Hi yall Fishr here,
So. When my trauma, anxiety, stress, and the world around me is caving in. I regress. Its something I'm certainly not proud of. I dont identify as an adult baby - but I do act like a 3-4 year old for a day or evening when things get to be too much.
It happens about once a month, sometimes more. Especially now that I'm starting to dig into my abuse and trauma. I'll put on a toddler movie like Barney's Great Adventure - put on a diaper, onesie, maybe a footy pajamas or shortalls depending on how comfy i wanna be - cook myself some shaped mac and cheese and chicken nuggets and my mind will just regress.
It's like a trance. Going into a whole mother world. Im back in the enviornment where I felt most safe.
I'm still coming to terms that I use infantalism as a means of a coping mechanism - its not sexual by any means. But its something I do think about because It defines who I am.
Anyway, anybody else with PTSD that use this as a coping mechanism?