I know it's a popular concept in Psychology/therapy, but I just wondered do you feel that you have an inner-child or a younger self?
I had a fairly difficult childhood and early adulthood, and lately I've found myself thinking about myself at the age of around 7, I'm not sure why 7 is the age that has come to mind. I feel so much protectiveness towards that version of myself, and whenever anything bad happens to me in the present day I feel angry when I think that's happening to 7-year-old me in the future (if that makes sense). Yet in the present moment I don't care about myself that way.