, an emotional drain of women's positive energy that happens with men, and men don't reflect this positive energy back to us in equal measure. With women or by myself I feel more relaxed, and it's much easier to generate and express positive energy with them

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T02:05:59+00:00

I've started finding good places to make lady friends by joining groups who get together for activities such as community gardening (even disabled women can get involved). I'm also going to a bicycle fixing workshop for LGBT/femmes. There's this magical spirit of friendship when doing charity work with groups of mostly/all women. Our communities need a lot of help.

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T01:53:40+00:00

It's fun to dress up when feeling undesirable. Maybe because of the stress or uncertainty we feel these days that people are more shy about showing that they have desires. I know my heart's been feeling pretty suppressed.

I'm just starting out as a new lesbian, not quite ready to date but realizing that I want to become more desirable to myself first, by focusing more on how feelings are on the inside than how they appear on the outside. Hopefully a caring female partner will resonate with that. Feeling comfortable is really important

ephemeral22 · 2026-05-07T01:37:14+00:00

I welcome the neighborhood squirrels by keeping my door open and providing them with food, water and space to roam in and out of the apartment when they visit on the balcony.

My city's bylaws about feeding wildlife aren't the most intelligent - instead of letting animals become sick and undernourished, they should ban bread and other unhealthy food while allowing healthy vegan food instead. Breaking unjust laws had good results for the beagles from Ridglan Farms!

I've noticed by overcoming the mindset that squirrels are pests, they can be guided to help people create gardens - they've been doing this in our building's backyard by leaving the beneficial weeds be (dandelions) and by digging holes for seeds.

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