KC: Even though it was never safe in my house to dream or pretend I honor that scared child and choose to love her and myself
KC: Even though life was scary and I was too busy surviving to dream I acknowledge the pain and choose to move past it
KC: Even though my inner child was too afraid to dream I love and accept her and me
EB: Are you crazy it wasn’t safe in my house
SE: Those people were crazy
UE: The only dreaming I did was around escape routes
UN: And dreams of being rescued by others
CH: I never saw myself amounting to anything more than surviving
CB: It’s too painful to go back to that age
UA: I don’t want to remember that pain
TH: You are crazy if you think I’m going back there
EB: What if you just acknowledged that it was scary and put it all on the rubbish heap
SE: What good will that do
UE: Just imagine that younger you telling the you that survived just how hard it was
UN: Not in detail by detail but by feeling
CH: Just taking that little ones pain and placing it on the rubbish heap
CB: That might feel good actually
UA: I could just hold her and let her cry and put the pain on the burning heap
TH: Yep, and the two or you could watch is burn
EB: All that pain burning away
SE: I did make it after all
UE: Yes, you did and maybe the two of you could play pretend
UN: Yes, we could think about what might have excited our imagination at that age
CH: I think I can do that
CB: If I hadn’t had all that trauma what might have excited my imagination
UA: Oh, I could take an acting class
TH: Oh, I could go to the store and play dress-up and not buy a thing---this could be fun
Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh
CB: Letting myself play pretend and seeing how I can bring that childlike passion to adult activities and classes---OH, taking a painting class…
When fear starts creeping in tap on the UE and say: “I allow myself to play pretend and see how silly I can be.”
(Remember this is to take a charge off---EFT sessions with a practioner go deeper)