When You Can't Regress So You Hang Out With You Friends Until They Make You Feel So Excluded That You

Fun fact! There's this thing called misokinesia that's similar to misophonia but is triggered by other people's movements, often repetitive movements like fidgeting or stimming.

I had this as a kid really bad, I was always having meltdowns cause no one would understand just how distressing it was for me so it's really nice to find out that it's an actual thing :3

Wishing that everyone who deals with misokinesia isn't forced to stay in a space with triggering movements 🥰🥰🥰

I sick today :((((. I wanna go home and hug my mama and eat appy sauce and be in bed but I has a test I needa do and also tmrw and also tomorroworrow and I really wanna sleep but I needa be strong and I can be strong and I'm gonna be able to power through this and do what I need to do

shoutout to black age regressors that didn't get to be children bc their parents knew they wouldn't get to make the same mistakes that their white peers made who are now taking back the chance to be kids

you were never dangerous, you were just a kid ❤️

Shoutout to age regressors who are just so anti authoritarian they can't handle having a cg who gives them rules and if their cg tries they immediately start an uprising. "chu wiww be heawing fwum my union wep, mr. cuddles!" I wiww not stand dis!!!!

I feel like regressing is the only way I can fully unmask myself

Shout out to autistic regressors who act "more" autistic when regressed. Shout out to autistic regressors who loose their verbal skills when regressed. Shout out to autistic regressors who stim more obviously or more out of control when regressed. Shout out to autistic regressors who cannot mask when regressed and come across as more socially awkward / cannot behave in a socially acceptable manner when regressed. Shout out to autistic regressors who have stronger sensory issues when regressed. Shout out to autistic regressors who act more stereotypically autistic when regressed.

Shout out to autistic regressors.

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tips for getting out of little space when you need to. (this is what I've found works for me, something different might work better for you)

Make sure you have ways to regulate your emotions when big so you don't slip back into little space when you first get stressed again

Try to ground yourself in your body, it'll remind you of your big age

And make sure you're happy with your body so it's easier to ground yourself. For me this means putting on gender affirming gear and a really dope outfit

Put on some less child friendly music you like

Try to change your surrounding and having some spaces where you regress and others where you don't

Make sure all your toys and other agere stuff is put away and preferably out of sight

If you feel comfortable put yourself in a situation where you can't regress (eg around ppl who don't know you regress)

Try doing things that make you feel like an adult, for me this is my sport (Kendo) and writing analyses of shows I like

don't try to act older than your big age, it might just make you feel like you're 'playing' adult and make you feel more little

And remember to not force yourself de-regress unnecessarily, it's your mind's way of healing and if you can try to work on stuff you need to do while regressed.

Vent below

Ppl are so mean :((( I don't like me friends and I hate that I have to be friends with them cause we're in the same sport. They all joke about being autistic then say they don't like those ppl cause they're too autistic and then when I say they're not autistic enough to understand that you can't just "start socializing" they say there's no more or less autistic and like yeah there isn't but you clearly don't know anywhere enough about autism or disability to understand how one condition can cause people varying levels of disability like you're self diagnosed and haven't even done research, you do not speak for the autistic community*. You tone down your definition of autism to mean being a bit weird so you can fit into it and then when ppl talk about the actual affects of autism you say that's not a real thing cause it doesn't fit into your definition. I hate them. And they're like just talk to people and then say they don't like other people cause they talk too much. I hate them I hate them I hate them.

Like why are we talking badly about ppl behind their backs. I get shitty on ppl who have done bad things but they were literally saying "he's just too autistic for me"

I hate how autism has been mainstreamed to mean quirky then people feel comfortable shitting on actually autistic people because they're "a bit autistic"

They're sooooo mean and I hate them and I miss being a kid and when people said mean things adults told them not to but now they're all like we're adults, but that doesn't make being mean okay!!!

*this isn't anything against self diagnosed ppl who did literally any research and don't use their label as an excuse to be ableist. Self diagnosis is very important for ppl who can't get access to assessments or for whom having an official diagnosis would hurt but there are more ppl now adays that use their ability to self diagnose badly

Remember those undies with the day of the week on them!!! I miss them, I wonder if they make them for adults

When your therapist asks you what you do for your mental health but you're a closeted regressor: oh you know I like to do colouring books (with crayons), talk to my friends (baby talk to them), cuddle (with stuffed animals), or I'll take a bath (with plenty of rubber duckies and bath toys)