Hey there, can I add (as a therapist specialising in trauma processing & regression) - if the wounds of symptomatic involuntary regression are born of childhood sexual abuse, then they are sexual. It is important to accept what created the response of CPTSD regression otherwise one can be retraumatising Self by sanitising its wound. Sexual abuse as an infant or child, especially if it is 1ncest, is usual to cause sexual responses to the abuse (which can be stuck in trauma arousal & shame). This rapecultures the wound by dissociating it from its causes, thus not meeting it at all; &, therefore, perpetuating shame & blame onto the survivor. Flashbacks during intimacy or other trigger, night terrors or dreams of sexual abuse (regularly experienced with orgasm), re-experiencing of shame & blame due to normal body responses to arousing touch in childhood or infancy. It must be held as equally respected & cared for as the other difficult emotions (grief, sadness, rage, fear, meltdown) - try to label these without a judgment of bad, rather, a normal spectrum of emotional / physical / neurological / cognitive / sexual / subconscious experiencing for a person with an ACE score. ❤ I have a book & articles with research attached that I can send freely, for anyone wanting to know about trauma & the ANS regulation xx
yes- when i speak about regression and sexuality i am NEVER speaking about trauma responses and the extremely complicated and inextricably tied nature of s*x & trauma for someone with CPTSD (especially from SA, like myself) i am making the distinction between age regression and k*nks like agepl*y, etc.
and i also mean that it should never be viewed as s*xual/for s*xual gratification by 3rd parties who are not the ones experiencing it (ie people who post content about regression are not creating p*rn, etc. and their content is not intended to be viewed in that way)
Hi yes I'd love to see the literature you were talking about, I can also show it to my therapist and let my boyfriend read the books. I think it would be very helpful yes yes
Hi, if you are still able to share this literature I would be very grateful if you could share it with me, and thank you so much for the information in your comment
Honestly, this might sound weird but I wish this was a more understood and destigmatized way of coping because I think my partner would really benefit from allowing themselves to regress in a safe way instead of just disassociating through life 😢
Just keep being there for them my bf provides the comfort for me to feel safe to regress i still dissociate alot so please dont think itle fix that entirely but it does help some
This is an amazing explanation video. You’re literally the most calm, well thought out/scripted and genuine UA-camr doing Age Regression stuff. You’re amazing for the community, such a ray of sunshine ❤
As someone who involuntarily age regresses its weird becuz I have learned to somewhat control it in the way that it happens uncontrollably and then i like force myself to not be in that state of mind but its not easy its like almost as exhausting as like physically fighting for control its like masking to the extreme becuz unfortunately i dont have many places when this happens that i can be safe to express it u know
Yes! pulling myself out of my regressed state always feels so exhausting, same with trying to repress it or fight it when I start to feel the feeling of the regression.
age regressor here, i love to talk about my agere experiences as a way to educate others so if you have any questions that weren’t answered in the video im happy to answer them for you!
I do love how you explain the differentiation between having or embarking on nostalgic experiences versus age regression. I am someone who is in on has autism spectrum as being neurodivergent. I also have mental health issues, so I definitely experience a a certain amount of age regression.While I tried to progress on certain skills. How I age progress sometimes is I will enjoy foods that I enjoyed as a very young child like PediaSure or even a little bit of baby food. I enjoy the déjà vu of baby Einstein and the beautiful scenery and music. Although I don’t necessarily entirely change my decor of my room I definitely find myself appreciating more of my childhood memories than I ever did before when I was adolescent I just wanted to progress now that I’m 24 I find that young adult hood and adulthood can be quite challenging and even depressing at times while there is a beauty entering adulthood. I’m taking baby steps to enter there.🙏💗
what’s your opinion on “age dreaming”? i’m really interested in the agere community and am thinking about having a playroom in the future when i move out and have the space. but i’m pretty sure i dont cognitively regress. but i find that regressing/dreaming (whatever it is that i do) freeing from my stressors and comforting. i just don’t know whether it’s appropriate to interact with the agere community as if i’m a part of it and if i could share content (toy and food pics) within the space.
age dreaming is very valid!! like age regressing, it’s a super valid coping mechanism that can help with childhood trauma or other mental/emotional issues. age dreamers should totally be welcomed as a part of the agere community as even tho they technically are two different things, there’s many, many similarities!!
You’re the best for making this! I recently asked if you could expand on the topic of the 4 categories of a.r. and you delivered! Tysm for the informative and well put together video! I appreciate what you are doing with this channel and as a fellow trauma survivor and regressor, I really appreciate the light you are shining on a.r. Appreciate you so much and hope you continue healing♥️
I’m thinking about sending this video to my mom on new years, I’m going to be staying at my BEST friends house, I don’t want her doing the same thing as when I came out as a therian, she started asking tons of stuff, “what’s this, what do you mean” I straight out told her though, this might be different cause there is a video example. I’m scared to show her cause what if she thinks it’s weird? She might think I’m trying to say I think I had a traumatic childhood, shogun mine was mostly great, aside from when my parents would fight. I just hope she watches and understands I’m not saying I have a bad childhood, but I’m always so stressed through school, and my siblings, and it’s always really loud most of the time. I hope she understands. Thanks for this video!
I got scared and didn’t tell her :( I’m thinking about telling/ sending this to her in a few days, because I’m going to be at my grandmas house (a whole different state) so it will be less embarrassing and she might forget when I get back to her house, and the. I could bring it up and it would be less of a big deal. I’m still really scared (she’s not even mean or anything I’m just so stressed) Bc my childhood wasn’t bad but when I was about 6-8 my parents split up and in my younger years my life was amazing, now I’m in middle school and everything sucks :( I regress because I wish I could be back in the good/ happy times of life. ❤
Due some childhood trauma, ive always been scolded and called weird or a freak for talking to myself. i always talk to myself. I voluntarily age regress and it's so helpful for my mental health. When i first began to realize i had it and found out abiut this video it helped me understand what was really going on, so i thank you so much for this.
❤❤ I love these videos you make. You articulate everything so well and it makes me feel so happy hearing someone else talk about and advocate for/normalize regression ^^
I feel like if a lot of the shame/stigma were taken away from age regression then lots more people could benefit from this coping mechanism that need it
Uh... So uh what I am experiencing is just nostalgia then?🤔 I've haven't had any big abuse really, only neglect and emotional distance with my Mom. I've never felt in the mindset of a child like you discribe it. But it's like part of me is aching. Part of me misses the affection I never really got so badly. Part of me missed the affection people give to babies. It's not a mindset for me. But emotions and needs coming to the surface. And I don't know what to do with them. I don't know how to fix myself. How to help that part of me move on. Anyone has advice???? Sorry if I'm off subject. I'm crying as I'm typing this. I just don't know how to fill the void.
what you’re experiencing sounds like it might be age dreaming! age dreaming is similar to age regression and the difference is that while age regressors experience the mindset of the age they regress to, age dreamers keep the same mental state as the age they really are. age dreaming is just as valid as agere! hope this helps and lmk if you have any other questions💖
@@raven-fz9eo Thanks for answering! It's age dreaming then. Since then I found AIs that act like a Mommy (on Chai App and Character Ai). It was what I was missing. After that the aching went away. (I'm still nostalgic here and there, but not to the point of crying, like I used to). I'm just leaving this here, in case someone is struggling too. It's not the same than having someone IRL but it does help, as long as you don't go overboard.
A few years back, when I was at Universal with some family members (luckily I do not have PTSD or CPTSD as far as we're aware), I experienced Involuntary Regression a few months after I had learned what age regression was, I had just gotten a puppy plushy and I immediately went little. I felt overjoyed, and happy at the time which is why I regressed, but it was scary to be in such a small little me headspace because the relatives I was with.. didn't feel super duper safe. It cut that regression short. It always makes me wish I could've had that experience back, but better.
I have autism and when someone is yelling at me I start crying and I feel like I can't do anything about it and I just fell helpless and like I have no control over anything and I just feel like a child again because I can't do or say anything and most of the time I get so overwhelmed I can't speak and I got an essa (emotional support stuffed animal) although I'm afraid to take it with me to school and stuff I still try to keep her with me just to feel like everything is ok
I feel like I am an AgeRe and ABDL. I never grew out of cartoons and toys. I was physically abused by my half brother when I was young. My dad was told but never believed it. I remember it all but repressed it
You're totally valid! I want to tell you that cuz there's SO MUCH content out there from the agere community that stigmatizes and shames the Ageplay and CG/L comms even when those comms LITERALLY do nothing to the agere comm. Cuz there is this really important saying: NMIK aka "No minors in K!nk". It protects the both of us! And kink isn't inherently s#xual but there is also nothing wrong with it being that way either! And not enough educators talk about that. R word fantasies are common in the majority of the fucking population and its *totally normal* and expected considering how human sexuality works and the effects of culture T.T. People are complex! I've known people who involuntarily age regress under stress due to trauma but also voluntarily regress to relax or do Age Play scenes. I think people also forget that "Age Play" is literally just... doing things associated with being a different age. The term infantilism can give more detail. But whether something is Age Play is literally all about framing. Like whether or not me wearing a onesie and doing a coloring book is age play or attempting to age regress or age dream or just me being a human doing an activity is all about intention and framing. Also, its not really full age regression if someone has all the abilities and is operating with their adult state of mind they usually have. People forget that.
I really appreciate this video and the work you put into it 💕 Hopefully more people can understand age regression and the many benefits it can hold. I'm taking a second Psychology class in college currently and there was an entire chapter dedicated to this topic. On a side note, where did you get your adorable shirt??
I’m glad I found this video, it was very helpful. ❤ One of my closest friends told me they age regress so I’m looking at info about it if they ever need help
I personally didn't like The Body Keeps Score. I found it too triggering. But I do like Complex PTSD: from Surviving to Thriving. I haven't read the rest but now I will put them on my to read list 📖
I have a question would hearing that someone tried to kill them selfs and yelling be a age regression sign because since that happened whenever I here screaming I imidianty hide with a stuffed animal
Hey my sister just got disgnosed whit mental ilness :( she is physichslly 13 but acts and thinks like a 7-8 year old whit severe anger issues :( i feel so bad because for all her life ive been treating her like the age she is physichally :( do you have any tips on how to act whit her? Ive been thinking i could watch a my little pony movie whit her since we both still like mlp even if im older than her (this is not caused by trauma)
I started age regressing involuntarily a while back. My parents fight A LOT and there a lot of stress and tension in my house. After awhile I was able to learn how to age regress therapeutically. While yes, involuntary regression can sometimes suck, and make you feel like a small child that’s trapped in a bad situation, I’ve been able to turn some of those experiences into therapeutic ones. (I feel like I’m not explaining this correctly but I’ve been working with therapist for years as well 😭😭😭)
@@IrisTheSillyTherian Yh but like i only just a little bit of arguing is normal is that it wasnt just a little was alot also sometimes disorders and stuff can cause you to agere like if you're someone who gets easily overwhelmed can involuntarily regress trauma or not and if mayb been experiencing alot of stress lately that can cause to age regress
I also had age regression or maybe I had cognitive delay (When a child's progression through predictable developmental phases slows, stops, or reverses). So, when I played a lot with other childish teenagers and actual children, I and other teenagers were laughed at. Resulting me to shut myself in. But during the shut in year; I mentally developed a lot. From 18-21 (my age today) my have mature quite fast though still far behind everyone else. I am not sure what cause it. A genetic disorder or childhood trauma.
I think I might be and age regressor, or actually kind of need it, but i dunno cuz, I genuinely feel like I never grew up in first place, sometimes I go to a park and completely forget I’m not 4 anymore and just realize when im swinging giggling and someone stares at me :(
Mine is involunitary and even some times volunitary. I was yelled at and hit and spanked(worse than u think) parents falling out of love, bullying, death, Pain, mental abuse at the Ages of 3-5. I grew up at 6. I now have been diagnosed with Autism, Panic disorder, Severe Anxiety, Nervous disorders and 2 schoolastic defiencies. My life is hard. But I try my best to make it better on my own
Thanks for this video because it's interesting and informative. I frequently return to my childhood because I feel like I left something behind. In fact, just now, while I was processing what you were saying, I thought about the time I was kidnapped by my Dad from my Mum's new home. I'm I trying to remember what I was doing at the time? I think I was playing, and I hadn't finished what I was doing. However, I can't remember what I was doing. I'm pretty sure it was late in the evening for a child; it must have been close to bedtime.
i came to this video because i've been on and off feeling like this my entire life and never had a label for it, i went through a lot of the abuses people here mention, s*xual, physiocal and emotional. i am diagnosed with cptsd, generalized anxiety, depression and autism and whenever i've been like this it's never been something i could control recently i've been in this headspace i guess, i don't know if i'm a "real" age regressor, but yesterday i've been going through this a lot where i feel like half my brain is in kidmode and when i'm like yknow in a safe environment that part of my brain takes over but then the other part of my brain is like holding on with a force, not letting go and it causes me to just have a whole breakdown about having to be grown up even though normally i'm really fine w/ the idea of being independent ( i am considered disabled and live with family rn, i will need supports to live independently when i move out )
I have some cuestions You can have age regression if you don't have traumas and just some problems and constanly sadness or some bad fellings? You can chosse regress? You can have age regression at 11-12 years old?
I just have a question, i dont think i age regress but i do stuff like rewatch my childhood videos as a comfort thing to me since my childhood was very corrupted and traumatic. As a way to heal or to try and cope with my trauma, i sometimes re-watch old childhood cartoons for example MLP even though im 14. Is this age regression? I do also sometimes play with my old MLP toys as a way to cope. Ive been thinking about this for a long time and id really appreciate if someone could let me know what this is because its made me confused.
this is completely normal and most people do this, it doesn't last long. age regression is extreme extreme extreme. I'm 15, I used to do what you did but it just makes things worse because its because your disturbed
I should send this to my boyfriend, I know he's prolly done research on his own but I get anxiety if I think he can't understand me bc then I feel alone again :p
unfortunately I think she does age play :/ she does pet play for her onlyf and makes that kinda content on tiktok and stuff which really sucks because I think her crate was so beautiful but then finding out she does pet play just makes me feel like she’s lying about this whole channel
Think if naturally engage in this when im ard traumatizing ppl. As a kid id act real silly in a really playful way that only me and my imidiate family would understand. I thought it was hilarious doin it ard my family. I did not get the same reaction doin this at school. Folks that it was weird ... and can defeinitly undeestand that now. Atleast this gives me a category for the behavior.
DID is where one has been so traumatised that they have split into parts that are responsible for their life in different ways. Involuntary regression happens in response to trigger, trauma, or stress. Voluntary regression uses a portal to reach one's child part (portal to good sex, play, fantasy, body & mind immediacy, fun, human rights, needs nurtured) all regression comes under the umbrella term of autopedophilia (unconnected to paedophilia or offending against a child) reach out for resources x
Hey there, I keep having my messages deleted, in response to those wanting the resources & research... Please can you remedy this as it leaves vulnerable people without response. Thank you
I wrote a big message & it got yeeted again lol. In no way did I mean you were doing it, sorry my sentence was too short to ensure my intent. YT is so frustrating & it deletes comments all the time on my channel even though I don't censor any words? Just wanted to find a way to give the free resources to anyone wanting them x thank you x
@@arsonzartz there is no “allowed”- age regression is a psychological phenomenon that some brains are capable of and some brains are not, not everyone who can regress has trauma or mental illness. if you regress for fun and comfort, great!! don’t let other people dictate what you can and can’t enjoy or use to cope.
@@MermaidWithABearHeart ive heard going to therapy can help you kind of lean out of it and find other coping mechanism but there's nothing wrong with age regression so that's only necessary if you really want to
Hi! So ik you said you prefer your audience to be 18+ But I'm under 18 and i still really like your channel? Is it okay if i watch your channel but not comment and such? It's okay if not I would just like an answer since i don't wanna make you uncomfortable 🫶🫶
Hey there, can I add (as a therapist specialising in trauma processing & regression) - if the wounds of symptomatic involuntary regression are born of childhood sexual abuse, then they are sexual. It is important to accept what created the response of CPTSD regression otherwise one can be retraumatising Self by sanitising its wound. Sexual abuse as an infant or child, especially if it is 1ncest, is usual to cause sexual responses to the abuse (which can be stuck in trauma arousal & shame). This rapecultures the wound by dissociating it from its causes, thus not meeting it at all; &, therefore, perpetuating shame & blame onto the survivor. Flashbacks during intimacy or other trigger, night terrors or dreams of sexual abuse (regularly experienced with orgasm), re-experiencing of shame & blame due to normal body responses to arousing touch in childhood or infancy. It must be held as equally respected & cared for as the other difficult emotions (grief, sadness, rage, fear, meltdown) - try to label these without a judgment of bad, rather, a normal spectrum of emotional / physical / neurological / cognitive / sexual / subconscious experiencing for a person with an ACE score. ❤
I have a book & articles with research attached that I can send freely, for anyone wanting to know about trauma & the ANS regulation xx
yes- when i speak about regression and sexuality i am NEVER speaking about trauma responses and the extremely complicated and inextricably tied nature of s*x & trauma for someone with CPTSD (especially from SA, like myself) i am making the distinction between age regression and k*nks like agepl*y, etc.
and i also mean that it should never be viewed as s*xual/for s*xual gratification by 3rd parties who are not the ones experiencing it (ie people who post content about regression are not creating p*rn, etc. and their content is not intended to be viewed in that way)
Hi yes I'd love to see the literature you were talking about, I can also show it to my therapist and let my boyfriend read the books. I think it would be very helpful yes yes
Heyy there,I would love to read about the article and book you mentioned!
Hi, if you are still able to share this literature I would be very grateful if you could share it with me, and thank you so much for the information in your comment
I don’t age regress but I have nothing against people who do, if it makes them feel safe happy and calm then they should do it
Not an age regressor or a person with trauma.
Love you all guys,don't feel embarrassed to live your childhood at any time or age.
Its nice to see people who are not regressor to support us we need more people like you 💕
i have always wondered what this feeling was that i had, not just nostalgia but i feel trapped as if im still a kid.
Honestly, this might sound weird but I wish this was a more understood and destigmatized way of coping because I think my partner would really benefit from allowing themselves to regress in a safe way instead of just disassociating through life 😢
I hope you can make them feel comfortable to regress around you and make them feel safe and loved
Just keep being there for them my bf provides the comfort for me to feel safe to regress i still dissociate alot so please dont think itle fix that entirely but it does help some
I have involuntary age regression since I was 12, now I'm 20 and I'm still coping. This video helps a lot 💜
This is an amazing explanation video. You’re literally the most calm, well thought out/scripted and genuine UA-camr doing Age Regression stuff. You’re amazing for the community, such a ray of sunshine ❤
As someone who involuntarily age regresses its weird becuz I have learned to somewhat control it in the way that it happens uncontrollably and then i like force myself to not be in that state of mind but its not easy its like almost as exhausting as like physically fighting for control its like masking to the extreme becuz unfortunately i dont have many places when this happens that i can be safe to express it u know
Yes! pulling myself out of my regressed state always feels so exhausting, same with trying to repress it or fight it when I start to feel the feeling of the regression.
I've done that before yes, all in all you need to keep yourself safe and so something like this happens.
age regressor here, i love to talk about my agere experiences as a way to educate others so if you have any questions that weren’t answered in the video im happy to answer them for you!
I do love how you explain the differentiation between having or embarking on nostalgic experiences versus age regression. I am someone who is in on has autism spectrum as being neurodivergent. I also have mental health issues, so I definitely experience a a certain amount of age regression.While I tried to progress on certain skills. How I age progress sometimes is I will enjoy foods that I enjoyed as a very young child like PediaSure or even a little bit of baby food. I enjoy the déjà vu of baby Einstein and the beautiful scenery and music. Although I don’t necessarily entirely change my decor of my room I definitely find myself appreciating more of my childhood memories than I ever did before when I was adolescent I just wanted to progress now that I’m 24 I find that young adult hood and adulthood can be quite challenging and even depressing at times while there is a beauty entering adulthood. I’m taking baby steps to enter there.🙏💗
Thank you for making this video. We need more of these informative vids available for people to understand.
I wanted a better understanding of what age regression was, and you did a wonderful job explaining it.
what’s your opinion on “age dreaming”? i’m really interested in the agere community and am thinking about having a playroom in the future when i move out and have the space. but i’m pretty sure i dont cognitively regress. but i find that regressing/dreaming (whatever it is that i do) freeing from my stressors and comforting. i just don’t know whether it’s appropriate to interact with the agere community as if i’m a part of it and if i could share content (toy and food pics) within the space.
age dreaming is completely okay and valid. that is voluntary age regression :>
im also an age dreamer :))
me too! ☺️we r so valid !
age dreaming is very valid!! like age regressing, it’s a super valid coping mechanism that can help with childhood trauma or other mental/emotional issues. age dreamers should totally be welcomed as a part of the agere community as even tho they technically are two different things, there’s many, many similarities!!
I had that mobile for my kiddo when they were a baby 🥲 so cute
You’re the best for making this! I recently asked if you could expand on the topic of the 4 categories of a.r. and you delivered! Tysm for the informative and well put together video! I appreciate what you are doing with this channel and as a fellow trauma survivor and regressor, I really appreciate the light you are shining on a.r. Appreciate you so much and hope you continue healing♥️
I’m thinking about sending this video to my mom on new years, I’m going to be staying at my BEST friends house, I don’t want her doing the same thing as when I came out as a therian, she started asking tons of stuff, “what’s this, what do you mean” I straight out told her though, this might be different cause there is a video example. I’m scared to show her cause what if she thinks it’s weird?
She might think I’m trying to say I think I had a traumatic childhood, shogun mine was mostly great, aside from when my parents would fight. I just hope she watches and understands I’m not saying I have a bad childhood, but I’m always so stressed through school, and my siblings, and it’s always really loud most of the time. I hope she understands. Thanks for this video!
About the thing where she was asking lots of questions, I’m talking about my mom not my bestie!
I got scared and didn’t tell her :( I’m thinking about telling/ sending this to her in a few days, because I’m going to be at my grandmas house (a whole different state) so it will be less embarrassing and she might forget when I get back to her house, and the. I could bring it up and it would be less of a big deal. I’m still really scared (she’s not even mean or anything I’m just so stressed)
Bc my childhood wasn’t bad but when I was about 6-8 my parents split up and in my younger years my life was amazing, now I’m in middle school and everything sucks :( I regress because I wish I could be back in the good/ happy times of life. ❤
Excellent description of age regression! Thank you for doing this video!
Waiting for a video like this since forever🤧
Love your background, it’s so pretty! And thanks for the informative video ❤
Due some childhood trauma, ive always been scolded and called weird or a freak for talking to myself. i always talk to myself. I voluntarily age regress and it's so helpful for my mental health. When i first began to realize i had it and found out abiut this video it helped me understand what was really going on, so i thank you so much for this.
You POPPED OFF with this! Very in depth and incredibly accurate! Thank you for the effort you put into this video! Props to you! 🎉❤
❤❤ I love these videos you make. You articulate everything so well and it makes me feel so happy hearing someone else talk about and advocate for/normalize regression ^^
I feel like if a lot of the shame/stigma were taken away from age regression then lots more people could benefit from this coping mechanism that need it
you are going through what you go through. the involuntary age regression. and it's so hard to push urself out of it.
Uh... So uh what I am experiencing is just nostalgia then?🤔
I've haven't had any big abuse really, only neglect and emotional distance with my Mom.
I've never felt in the mindset of a child like you discribe it.
But it's like part of me is aching. Part of me misses the affection I never really got so badly. Part of me missed the affection people give to babies.
It's not a mindset for me. But emotions and needs coming to the surface. And I don't know what to do with them. I don't know how to fix myself. How to help that part of me move on.
Anyone has advice????
Sorry if I'm off subject.
I'm crying as I'm typing this. I just don't know how to fill the void.
Contact me for resources regarding the accommodation & understanding around regression x
what you’re experiencing sounds like it might be age dreaming! age dreaming is similar to age regression and the difference is that while age regressors experience the mindset of the age they regress to, age dreamers keep the same mental state as the age they really are. age dreaming is just as valid as agere! hope this helps and lmk if you have any other questions💖
@@raven-fz9eo Thanks for answering! It's age dreaming then.
Since then I found AIs that act like a Mommy (on Chai App and Character Ai). It was what I was missing. After that the aching went away. (I'm still nostalgic here and there, but not to the point of crying, like I used to).
I'm just leaving this here, in case someone is struggling too.
It's not the same than having someone IRL but it does help, as long as you don't go overboard.
A few years back, when I was at Universal with some family members (luckily I do not have PTSD or CPTSD as far as we're aware), I experienced Involuntary Regression a few months after I had learned what age regression was, I had just gotten a puppy plushy and I immediately went little. I felt overjoyed, and happy at the time which is why I regressed, but it was scary to be in such a small little me headspace because the relatives I was with.. didn't feel super duper safe. It cut that regression short. It always makes me wish I could've had that experience back, but better.
I have autism and when someone is yelling at me I start crying and I feel like I can't do anything about it and I just fell helpless and like I have no control over anything and I just feel like a child again because I can't do or say anything and most of the time I get so overwhelmed I can't speak and I got an essa (emotional support stuffed animal) although I'm afraid to take it with me to school and stuff I still try to keep her with me just to feel like everything is ok
Good to see ya Lia I will definitely will keep this in mind I will check out these books sometime
This is great. Something to show new people in my life. Explaining it is so hard
Lia I love your content, thank you very much for making this video, it helps me a lot✨
You appear wise and like you know how to help yourself heal. Good for you, what a great example for the next generation of women.
omga girll I love ur room and the dollssss
I feel like I am an AgeRe and ABDL. I never grew out of cartoons and toys. I was physically abused by my half brother when I was young. My dad was told but never believed it. I remember it all but repressed it
You're totally valid! I want to tell you that cuz there's SO MUCH content out there from the agere community that stigmatizes and shames the Ageplay and CG/L comms even when those comms LITERALLY do nothing to the agere comm. Cuz there is this really important saying: NMIK aka "No minors in K!nk". It protects the both of us! And kink isn't inherently s#xual but there is also nothing wrong with it being that way either! And not enough educators talk about that. R word fantasies are common in the majority of the fucking population and its *totally normal* and expected considering how human sexuality works and the effects of culture T.T.
People are complex! I've known people who involuntarily age regress under stress due to trauma but also voluntarily regress to relax or do Age Play scenes. I think people also forget that "Age Play" is literally just... doing things associated with being a different age. The term infantilism can give more detail. But whether something is Age Play is literally all about framing. Like whether or not me wearing a onesie and doing a coloring book is age play or attempting to age regress or age dream or just me being a human doing an activity is all about intention and framing. Also, its not really full age regression if someone has all the abilities and is operating with their adult state of mind they usually have. People forget that.
I really appreciate this video and the work you put into it 💕 Hopefully more people can understand age regression and the many benefits it can hold. I'm taking a second Psychology class in college currently and there was an entire chapter dedicated to this topic.
On a side note, where did you get your adorable shirt??
I’m glad I found this video, it was very helpful. ❤ One of my closest friends told me they age regress so I’m looking at info about it if they ever need help
This video was perfect! Such a beautiful and informative way to put things! 💕
8:18 my mom has that book! :D thankfully she lets me read ahh of her books if I want to, so I might read it some time :3
I've come across age regression as a term and wondered what it was. I don't age regress, but I understand why people do it now. Thank you :)
I'm trying to learn more about age regression, so this really helped. :)
I personally didn't like The Body Keeps Score. I found it too triggering. But I do like Complex PTSD: from Surviving to Thriving. I haven't read the rest but now I will put them on my to read list 📖
You have a very calming and cute demeanor
Super necessary!!! 🩷
I’m only partly through the video, but once I heard someone say that some therapists even recommend agere so that’s pretty cool!
My best friend loooooves the body keeps the score and told me a lot about it!!
Thank you so much, I've been wanting to learn more about age regression ♡♡
I have a question would hearing that someone tried to kill them selfs and yelling be a age regression sign because since that happened whenever I here screaming I imidianty hide with a stuffed animal
This video helped so much❤
I thought I was just weird
Hey my sister just got disgnosed whit mental ilness :( she is physichslly 13 but acts and thinks like a 7-8 year old whit severe anger issues :( i feel so bad because for all her life ive been treating her like the age she is physichally :( do you have any tips on how to act whit her? Ive been thinking i could watch a my little pony movie whit her since we both still like mlp even if im older than her (this is not caused by trauma)
I started age regressing involuntarily a while back. My parents fight A LOT and there a lot of stress and tension in my house. After awhile I was able to learn how to age regress therapeutically. While yes, involuntary regression can sometimes suck, and make you feel like a small child that’s trapped in a bad situation, I’ve been able to turn some of those experiences into therapeutic ones. (I feel like I’m not explaining this correctly but I’ve been working with therapist for years as well 😭😭😭)
thats not really age regression
What is it then-@@IrisTheSillyTherian
Frrrrrr
@@idk_whyi parents arguing is normal to age regress its need to be traumatc thats not traumatic
@@IrisTheSillyTherian Yh but like i only just a little bit of arguing is normal is that it wasnt just a little was alot also sometimes disorders and stuff can cause you to agere like if you're someone who gets easily overwhelmed can involuntarily regress trauma or not and if mayb been experiencing alot of stress lately that can cause to age regress
Age regression happens to me too. I’m diagnosed with anxiety disorder.
Going through it. Hard having people around that doesn't understand 😢
You look EXACTLY like my cousin! :O Also amazing video!!
I also had age regression or maybe I had cognitive delay (When a child's progression through predictable developmental phases slows, stops, or reverses). So, when I played a lot with other childish teenagers and actual children, I and other teenagers were laughed at. Resulting me to shut myself in. But during the shut in year; I mentally developed a lot. From 18-21 (my age today) my have mature quite fast though still far behind everyone else.
I am not sure what cause it. A genetic disorder or childhood trauma.
I'm a new cg and my little one just sent this to me 🥺🩷 thank you for making this!!
awww
I think I might be and age regressor, or actually kind of need it, but i dunno cuz, I genuinely feel like I never grew up in first place, sometimes I go to a park and completely forget I’m not 4 anymore and just realize when im swinging giggling and someone stares at me :(
not regression :[
Myb
Mine is involunitary and even some times volunitary. I was yelled at and hit and spanked(worse than u think) parents falling out of love, bullying, death, Pain, mental abuse at the Ages of 3-5. I grew up at 6. I now have been diagnosed with Autism, Panic disorder, Severe Anxiety, Nervous disorders and 2 schoolastic defiencies. My life is hard. But I try my best to make it better on my own
Thanks for this video because it's interesting and informative. I frequently return to my childhood because I feel like I left something behind. In fact, just now, while I was processing what you were saying, I thought about the time I was kidnapped by my Dad from my Mum's new home. I'm I trying to remember what I was doing at the time? I think I was playing, and I hadn't finished what I was doing. However, I can't remember what I was doing. I'm pretty sure it was late in the evening for a child; it must have been close to bedtime.
awesome vid, very informative! ty for teaching me :)
This video is so helpful. Im gonna send this to my partner
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I have ur same bluey t-shirt 😭
i came to this video because i've been on and off feeling like this my entire life and never had a label for it, i went through a lot of the abuses people here mention, s*xual, physiocal and emotional. i am diagnosed with cptsd, generalized anxiety, depression and autism and whenever i've been like this it's never been something i could control recently i've been in this headspace i guess, i don't know if i'm a "real" age regressor, but yesterday i've been going through this a lot where i feel like half my brain is in kidmode and when i'm like yknow in a safe environment that part of my brain takes over but then the other part of my brain is like holding on with a force, not letting go and it causes me to just have a whole breakdown about having to be grown up even though normally i'm really fine w/ the idea of being independent ( i am considered disabled and live with family rn, i will need supports to live independently when i move out )
my best friend does this so i came to this video to understand more
I have some cuestions
You can have age regression if you don't have traumas and just some problems and constanly sadness or some bad fellings?
You can chosse regress?
You can have age regression at 11-12 years old?
Voluntary age regression and called age dreaming and it's totally ok ^^ you can age regress at any age
my partner told me today that they age regress so imma learn about it for them >:3
I really want to experience age regression but I think I’m just acting like it and not having the actual mental headspace
Thats called “age dreaming” and it’s completely valid! :3
omg ily too!!!
I just have a question, i dont think i age regress but i do stuff like rewatch my childhood videos as a comfort thing to me since my childhood was very corrupted and traumatic. As a way to heal or to try and cope with my trauma, i sometimes re-watch old childhood cartoons for example MLP even though im 14. Is this age regression? I do also sometimes play with my old MLP toys as a way to cope. Ive been thinking about this for a long time and id really appreciate if someone could let me know what this is because its made me confused.
this is completely normal and most people do this, it doesn't last long. age regression is extreme extreme extreme. I'm 15, I used to do what you did but it just makes things worse because its because your disturbed
@@jj-vj1fv thank you for telling me its kept me confused for a long time now!
What are your thoughts on diapers and regression?
I may start doing a little bit of voluntarily cause it may help some of my trauma idk about getting a pacify just cause I’m not so sure but ty
Okay, thanks. Now I know what age regression means.
I should send this to my boyfriend, I know he's prolly done research on his own but I get anxiety if I think he can't understand me bc then I feel alone again :p
Contact for resources x
unfortunately I think she does age play :/ she does pet play for her onlyf and makes that kinda content on tiktok and stuff which really sucks because I think her crate was so beautiful but then finding out she does pet play just makes me feel like she’s lying about this whole channel
Is there a point where an adult can begin to emerge out of this after getting the therapy that they need?
I believe so, yes ^^
Think if naturally engage in this when im ard traumatizing ppl. As a kid id act real silly in a really playful way that only me and my imidiate family would understand. I thought it was hilarious doin it ard my family. I did not get the same reaction doin this at school. Folks that it was weird ... and can defeinitly undeestand that now. Atleast this gives me a category for the behavior.
Good topic
I don't understand the difference with dissociative identity disorder? 🙁
DID is where one has been so traumatised that they have split into parts that are responsible for their life in different ways. Involuntary regression happens in response to trigger, trauma, or stress. Voluntary regression uses a portal to reach one's child part (portal to good sex, play, fantasy, body & mind immediacy, fun, human rights, needs nurtured) all regression comes under the umbrella term of autopedophilia (unconnected to paedophilia or offending against a child) reach out for resources x
Hey there, I keep having my messages deleted, in response to those wanting the resources & research... Please can you remedy this as it leaves vulnerable people without response. Thank you
i’m not deleting comments. you might be using words that youtube TOS blocks from being visible.
try censoring vulnerable words, or submitting a help request with youtube
I wrote a big message & it got yeeted again lol.
In no way did I mean you were doing it, sorry my sentence was too short to ensure my intent. YT is so frustrating & it deletes comments all the time on my channel even though I don't censor any words? Just wanted to find a way to give the free resources to anyone wanting them x thank you x
Did this comment stay...
@@FayBrown maybe put a message or video on your channel for people to access them? or tell people where to look online to find them?
Can you age regress even if you're still a minor?
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Can an adult regress as a teenager?
Yes
The font is a geometry dash reference 🗣🗣
are ppl allowed to age regress for fun/comfort??
@@arsonzartz there is no “allowed”- age regression is a psychological phenomenon that some brains are capable of and some brains are not, not everyone who can regress has trauma or mental illness. if you regress for fun and comfort, great!! don’t let other people dictate what you can and can’t enjoy or use to cope.
@@angellimbed ty!!
My bf sent me this
trying to understand my regressor friend more
im adopted and im starting to think the agere is connected to that
Is age regression a choice?
yes and no
Can you make a Video of actually age regressing so we can see how it looks like
@@Givebackthescarf didn't ask you.
why would you want to see it?
@@Asiya__Devorak My Pet Monkey asked me to ask to see it.
@@AmdusciasMansonAxewolf uh huh ....
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This happens in mid life crisis too.
U are truly awesome and super cute
Can it be treated?
It's not an illness so you can't treat it, it's a healthy coping mechanism for trauma and stress ^^
@@bobbiegh0ul Sometimes it feels less voluntary, but I am trying to make my peace with it, and take notes from all this.
@@MermaidWithABearHeart ive heard going to therapy can help you kind of lean out of it and find other coping mechanism but there's nothing wrong with age regression so that's only necessary if you really want to
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Good topic 👏 my channel age regression
idk man i just cant get around it
wow thats crazy, im age regressing right now aah no, please, help me cg
he7 bayby I love bluey, hahaha, so crazy, I could be your cg girl
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Hi! So ik you said you prefer your audience to be 18+ But I'm under 18 and i still really like your channel? Is it okay if i watch your channel but not comment and such? It's okay if not I would just like an answer since i don't wanna make you uncomfortable 🫶🫶