7 Signs Inner Child Injured That Affect Mental Health And Welfare

Illustration of the inner child sign that affects mental health and well-being (Freepik/KamranAymen)

YOGYAKARTA Inner child is also known as the second self-name, which encourages decisions, creates unreasonable fears, even sabotages dreams. It is also called child inspired', which is a younger part of you that may be five, or seven, or nine years old. Realized or not, inner child has a big impact in life, including mental health, physical well-being, achievement, relationships with others, and the ability to feel joy.

Psychologically, inner child is a variety of parts of us that should not be underestimated. Because this 'internal child' forms a whole life, including romantic couples, career paths, and others that are part of life. More specifically, inner child arises from the idea of a world formed before the age of 8. In fact, from birth to the age of 7, we believe that everything that happens in a nearby environment has something to do with us or is caused by us. The trigger for inner child injury can be anything. Starting from parents who are too critical, have experienced intimidation at school, and frustration to loneliness.

Not everyone has a traumatic childhood. But everyone must have suffered childhood injuries when their needs were not met. To identify the inner child injured, reported Lumo Health, Wednesday, November 29, here are the signs.

Some childhood wounds occur when you are too young to remember them. One way is to find clues through how you act in a situation. Including if the reaction is too 'excessive' or disproportionate to an incident. For example, you feel very angry when your partner doesn't reply quickly. This may be a sign that some attention is not fulfilled as a child. In other words, mental, emotional, and relational problems faced in everyday life are often a sign of past injuries.

Sometimes fear and anxiety arises when the limit of gathering work is missed or starting an argument with a new partner for no reason. According to psychoanalis Alice Miller, the inner child sign is hurt when you continue to feel afraid and avoid danger that is even though it is not real. This behavior can sometimes be in the form of forgetfulness, delay, or loss of fear-driven patience so as to sabotage yourself.

Overcoming or overcoming problems is related to managing emotions that are difficult or painful. Sometimes, people who have an inner child are hurt develop skills in overcoming unhealthy problems. Such as the use of drugs, liquor, and staying away from reality by using social media excessively. In such an unhealthy way, a person may be avoiding certain feelings so they are looking for busyness.

Bad relationships with family include tensions, feelings of rejection, feelings of criticism, ostracism, or strong emotional dependence between you and your parents. Whatever the problem, poor relationships can mark old problems but have not been resolved in childhood or needs that have not been met.

If you often criticize yourself and easily 'internalize' criticism from others, it marks an inner child getting hurt. Criticism is understood as a way to get better, but criticizing yourself will affect self-esteem. The more frequent or negative self-criticizes, the lower self-esteem.

Being in an unhealthy, unhappy or violent relationship pattern, and always chasing people who are not there, the inner child may be very hurt. This affects a healthy way of dealing with others.

People with inner child are lulled, often experience feelings of vacuum, helplessness, continuous and chronic despair. They may feel that their life lives as fake and lacks spontaneity. Health problems that mark the hurt of children' include anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, C-PTSD. Plus often experiencing physical conditions, such as migraines, chronic fatigue syndrome, and dybromyalgia.

The above is a sign of an inner child being injured which takes time to repair the wound. According to experts, it is important to speak well to the internal child on a regular basis to feel better.