Exiles are created we don't have capacity to manage [[Trauma]] or impactful situations when they happen, so we repress them.
Because of this, they adopt burdens, which are pain or negative beliefs.
To stop ourselves from feeling pain, [[Protectors]], other parts of us, take initiative to make us behave in different ways.
But we can still unintentionally resurface them through [[System 1|Associative network]] thinking.
## Getting to know
![[Self-Therapy A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, a New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy#^6tmg9c]]
## Practices
![[Self-Therapy A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, a New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy#^03arwh]]
### Releasing
- Release into a natural element
### Deepening connection
![[Self-Therapy A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, a New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy#^nxfg9g]]