Soft Beginnings
Hi there everyone!
It’s wonderful to be here, and I’m incredibly excited to get to know you all and become a part of this fantastic little space community. My name is Hartley, I use he/him pronouns, and I’m 24 years old, but beyond that, my own story, particularly with respect to age regression, is a little bit more complicated. You see, I’ve reached the point where I feel it’s to become an important part of not just my healing, but of self-discovery.
For a long time now, I’ve struggled with this heaviness and the feeling that the happiest, safest parts of life were already well behind me, but lately I’ve started to realize as well that this grief, what it was, wasn’t even for the childhood I lived in and experienced for myself, but the idea of one. Something more idealized, a vision filled with safety, comfort, peace, and the freedom to simply be happy and accepted as I was.
I don’t believe I ever truly got to experience that, not in the way I needed to, but as sad as it may be, I don’t see it as purely tragic, because that feeling, the want of it, is what brought me here and to you all, and now I have the opportunity to create that safety and happiness for myself, rather than just mourning what I didn’t have before, neglecting in that my present needs.
I love this place, and all the regressors, the littles, the caregivers, and everyone who’s been a part of creating and shaping it in any way, great or small, and that’s been what’s given me the courage to take this step. To see you all embrace joy, healing, and self-expression as you have is a beautiful thing, and has genuinely meant so much to me.
It’s helped me to realize that’s something I want to be a part of, because happiness, comfort, and softness are things I myself deserve, and things I wish to give back to others, to be a part of something so good, pure, and light.
I’m still figuring out where exactly I fit and situate in that design, but I’m excited to learn more about myself along the way of doing so, and know this blog may grow and change throughout the process of that. What will, however, never change is my hope for this to be a safe, welcoming, and positive space for as many as possible, one I help facilitate both to and for myself and any of those who require it.
You’ll probably see a lot of stories, scenarios, affirmations, thoughts, and general exploration here in the days ahead as I love to write, and have often found it the best way for me to explore what it is I feel, and hopefully connect with others, with you, by means of doing so.
For so long, I’ve felt isolated and trapped within the prison of my own struggle, and I never want for others to feel alone like that, not if there’s anything I can do to alleviate that pain even ever so slightly. One of the best things about age regression, at least that I’ve witnessed, has been the kindness and understanding so many are so eager and willing to share with one another, and my greatest hope is to be a positive contributor in that same direction.
This blog will always be exclusively SFW, and that’s done without judgement, but to keep things as open and accessible to as many as possible. To that end, if there’s ever anything at all I could be doing better, that I’ve overlooked, or that I could be more mindful of, please reach out and let me know.
This is still the beginning of a brand new journey for me, and I’m trying to approach it with a ready mind, an open heart, and a genuine desire to grow.
Thank you for reading this far, reading my story, and for welcoming me with such patience.
Remember that you deserve gentleness, happiness, and care, so please be kind to yourselves. You’re wanted, valued, and matter more than you know.
I see you! ♡











