"Borrowed From Real Gal - With Permission"

A new Friend, also a Blogger, gave me permission to copy some things from her Blog. The following list has been modified to fit "our" choices. Thank you, my friend!

"Childhood Choices"


We were forced to make choices in early childhood, which were appropriate then, but are not appropriate now, and yet they continue to govern our experience of life at an unconscious level. It would be wise to review those choices made in childhood.

Here is a list of choices typically made when we were very young. Can you identify the choices you made and the consequences that you might still be living with because of these early choices?



I choose to repress the feeling of hurt because it is too much to bear.

I choose to repress the feeling of anger because of a fear of punishment.

I choose to protect my heart, by shutting down to love.

I choose to give up asking for what I want, because I believe I won't get it.

I choose to disconnect from my needs, because I believe they will not be met.

I choose to hide myself from others, because I am afraid of their judgment or disapproval.

I choose not to speak out because no one listens.

I choose to blame myself for all that has happened as a way of avoiding the truth that I was unloved.

I choose to live with denial rather than remember and release myself from the past.

I choose not to be a victim in the hope that someone will see me as real.

I choose to avoid trying because of the fear of failure.

I choose not to judge others hoping they will not judge me.

I choose to give up my power, rather than take it back.

I choose to not acknowledge others, because I feel unacknowledged.

I choose to attend to others because I need to be attended to.

I choose to be in my mind because I am seeking a solution there.

I choose to be in my mind, because I am seeking to escape there.

I choose to be in my mind, because I am hoping to find lost memories there.

I choose to please or take care of others as a way of being accepted or included.

I chose to energetically withdraw as a way of protecting myself from being hurt.

I choose to be angry or aggressive as a way of gaining control.

I choose to seek attention, acknowledgement and recognition as a substitute for love and acceptance.

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"The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body and although we repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can be deceived, our feelings manipulated. our perceptions confused and our body tricked with medication. But someday the body will present its bill, for it is as incorruptible as a child who, still whole in spirit, will accept no compromises or excuses, and it will not stop tormenting us until we stop evading the truth".