The Inner Child Journal - Heal the Past, Create the Future

The Inner Child Journal - Heal the Past, Create the Future

⚡ Stop Minimizing My Pain: Why I’ll Never Downplay My Trauma Again

Being told “everybody has problems” isn’t compassion—it’s control. Here’s what I learned when I stopped placating and started telling the truth.

David Haskell
Sep 10, 2025
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Wounded Angels: A Journey to Wholeness Through Inner Child Healing goes straight to the core of David Deane’s Haskell’s experience, and the revelations inner child work led to. By exposing the wound, then healing it in real-time in this book, Haskell shares what real healing actually feels like.

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My Story is My Story

‘It’s not a contest.’

I’ve heard that line more times than I can count — usually right after someone undermines my experience, equating it to something ‘similar’ they went through and ‘got over easily’—an apples-to-oranges dismissal that never rang true.

So many folks get defensive when you talk about levels. The very idea of damage comparison puts them on defense.

But why?

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