Inner Child Outer Chaos

Your inner child is basically the unpaid intern of your emotional life—overworked, ignored, and occasionally running the whole show. In the last podcast we talked about trauma and reactions. Today we touch on your inner child and reactions. Back to the reactions that do not make sense to the situation. This is a common area in therapy bc it negatively impacts our relationships with others.This is an example of my inner child in the driver’s seat. I have a plan and I do not like when it gets disrupted. I will lose my mind when my schedule or plan gets hijacked. I will have a reaction equal to someone cutting off my arm. It is ridiculous. An example is this morning I dropped my daughter off at swim practice at 5:15 am and headed to Orange Theory for the 5:30 am class. My typical class time and I always start on the treadmill. When I arrive the person in front of me grabs the last treadmill and I have to start with strength training. My initial reaction was furious and yelled to my friend in the gym I am so pissed the entire gym knew I was not happy. My inner child had reared its ugly head. It was a monumental over reaction. Once I rowed a few minutes I returned to rational mind and after the entire workout the trainer asked how it went and admitted it was fine and I was being overly dramatic and having a tantrum. A big reaction to a minimal situation.My child brain: my workout is ruined, I hate starting on the floor (mind I have never had a bad experience starting on the floor) it was not my routineMy adult brain: super annoying but I can pivot and figure it out.Today we talk about the inner child and how it rears its head in our reactions This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abbeysamide.substack.com