The Child Within
When a child is born into the world, it is generally thought of as whole and through imaginary process, may take the shape as a clear, bright circle of light.
Being extremely sensitive in nature, the child is often subjected to a variety of social pressures and conditioning as it develops and grows.
These pressures are directly related to the family structure and the immediate environment.
The difficulties that the child may encounter and to name just a few, may contain excessive parental expectations, abuse, financial constraints, neglect and the latest to emerge, bullying at school.
From these circumstances, the child will often feel overwhelmed and will retreat to a place of abandonment and distrust.
Feeling threatened by existing circumstances, the child develops coping strategies in an attempt to deal with life and feel safe, in turn, suppresses feelings associated with these environmental impacts.
The child now strongly identifies with the coping strategy as the ideal self image and energy now becomes repressed, blocked and held in. Triggers for emotional disturbances are now established and the clear bright circle of light becomes clouded and retreats in size.
As a result of these circumstances, the maturing adult will experience the loss of awareness, joy, authenticity, feels inadequate and struggles to cope in a challenging world.
As a consequence, isolation and commitment to suffer in silence become a way of life through fear of reaching out.