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Originally Posted by ruby2011
I’ll probably start implementing all the above starting my next shift.
I’m also wondering, give that my current emotional age is no more than 10 years old, would it be acceptable for me to act like a child as long as I’m not disruptive or rude to anyone? Like making naive, innocent comments that adults find so cute?
And out in public, would it be acceptable for me to go to the children’s section of the library and use the bean bag chair to either read or play with my phone? And trick or treat. Or telling Santa what I want for Christmas, without sitting on his lap of course.
I’m emotionally 10 years old only because I’ve been severely emotionally traumatized too many times. I might have been emotionally 20 something at one time, only to have some traumatic events cause me to devolve. Or maybe possibly I developed so slowly that my emotional age never exceeded 10 years old in the first place. Again the result of multiple traumatic events.
If anyone knew my situation, would they be willing to treat me like a cute little child?
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This was an earlier post on this thread. It sounds like this age regression is something you’d like to try out and see if you get good responses from people. Perhaps you are wondering if they will be more kind and gentle with you knowing you have been through trauma and age regression is a way to alert them to it.
Your emotional state seems very complex and I feel it is beyond my non-professional capabilities to delve into. You really do need to work with a therapist IMHO.
Personally, I’ve had some similarities to you with interpersonal relationships gone awry. Your question “Are people in your life extremely unsupportive during your hard times?”, my answer personally is “yes”. Some (not all) were outright cruel and emotionally abandoned me. There was nothing I could do to change them to love and care for me. They took no pity even knowing I had an emotional disorder.
I’m sorry you are having these difficulties. Whether the people who you feel devastated you were managers at work or (for me) were your family, you are traumatized just the same. I do feel for you.
