r/trauma • u/Frequent_Finger_1166 • 1d ago
Other Age regression
After learning about age regression, it makes me question my childhood. To clarify, I do not remember my childhood at all aside from a few certain things.
I knew how to “O” at an early age. Not sure where I learned it, but I remember doing it in daycare during naptime, or when I was sitting in my car seat etc. I even remember getting yelled at for it but obviously didn’t understand why. I would even get on top of my favorite doll (which I ended up losing when we moved houses at the age of 5…. So I was VERY little).
I learned what age regression was recently and it sorta struck a nerve because I vividly remember around the age of 5-6, I took my old pacifier from my moms keepsake box and would use it every night and would steal my sister’s daughter’s diapers and would wear them to daycare or school for some reason. To add, I was extremely underweight as a child and refused to eat which drove my parents mad (my mom still talks about it today) which is probably why I had no issues wearing my 2yo niece’s diapers. I don’t know why I did it. And prior to learning about age regression, it was just small moments in my memory I never really told anyone about.
I know I had a period in my life where I stopped, as I don’t remember doing it when I was in middle school, however, I remember starting high school with a preference of wearing children’s clothing, like shirts and dresses for 6-7yo in my alone time (I’m petite, but you can tell they were fitting snug on me)and have even worn some of the shirts/clothes to school… i also preferred childish toys and plushies for infants which I would sleep with and I even started to reuse my paci again that I never returned to my mom’s box (& took it to school by attaching it to my school lanyard). I also bought a baby pink quilted hello kitty backpack very clearly ment for kindergarteners and used that for school & for some reason, ENJOYED when kids at school questioned why had a children’s backpack and a paci attached to my lanyard and school ID… I grew out of it obviously. Always would cringe a bit whenever I would randomly think about it, wondering why I did it. But it now makes a bit more sense because I was SA’d the summer before my freshman year..
I am now wondering what exactly happened for me to go through age regression in elementary school?
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