*Exiles* are young and vulnerable parts who have been traumatized, exploited, rejected, or abandoned. These parts are exiled out of our awareness and frozen in the past by [[Managers]] who fear that our systems will be overwhelmed by the exile's pain if they were to get out. Exiles are usually frozen in a past time and place when they were traumatized. This is why they can react so extremely to present circumstances that relate to their [[Trauma]]. [[Exiles are frozen in past traumatic events because their trauma wasn't compassionately witnessed and validated]]. [[IFS]] helps you get exiles out of the past by guiding you to witness and validate what happened, give them what they needed then, and take them somewhere safer. See: [[The IFS process]]. Exiles can be desperate and needy for care and love, even if it means enduring degradation or abuse.