Your wounded inner child doesn’t choose relationships based on love.
It chooses what feels familiar.

If you grew up unheard, unseen, or emotionally dismissed, your nervous system learned that connection = silence, shrinking, or over-explaining just to be acknowledged.

So you find partners who:
• interrupt you
• minimize your feelings
• listen just enough to respond, not to understand

Not because you like it...but because your inner child is still hoping:
“Maybe this time, if I try harder, I’ll finally be heard.”

Healing your inner child changes the entire pattern.

You stop chasing echoes of childhood pain and start choosing relationships that feel safe, mutual, and emotionally present. You no longer beg to be understood...you expect it.

Wounded vs. Healed Inner Child 👇🏽

1️⃣ Wounded: Accepts being misunderstood to keep connection
Healed: Walks away from spaces where their voice doesn’t matter

2️⃣ Wounded: Over-explains, people-pleases, stays quiet
Healed: Speaks clearly and trusts the right people will listen

3️⃣ Wounded: Confuses intensity with intimacy
Healed: Chooses consistency, emotional safety, and being seen

✅️ Healing doesn’t make you “too much.”
It makes you unavailable for relationships that require you to disappear.

And that’s the real glow-up.