Is age dysphoria a thing?
Because if it is, I think I have it. I just turned twenty eight two weeks ago, and like always, my depression got really, really bad. Every single fucking year my body gets older but my mind stays the same. I generally feel like I'm sixteen, though sometimes on good days I can be a little older, and on bad days I might feel a little younger. There's just this huge disconnect between how old I feel and how old I am, and I hate it. I'd like to grow up, learn to live on my own and be responsible for myself but I have no idea how. It seems so big and I just don't feel ready and I have no idea where to start. I've mentioned this to therapists but they've never really given me an answer why I feel this way, or any advice on how to help.
I feel really alone, I tried to look stuff up but all I could find was people complaining about it, despite not having it, or middle-aged men being creepy af, saying they're really five so it's okay if they're attracted to little kids, which is massively fucked up. If you really felt five, you wouldn't feel sexual attraction.
So I get that there's a lot of creeps who abuse concepts like age dysphoria, (I've also heard age dysmporphia, and trans age, but I prefer age dysphoria or possibly age dissociation) But I'm not one of them. I genuinely want help, and to share my experience with other people like me and not feel so lonely and ashamed that no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to grow up. So please, if you experience this (and you aren't attracted to children) or you know someone who does, please reply or message me, because I'm so sad and confused
