Your inner child needs to be seen. Really, truly seen.
Your inner child needs ATTENTION — not the performative kind, but the deep, soul-level kind of being truly SEEN. At some point growing up, you felt invisible. Not necessarily ignored, but... not fully noticed. Not fully heard. So you adapted. Maybe you became the loudest in the room. Maybe you became the helper, the giver, the one who makes themselves indispensable. Either way, the strategy was the same: "If I do enough, if I am enough, someone will finally see me." Your inner child isn't asking for applause. They're asking for presence. For someone to sit down, look them in the eyes, and say: "I'm here. I'm listening. And you matter — not for what you do, but for who you are."
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