Art journal page. Added some horse stickers because I secretly still love horse stickers. I've had some of them for like 35 years or so before using them. As a kid I was always saving them for some special occasion. I guess still being alive is a special enough occasion by now. I've lived through cancer, and at 48 I'm older than my mom and two uncles ever got to be.
The time is now ;)
#art #mastoart #artist #artjournal #collage #happytobealive #innerchild
You’ve always been worthy. Even when you felt you had no voice. 🥺
“inner child” is an interlude on my most recent album titled Break The Curse. Out now 🖤
Well holy crap, this is a lot me. Even though it smells AI generated, and may or may not be accurate, yeah it fits.
SIGNS YOU HAVE AN INNER CHILD WOUND
1. Hyper-independence
You rely only on yourself not because you truly want to… but because trusting others feels unsafe.
2. Trouble asking for help
Even during difficult moments, you stay silent because somewhere inside you learned your needs might be ignored.
3. Fear of being a burden
You shrink yourself emotionally, hide your struggles, and avoid asking for too much from others.
4. Living in constant survival mode
Your mind stays alert even when nothing is wrong. Rest feels unfamiliar because your nervous system learned protection before peace.
5. Minimizing your own pain
You say “it’s fine” even when it hurts deeply because your emotions were not treated as important growing up.
6. Feeling like you don’t fully belong
Even around people, there can be a quiet feeling of disconnection, loneliness, or being misunderstood.
7. Feeling unlovable deep inside
No matter how much love people offer, part of you struggles to fully believe you deserve it.
8. Rejecting compliments or kindness
Care feels uncomfortable because it conflicts with the negative way you secretly learned to see yourself.
9. Feeling guilty while resting
Your worth became tied to productivity, performance, or usefulness instead of simply existing.
10. Confusing chaos with love
Healthy calmness can feel unfamiliar when emotional instability was normalized during childhood.
11. Feeling like you must earn love
You overgive, overexplain, overwork, and overextend hoping to finally feel chosen or worthy.
12. Difficulty receiving support
When people genuinely care for you, part of you questions their intentions or feels undeserving.
13. Overapologizing constantly
You fear conflict, rejection, or disappointing others, so you explain and apologize more than necessary.
14. Feeling “too much” or “not enough”
You rarely feel emotionally balanced—either shrinking yourself or feeling overwhelmed by your own emotions.
15. Feeling unsafe during peaceful moments
Calmness can feel suspicious because your mind became used to expecting stress, conflict, or disappointment.
16. Feeling responsible for everyone’s emotions
You constantly try to fix, soothe, manage, or carry feelings that were never yours to hold.
17. Constantly comparing yourself to others
Your self-worth depends heavily on external validation instead of inner acceptance.
18. Choosing emotionally unavailable people
The mind often repeats familiar emotional patterns, even painful ones, because familiarity feels safer than the unknown.
19. Being hyperaware of moods and tone changes
You notice every shift in expression, silence, or energy because your nervous system learned to scan for emotional danger.
20. Struggling to fully relax and feel safe
Part of you is always preparing for something to go wrong—even during good moments.
These are not character flaws.
They are survival patterns created by a younger version of you trying to feel safe, loved, accepted, and protected.
And what was learned through pain
can slowly be healed through awareness, patience, boundaries, self-compassion, and peace.
Healing begins the moment you stop asking:
“What’s wrong with me?”
And start asking:
“What happened to me?”
The Petalcar of the Abandoned Childhood: The Velvet Curtains of Your Memory
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
— Pablo Picasso
#InnerChild #HustleCulture #FlashFiction #NostalgiaCore
https://zarionzory.substack.com/p/the-petalcar-of-the-abandoned-childhood
Adulting is a total scam and I have the receipts. 🧾 If your childhood was more 'glitter-covered chaos' than 'aesthetic meadow,' these captions are for you. Stop being basic and embrace the mess. 🍭✨
#ChildrensDay, #AdultingIsAScam, #ChildhoodChaos, #CaptionIdeas, #InnerChild
Read more: https://mooddrafts.com/funny-childrens-day-captions-no-cringe-just-pure-chaos/
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Ich darf ein neues Herzensprojekt vorstellen: Loving Dragon Parents <3
Egal wie alt wir sind, unser inneres Kind sehnt sich immer nach liebenden Eltern. Und manchmal hat man sie im realen Leben leider nicht. Also werden das jetzt ein paar meiner Drachen versuchen zu übernehmen. :)
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