Why You Feel Like a Child in Relationships: Understanding the “Child Partner” Dynamic
Why do you sometimes feel like a child in your relationship?
In this episode of The Happiness Games Podcast, I explore the “Child Partner” dynamic—how shutdown, reactivity, and emotional overwhelm are rooted in nervous system responses and protective parts.
Through somatic and attachment-based insights, I offer tools to help you shift from reactivity to grounded connection.
Learn why you shut down or explode in relationships, how child-part patterns form, and how to return to emotional regulation and adult connection.
