This term was first introduced by C. Jung; he had a series of reports where he spoke about the divine child. There are different theories on the Internet, some say that he dealt with depression this way, others say he lived through internal crises by building towers of sand, so he came to his childish essence, and it was this contact that helped him cope with difficult experiences. After this, C. Jung spoke about the fact that in each of us lives a “divine” or “golden”, “wonderful” child - this is that part of our personality that is supportive, which can manifest itself during a critical period of our life and help cope with various tasks facing our life path. C. Jung spoke about creativity, about the fact that the child is often the bearer of healing or enlightenment; he considered the archetype of the child as the core of the archetype of the self. Further, psychologists began to talk about what we have, in addition to the wonderful inner child, the so-called “wounded child” - this is that part of the personality that is mainly based on psychological defenses, defensive reactions that were formed by the human psyche in childhood. A wounded child is a traumatized child who has adapted to somehow survive in this world and, as a rule, he is afraid of everything, trusts practically no one and does not believe in himself. We keep memories of childhood, even of the very first years of our life. life. I suggest you analyze your reactions and behavior using the model of the child you once were. When you find a language with your “inner child” you will find joy and peace. The task is to free yourself from old wounds that interfere with life. At first we were newborn babies, innocent, who needed love, care, affection, then we became children, talented and no less in need of attention, we played, studied and wanted to become adults. In my work, I often imagine a person metaphorically - he (each of us) is like a nesting doll, within us we are at all ages, we are carriers of a child at all ages, we have the experience of all years. Inner children are different, through the image you can get to know yourself, accept yourself, thereby gaining inner harmony, which will certainly affect the quality of life. The inner child is a source of resources for an adult. It retained its own logic, needs, unhealed wounds. And you can think about the inner child, come to the rescue, give him what was missing, support him in a difficult moment, in an incomprehensible and difficult situation due to his age. The person you become can teach a lot to the child you once were. It's time to show him how awesome you are and that you are ready to give him what he needs. And as the American psychotherapist and psychiatrist Milton Erickson said: “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” Examples when we get lost in situations that happened to you or you could hear them: “In her presence I feel like a boy,” “It’s stronger me, I completely freeze and at such a moment I can’t do anything,” “When I see the instructor, I shrink with fear, as if he is my teacher, and I am a student who is not ready for the lesson.” You can give an example of this metaphor - Fog on the river, we are rowing an oar, being in our boat, sailing somewhere and suddenly another boat emerges from the fog, we start shouting: “Turn off, it’s easier for you, you are with the flow, otherwise we will collide.” ! We wave, shout and then find ourselves in the water with a paddle. The same boat floats past, but there is no one in it. This is a metaphor for dealing with our inner figures: we unload a lot to someone when we are not in harmony with our part of the BP. We unload on a significant adult, partner or coach who, it seems to us, should prevent this catastrophe. At this moment, our own activity fades into the background, this inevitably leads to the fact that we find ourselves in the water with one oar. It may seem to us that there is someone in the world who will console us, take care of us, protect us, save us, or, conversely, we need to pretend that everything is fine with us.