Stages of age regression (master post and guid (: )
This is going to be an extremely long posted so age regressors grab ur paci’s and stuffies and caregivers listen up. I have snacks for u. 🎂.
Firstly, let’s get out of the way of what I mean by age regression stages. There are different levels to being regressed, for example you can be in-between being big and little. You can be more deeply regressed sometimes than you are other times. That’s what I mean by age regression stages, it’s the level of how regressed you are. Although everyone’s age regression is different and unique to them, I’ve found some common stages that we all seem to have.
1. The pre-regression stage
2. The beginning of regression (or the second stage)
3. The middle stage (or the third stage)
4. Full regression (or the fourth stage or full baby mode as I like to call it )
The pre-regression stage is where age regression starts, either involuntary or voluntarily. You may not always notice it if it’s in involuntary or triggered by ptsd but age regression has to “start” somewhere and it starts here. If it’s voluntarily you may notice that ur starting to feel small or get a feeling that ur going to regress. At this stage, dissociation or anxiety can start to creep up for no reason. You start wanting to do “childish” things or stuff you liked to do as a kid, but your still thinking your age and acting ur age.
It’s important to note, that if it’s involuntary you may still be able to feel small or get a feeling that is going to regress but you can’t stop the age regression from happening. It still counts as involuntary.
💛the beginning of age regression stage💛
This stage is similar to the pre-regression stage. You may still have dissociating and anxiety creeping up, it’s just that by now the feeling is probably increasing and it can be very scary. I know this is definitely scary for me. Like the first stage you also get the urge to do “childish” things and the urge will be increased. At this stage your not very deeply regressed because the regression is just starting. You may start zoning in and out and notice that you start to forget basic skills that you know, like how to spell for example. You may even start to forget than remember how than forget again. And everyday tastes may became very hard to do! Your start to become more sensitive or fussy than usual in this stage. Your slip into regression in little bits, like being regressed one second than not regressed the next. Or being regressed and something pulls you out of it. This results you acting like a kid either just by acting a bit childish or doing juvenile behaviours randomly because your brain is fighting off regressing.
In the middle stage you start to regress more deeply, ur regressed for longer or not just being regressed one minute than not the next, and it’s harder to get pulled out of regression and be big. You still have things that can snap you out of it but normally it has to be a big trigger. You may or may not still have anxiety, as for dissociation it starts to feel better. It may still feel like ur in a dream and like or floating, but now it might feel like ur in a happy dream instead of a nightmare and in the clouds in the sky. KEEP in mind not everyone feels like this way in this stage for some it can still be very scary. Basic skills can get completely forgotten during this time and doing simple tastes becomes even harder. You either can’t do them at all or you can but it’s extremely hard to do so and you can only do something for a short period of time. You may start feeling even more fussy or sensitive than before, because ur emotions are becoming even more like a little kids. You still have ur big thoughts/conscience but it’s become more like a background noise that is a lot harder to hear and your thinking/process is ALOT of that of a little kid. And your start acting like a little kid more, kinda like half and half of childish behaviour and adult/teen, tween behaviour.
NOTE: communication difficulties, judgment difficulties, and needing a lot of help and attention often happens at this stage. Probably will need this like paci, sippie, stuffie, extra
The name says it all. You are now fully regressed. Everything but your physical body is at the state of a child. Your emotions and mental state are completely that of a child. All big thoughts/conscience are gone and your behaving like a kid and don’t know how not to. Your behaving completely like a child because that’s the state your in. At this stage it’s extremely benifital to have a caregiver. You often don’t really remember being in this stage and people can’t pull you out of it, you kinda just have to wait for the age regression to stop.
You can go between the stages and that’s vaild. I know I regress between both beginning and middle, and sometimes I’m more in one than the other. Or sometimes you can just be in one stage and that’s vaild. Or maybe you go through all 4, and that’s vaild too.
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