<p class="ql-block">你是否常有這樣的感受:成年后總在拼命填補(bǔ)一種莫名的“缺失感”?童年從未真正遠(yuǎn)去,它會(huì)悄悄影響我們成年后的情緒與關(guān)系。而“重新養(yǎng)育自己”,能讓成年人重新連接“內(nèi)在小孩”,用關(guān)愛(ài)彌補(bǔ)創(chuàng)傷。正如《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》專欄文章所分享,這種結(jié)合創(chuàng)傷知情療法的心理實(shí)踐,正被更多人嘗試。</p> <p class="ql-block">What Is 'Reparenting' and Should You Try It?</p><p class="ql-block">什么是“重新養(yǎng)育自己”,你該試試嗎?</p><p class="ql-block">By Christina Caron</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Laura Wells, 54, a fitness coach in Fort Worth, Texas, felt silly when she first tried giving herself a hug. Then, she realized, “it really helps.” It's one of the ways that she is attempting to “reparent” herself — by meeting emotional needs that she says were neglected during her childhood.</p><p class="ql-block">現(xiàn)年54歲的勞拉·威爾斯(Laura Wells)是德克薩斯州沃斯堡(Fort Worth)的一名健身教練。她第一次嘗試抱一抱自己時(shí)覺(jué)得有點(diǎn)傻,但很快意識(shí)到:“這真的有用?!边@是她“重新養(yǎng)育”自己的方式之一——在這一過(guò)程中,她試圖滿足那些在童年時(shí)期被忽視的情感需求。</p><p class="ql-block">The idea of reparenting has been around for decades, but the practice has flourished in recent years as interest in trauma-informed therapy has soared. In reparenting, the patient is empowered to find their hurt “inner child” and help it feel loved so that they can develop a stronger sense of self and better relationships with others. It's not an easy process.</p><p class="ql-block">“重新養(yǎng)育”這個(gè)概念已存在數(shù)十年,但近年來(lái),隨著人們對(duì)創(chuàng)傷知情療法興趣的上升,這一實(shí)踐方式迅速流行開(kāi)來(lái)。在重新養(yǎng)育中,來(lái)訪者有能力去找回心里受傷的“內(nèi)在小孩”,讓那個(gè)孩子感受到愛(ài),從而建立起更強(qiáng)大的自我意識(shí),并發(fā)展更良好的人際關(guān)系。這一過(guò)程并不容易。</p><p class="ql-block">Jordan Bate, an associate professor of clinical psychology at Yeshiva University, said that reparenting resonates with people because it offers a language for talking about how past experiences shape the way we feel now, and highlights the ways in which defense mechanisms are used to navigate pain.</p><p class="ql-block">葉史瓦大學(xué)(Yeshiva University)臨床心理學(xué)副教授喬丹·貝特(Jordan Bate)表示,“重新養(yǎng)育”之所以引起人們的共鳴,是因?yàn)樗鼮槲覀兲峁┝艘环N語(yǔ)言,去談?wù)撨^(guò)去的經(jīng)歷如何塑造了當(dāng)下的感受模式,并揭示我們是如何借由防御機(jī)制來(lái)應(yīng)對(duì)痛苦的。</p><p class="ql-block">The inner child symbolizes the parts of the self that were “not safe to show” during childhood and the “feelings that were not allowed to be expressed,” Dr. Bate said.</p><p class="ql-block">貝特醫(yī)生指出,所謂“內(nèi)在小孩”,象征的是童年時(shí)期那些“無(wú)法安心展現(xiàn)”的自我部分,以及“當(dāng)時(shí)不被允許表達(dá)的情緒”。</p><p class="ql-block">For Ms. Wells, reparenting has been helpful. “There was the me that was put into place to protect me, but also kept me from opening up to anybody,” she said. “And now there's the real me,” she added, “that is learning how to experience life.”</p><p class="ql-block">對(duì)威爾斯女士來(lái)說(shuō),把自己重新養(yǎng)一遍確實(shí)很有幫助?!霸?jīng)那個(gè)'我',是為了保護(hù)自己而形成的我,但也讓我無(wú)法向任何人敞開(kāi)心扉,”她說(shuō)?!岸F(xiàn)在的'我',是真正的我——正在學(xué)習(xí)如何去體驗(yàn)生活?!?lt;/p><p class="ql-block">(以上外刊內(nèi)容選擇友鄰優(yōu)課)</p> <p class="ql-block">1940年,瑞士心理學(xué)家卡爾·榮格在《兒童原型心理學(xué)》中提出“內(nèi)在小孩”概念。</p><p class="ql-block">20世紀(jì)60年代末,美國(guó)的精神病學(xué)社會(huì)工作者杰奎·李·希夫開(kāi)發(fā)“重新養(yǎng)育自己”(reparenting)的心理治療技術(shù),讓精神分裂癥患者回歸“孩童狀態(tài)”,治療師扮演照顧者,但該方式因倫理爭(zhēng)議漸被否定。</p><p class="ql-block">20世紀(jì)70年代,心理治療師穆里爾·詹姆斯重新定義<span style="font-size:18px;">“重新養(yǎng)育自己”</span>,主張由個(gè)體自主完成,鼓勵(lì)人成為自己“溫柔的父母”、照料曾受傷的自我,這種溫和的自我照料方式,逐漸成為如今認(rèn)可的療愈方向。</p><p class="ql-block">近年來(lái),隨著創(chuàng)傷知情療法受關(guān)注度提升,結(jié)合該療法的<span style="font-size:18px;">“重新養(yǎng)育自己”</span>心理實(shí)踐獲更廣泛關(guān)注與應(yīng)用,它幫助人們找回受傷的“內(nèi)在小孩”、給予關(guān)愛(ài),進(jìn)而建立更強(qiáng)的自我意識(shí)與更好的人際關(guān)系。</p> <p class="ql-block">總體而言,對(duì)“有童年情感缺口、受困于自我批判或關(guān)系模式問(wèn)題”的人群,“重新養(yǎng)育自己”(reparenting)是一種“主動(dòng)且可控”的心理療愈方式,能有效幫助人從“童年的受害者”轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)椤白约喝松酿B(yǎng)育者”。</p> <p class="ql-block">“重新養(yǎng)育自己”已成為當(dāng)下互聯(lián)網(wǎng)平臺(tái)的熱點(diǎn)話題。在物質(zhì)早已不再匱乏的今天,這場(chǎng)自我關(guān)懷并非指向物質(zhì)層面的補(bǔ)償,而是需要深潛至潛意識(shí)深處:首先要清晰識(shí)別那些源于過(guò)往經(jīng)歷、甚至帶有家族傳承印記的“內(nèi)在父母聲音”——它們或許是苛責(zé)的批判、冷漠的忽視,亦或是過(guò)度的控制;接著,需主動(dòng)建立全新的、充滿愛(ài)與接納的內(nèi)在對(duì)話,用這份溫暖去回應(yīng)那個(gè)曾被冷落、被誤解的“內(nèi)在小孩”。而這整個(gè)過(guò)程,正是一場(chǎng)深刻的自我療愈。</p> <p class="ql-block">或許,“養(yǎng)育自己”本就是每個(gè)人終要面對(duì)的人生功課。它并非單純因父母有所欠缺才不得不開(kāi)啟的彌補(bǔ),而是每個(gè)人成長(zhǎng)進(jìn)程中,自我覺(jué)醒與完善的必經(jīng)階段。就像“reparenting”中的前綴“re-”,不僅意味著“重新再來(lái)”,更暗含“接續(xù)延伸”的深意——是帶著過(guò)往的經(jīng)歷,繼續(xù)完成對(duì)自我的滋養(yǎng)與塑造。</p> <p class="ql-block">若把人生上半場(chǎng)比作“讀題”,我們?cè)谄渲锌匆?jiàn)原生家庭的模樣、理解成長(zhǎng)中的際遇與局限;那么當(dāng)我們主動(dòng)踏上“重新養(yǎng)育自己”的旅程,便是真正開(kāi)始“解人生應(yīng)用題”的時(shí)刻。有人要解“自我認(rèn)同”的題,有人要解“情緒安撫”的題,每個(gè)人的題目各異,但解題的過(guò)程里,我們會(huì)逐漸學(xué)會(huì)傾聽(tīng)自己、理解自己、支撐自己,這份對(duì)自我的認(rèn)知與掌控,正是智慧生長(zhǎng)的痕跡。</p> <p class="ql-block">而這份智慧的增長(zhǎng),從不是讓我們將當(dāng)下的不如意都?xì)w罪于原生家庭,而是幫我們搭建起一座連接過(guò)去、現(xiàn)在與未來(lái)的“門戶”:讓現(xiàn)在有力量的自己,去擁抱過(guò)去受傷的自己;讓對(duì)未來(lái)的期待,成為當(dāng)下自我滋養(yǎng)的動(dòng)力。當(dāng)三者慢慢融合,我們便不再被過(guò)往束縛,而是能帶著完整的自我,從容走向往后的人生。</p> <p class="ql-block">(圖片來(lái)自網(wǎng)絡(luò))</p>