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What is your internal voice like? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Nah-ah! You look straight that inner child straight in the eyes, you pull up a chair and you sit with it - tell it it's alright to cry, it's okay to be sad and angry. Just know why you're really sad and angry. Feel through it, let it out, let your mind breathe, let out your soul.

And then you give that inner child a hug, tell it that it's worthy, loved and valuable, that you can't avoid healing, that true strength comes from facing the pain and that happiness comes after inner peace.

You do that, you'll be alright.