The Disposable Child • Wounded Child Archetypes

 A wounded child archetype is a set of traits and behaviours acquired in childhood from parental or cultural conditioning that falsely defined who you truly are.

False Identities to Release

🗝 I am worthless

🗝 I have no value

🗝 I am disposable

SYMPTOMS + PERPETUATING BEHAVIORS

Do you recognize these symptoms or behaviors that perpetuate the wound?

🌀  Give away my resources (time, energy, money, body, services, etc.) for free or for very little, as if they were disposable.

🌀  Chronically borrow against my own security and well being, thus perpetually feeling depleted, indebted and/or in survival mode.

🌀  Overstay miserable relationships and/or flee at the first sign of conflict.

🌀  Unable to receive, thus compulsively reciprocate any acts of kindness with an act of owing others back.

🌀  Chronically wait for the other shoe to drop.

🌀  Lack a healthy sense of entitlement in getting my needs / desires met.

🌀  Often beat self up, unsure how to nurture and meet my own needs / desires.

Integration Practices

If you do recognize yourself in these archetypes, here are some practices to maturate and integrate that wounded child.

🌹 Explore activities / people that bring me joy / pleasure and make them a necessity and priority.

🌹 See and own the value of my unique gifts and express them in life enhancing ways.

🌹 Cultivate conflict resolution skills to better navigate relationships.

... and more inside the Wounded Child Archetypes guidebook!