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What I want to tell myself as a child👶

Did you ever think that if you talked to yourself as a kid, what would you say?

While talking to a psychotherapist about dealing with the past,

He asked me, if I could, would I tell myself something at the time?

I, who closed my eyes, imagined that I was sitting next to myself at 18 and said,

"There are really good days waiting for it. I'll always be here. I'll always be with you...

Although we didn't grow up the way you hoped, we're really okay with everything. "

This speech is a little bit of heart to that child..

Life is difficult, and the child is doing his best:)

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