Self-Esteem Companion by Patrick Fanning

Author:Patrick Fanning [McKay,Matthew, Ph.D., Patrick Fanning, Carole Honeychurch, and Catharine Sutker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SELF HELP
ISBN: 978-1-60882-428-1
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2011-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

Revisioning Your School-Age Inner Child

In this visualization you get to fix some things that went wrong in grammar school. Even though you may have a clear memory of being left out of every foursquare game from grades one through five, your unconscious mind can be fooled into thinking it happened differently. That’s because your unconscious mind is no great fan of reality. Things that really happened and things that happen only in fantasy are all the same to your unconscious.

It’s a good idea to record the instructions below and play them back as you recline with your eyes closed. Lie down, close your eyes, and relax. Systematically scan your body from feet to head for tension, and consciously relax any tight muscles you notice. Breathe slowly and deeply, willing your respiration and heart rate to slow.

When you feel relaxed, imagine that you’re at your grammar school. Visualize the playground, cafeteria, classroom, or wherever you remember having a horrible experience that still makes you cringe to this day. Notice all the details of the kids, the teachers, the desks, the blackboards, and especially the smells of school: chalk, paste, bag lunches, crayons, pencil shavings.

Imagine the painful scene when you were humiliated in front of the whole class, when your so-called best friend betrayed you, when you were passed over or bullied, when you were made to feel stupid or clumsy or inadequate.

At the end of the scene, take your younger self aside and comfort the child. Put your arm around your inner child and say:

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