#agereg

[oftlunarialmoon]

[agere-guide]

How to regress (AGERE)?

🧸 1. Create a Safe Space

Find a private, quiet, and comfortable place.

Use soft lighting, cozy blankets, and items that feel safe.

If you have a caregiver (CG), let them know you're regressing. (If possible! some littles may be nonverbal <3)

🎨 2. Gather Comfort Items (Optional but Helpful)

Stuffies/plushies

Blankets or pacifiers

Sippy cups or bottles

Snacks (like applesauce, juice boxes, goldfish crackers)

Toys, coloring books, or sensory items

🎧 3. Choose Comforting Activities

Watch cartoons or kids’ movies

Color or play with toys

Listen to lullabies or soft music

Nap or cuddle with a stuffed animal

Use kids' apps or games

Talk in a childlike voice if it helps

🫧 4. Let Go of Adult Worries

Try to mentally "put away" responsibilities

Use affirmations like: "I am safe." "I don’t have to worry right now." "It’s okay to be small."

🛑 5. Set Limits

Set a timer if you have things to do later

Avoid regressing in unsafe or inappropriate environments

Practice self-care after regressing — drink water, reflect gently, and ease back into your usual mindset

Optional: Journaling or Memory Triggers

Some find it helpful to keep a regression journal or make a playlist of comforting songs, shows, or smells that help trigger the regressed mindset.

⚠️ Important Notes

Please keep an eye on yourself; keep safe when regressing.

Remind yourself: “It’s okay to need comfort.” There’s no shame in wanting to feel little or cared for.

You don’t have to “act like a child” — regression is about your internal experience, not outward behavior.

Everyone's regression looks different; there is no wrong or right way to regress.

[matchapaws]

🌙 depressed littles who... 🩵

- uses kids products to help motivate showers, brushing teeth and brushing hair

- cocoons themself in plushies and blankets, staying in bed all day and barely sleeping at night

- uses kids dishes and nastolgic meals when struggling with low appetite

- uses a sticker chart and reward system to try and feel excited and productive about chores

- cling to fictional cgs from comfort shows

- use diaps when they are too tired to get up to potty

- whine for a cg they don't have

- struggle to remember to eat, shower, change clothes, brush their hair or teeth or take medicine

- struggle to get excited about their interests

- lack the energy and/or time to regress

- struggle with nightmares and use their stuffies to comfort then

- only have the energy to be a completely dependent baby and nothing more

- who are both too scared to ask to be cared for, but also too uncomfortable to regress alone

- who feel a ton of shame, anxiety or guilt during and/or after regressing

- who can only age dream due to intrusive thoughts or anxiety

- who rely on regression completely for getting out of bed in the morning and falling asleep at night

been so depressed recently so I thought I'd share this. I truly could go on and on about how my regression is integral to my depression. I hope some of you can feel seen from this !

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[zanethemetalheadsnep]

Age regressor who had an unstable/nonexistent childhood

Age regressor who has to reinvent what childhood could have been like because they were too busy caring for everyone else and themself as a child

Age regressor who takes joy in discovering things that bring them joy that they never felt as a child

[sproutiny]

☝️ this bunny can be so less than one minute old

[ribbonpaci]

it’s okay if non-child friendly things are part of your inner child healing and your regression. it’s okay if you grew up with unrestricted internet access in the late 2000s and now your favorite way to regress is watching old raunchy youtube videos with crude humor and swearing. not every regressor has to be watching bluey and sesame street to be valid. watch that rated r movie that you loved as a kid. watch those ytps. play that rated m video game that you used to watch your older brother play all the time. it’s your regression, so make it yours.

don’t ever let anybody tell you how to regress.

[chwt0y]

[grubgijinka]

insomniac middle regressor