###### 🔑 Our parts often believe we are still children When we were wounded in childhood, [[💡 Presence|Presence]] wasn't grown enough to handle it, so our [[💡 Parts]] took over and did everything they could to keep us safe. In our adult lives, our [[💡 Protector Parts]] don't realize that we have now strengths and resources we didn't at the time we were wounded. A [[💡 Burdens 🪨|burdened]] part is frozen in time. Not only have they stayed the same age, they think we have too. Of course their methods are often simple and/or immature — [[🔑 Protectors are parentified children|🔑 they're kids]], and that was all they could do at the time.[^1] Our [[💡 Exiles|exiles]] often have no idea that we're grown up now. They’re stuck too, they only know their pain. As we get to know our parts and work toward [[The Goals of Internal Family Systems]], they will come to understand who we are today. [^1]: [[📖 🟢 Self-Therapy - A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition]]