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Posted by arora on August 21, 2007, at 14:23:10
This is probably a silly post! but I was thinking about my inner child today, and what she is like.
I was a bit odd when I was a kid... fascinated with bugs and tadpoles and lizards- and a horror of frilly dresses and dolls: not exactly the kind of little girl my family had in mind, (but oh! did they try.)
So I've decided my inner child is Wednesday Adams.
I thought I could put up a photo of her, and whenever something 'triggers' me and I don't understand why, I can say, "Wednesday- is that you again?!"I just looked up a website that calculates what day of the week you're born on... and guess what- I was born on a Wednesday! Now how cool is that?
arora (in a weird kinda mood)
Posted by muffled on August 21, 2007, at 14:33:03
In reply to My Inner Child, posted by arora on August 21, 2007, at 14:23:10
Hi Wednesday!!!
Hope to meet ya!
;-)
M
Posted by Dinah on August 21, 2007, at 17:36:51
In reply to My Inner Child, posted by arora on August 21, 2007, at 14:23:10
:-)
I like that.
I call my OCD Ruthie and picture of her as a big eyed little girl with pretty brunette curls, who tugs on my arm and shares her worries about everything.
I frequently use the mental imagery of patting her on her little head and thanking her for her concern and attention, but telling her that I'd handle it from here.
Posted by DAisym on August 21, 2007, at 18:39:00
In reply to Re: My Inner Child, posted by Dinah on August 21, 2007, at 17:36:51
My little girl is "Daisy" - I'm a little embarrassed to admit we even discuss "her" by name during sessions. It just seemed so much easier and there are many reasons for her name. When I think about how she looks, I see myself in this photo I have when I was about 5. My dress is on backwards and my hair is short and sticking up, but I'm so proud of myself for having picked out my own clothes. I'm all eyes in that photo, a weird cross between fear and excitement. I have some daisies skattered around my office or in my room to remind me of this young part. And they remind me of Babble, which reminds me I'm not alone.
Oh...and you'd never believe it to know me now, but I hated dolls when I was a kid. I would climb trees and catch turtles and get dirty, just like my brothers. Now I'm kind of a girlie girl. :)
Good thread...
Posted by muffled on August 21, 2007, at 19:05:05
In reply to Re: My Inner Child, posted by DAisym on August 21, 2007, at 18:39:00
yup,
Franchesca's the baby.
Blossoms still pretty young.
Ikid is older.
Toughies older yet.
Then there's tablekid, screamer, nasty and EP.
TOWWTD, and, TOWKn.
Mebbe some are the same.
Only visual I ever had was table kid.
She was skinny and gangly and dirty and hid under a table with big eyes and wouldn't speak.
Who knows.
This internal sh*ts pretty confusing eh.
Best to keep them in mind though, so stuff don't go outta control.
Don't mean to be flip.
Its important to them that you recognize them, and realize they ARE kids. And they just wanna be accepted.
Thats all.
Whatever.
Posted by B2chica on August 22, 2007, at 10:17:56
In reply to Re: My Inner Child, posted by DAisym on August 21, 2007, at 18:39:00
i feel pretty new at discovering my little girl and letting her speak. but i have a picture of her at my grandparents farm holding a kitten and that's how i picture her, in shorts with tube socks (lol-very early 80's). but everytime she comes forward she's crying...i almost want to call her "NoName" cuz she feels like she doesn't exist. i think the younger one is a little more open and playful but isn't around much, maybe i should call her sunshine?. and Teen, well i just call her teen. she is 14 has her hair swooped to one side and covering her eyes, she is Very angry, and stands with her hands clenched ready to fight....should i steal from Dances with wolves and call her 'stands with a fist'?? (ha), but really that's what i see.
and old lady hasn't been around for a while, honestly i kinda miss her she somehow gave me peace. she's a mystic, full of wisdom and philosophy and warns me of future events, she is an extreme pessimist waiting for death to take her to her friends, not afraid to die but welcomes it with open arms.and daisy, i always hated dolls too. was a Very big tom-boy. i didn't play with dolls but i did play with stuffed animals. pretending to help them and take care of them.
very good thread.
b2c (and others)
Posted by Poet on August 22, 2007, at 10:55:46
In reply to My Inner Child, posted by arora on August 21, 2007, at 14:23:10
Hi Arora,
I have a bunch, clan, group, mess of inner children and I see them as I looked at their ages which depending on my mood isn't always very pleasant.
I think my 10 year old inner child could be a Wednesday Addams, though my dolls still have their heads. LOL. She talks like Wednesday does.
I should come up with names besides Brat.
Nice Thread.
Poet
Posted by arora on August 22, 2007, at 16:46:30
In reply to Re: My Inner Child, posted by B2chica on August 22, 2007, at 10:17:56
Don't you think it's sad that so many of us give our inner kids names that show we don't like them? Before I started calling mine Wednesday, I used to call her Stupid. If she was really naughty, it was Fat Stupid Little B****h. ;-(
I'm going to try to be nicer to her- although she doesn't like me much... not surprising, when I've been so awful to her all of her life! She just stands and gives me That Look. (have you seen Addams Family Values, where she is Pocahontas?...yeah, that's The Look I mean :-0!
I might take her out this week, and buy her something... indulge my little inner Goth child, lol!
arora
Posted by arora on August 22, 2007, at 16:54:55
In reply to Re: My Inner Child, posted by muffled on August 21, 2007, at 19:05:05
> yup,
> Franchesca's the baby.
> Blossoms still pretty young.
> Ikid is older.
> Toughies older yet.
> Then there's tablekid, screamer, nasty and EP.
> TOWWTD, and, TOWKn.
> Mebbe some are the same.
> Only visual I ever had was table kid.
> She was skinny and gangly and dirty and hid under a table with big eyes and wouldn't speak.
> Who knows.
> This internal sh*ts pretty confusing eh.
> Best to keep them in mind though, so stuff don't go outta control.
> Don't mean to be flip.
> Its important to them that you recognize them, and realize they ARE kids. And they just wanna be accepted.
> Thats all.
> Whatever.
>Poor Nasty! Or is that short for Nasturtium? Which is kinda nice, since it's a Blossom, too. :-}
arora
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