cptsdwillgraham:

i always think about those posts that are like “pretend your irrational/self-deprecating/etc thoughts are an edgy teenager and tell them to shut up” because they’re SO close to hitting on internal family systems stuff

pretend your irrational/self-deprecating/etc thoughts are an edgy teenager. pretend that edgy teenager is you. put yourself in the shoes of yourself, age 14, 15. why are you so sad? why are you so angry? what can you, as an adult, do to help this sad and angry teenager? what do they need in life to not be so sad and so angry? embrace that teenager. remind them that you are an adult and you are here to protect them now and meet their needs in the ways that they and you could not. remind them that they don’t need to be sad and angry ALL of the time anymore