Abuse during childhood creates within us a lost, frightened and frozen child within us.

Abuse during childhood creates within us a lost, frightened and frozen child within us. If we are unable to reach this wounded child then we may never heal ourselves. We prefer not to remember the sufferings of childhood, so we bury our memories and hide from them. We run away from seeing deeply into the causes of our suffering. Whenever the memories arise, however fleetingly, we think we cannot handle them and we deflect them into the deepest realms of our unconscious mind. We are terrified of further suffering. As a result, the wounded child within may not be seen for a long time. Yet we have to find a way to reach our child and make it safe. We have to get past the fear and address the suffering, because that is the way to recovery.