Past hurt and pain are hard to live with. “Let bygones be bygones.” If only that were as easily done as said. It’s a tough job to let go of the past, we even cling to it because it’s been part of our being for so long and the inner child is still hurting.
The inner child holds repressed emotions arising from unmet needs in childhood. when a child has not received the nurturing care, stability and safety that should be every child’s right, the inner child experiences trauma. While it is pleasant to dream of an ideal world, the truth is that most of us have the hurt inner child in us that makes us behave in child-like patterns.
If we do not address the needs of the inner child at some time in our lives, it will continue to have great power and get triggered in the face of challenges. Some examples: sulking when faced with opposition, aggression when faced with dissent, fear when faced with the possibility of rejection, anxiety when faced with the possibility of failure, and more.
In the surplus reality of psychodrama, we can work with the inner child, reenacting past events, attending to old wounds, learning new behaviours, and coming back to wholeness and integration with the catharsis. The old story must be set to rest for the new story to emerge. And from then on, the complexion of life will change.
However beaten you may feel, it is possible to move forward. Be willing to ask for help. You were never meant to do it all alone.
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