Inner Child by V: A Lesson on Healing the Child Within #WordsByBangtan

The concept of the “inner child” originated with Carl Jung whose work is the inspiration behind the album title Map of the Soul. (1/4)
“Inner Child Work”, or speaking to your inner child, is a psychological practice which include formulating a dialogue, writing a letter to one’s inner child, saying nurturing things, and thinking and writing about what you loved doing when you were young. (2/4)
In his book entitled Reconciliation, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote that inside each of us is a young, suffering child and that to protect ourselves from future suffering, we all try to forget the pain. Forgetting the pain results in more pain. (3/4)
In his song, Taehyung is talking and singing directly to his inner child. He sings of his difficult and painful experiences, makes peace with his past self, and embraces all the struggles and pain he went through; all the rites of passage that made him who he is today. (4/4)
Ending this thread with words by Taehyung.

“I bought a scrub towel yesterday. When I was a boy and my dad used to scrub my back and sometimes it hurt so much that I’d cry. But I found out that it doesn’t hurt anymore. I must have grown up thanks to ARMY. It’s a magical thing.”
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