Most survivors grew up too fast. Their vulnerable child-selves got lost in the need to protect and deaden themselves. Reclaiming the inner child is part of the healing process. Often the inner child holds information and feelings for the adult. Some of these feelings are painful
 others are actually fun. The child holds the playfulness and innocence the adult has had to bury.
Laura   Davis, Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Is a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse