Good for you for finally opening up about a decade-old painful memory! That's not easy to do, but it will help immensely. I recently read Self Parenting: The Complete Guide to Your Inner Conversations by John K. Pollard. Your exercise above reminded me of the exercises I completed as part of that book. The book is very easy to read, and short. Basically it refers to your "Past Me" as your "Inner Child" who never received enough love and support, and your Current Me is the "Inner Parent" whose job it is now to parent and soothe your Inner Child. I recommend this book, especially if you found the exercise above helpful. It's been really helping me lately.