I hate how people gloss over the fact involuntary age regression can be part of bpd and that it’s not cute in the slightest
for me it’s triggered by people getting mad at me it’s scary to feel so small and helpless
you slightly upset me and I’m going off to my room to hide in a cupboard and shake and cry just like I did when I was a kid
You raise your voice at me or change your tone and I’ll start to shake and apologies and try to hold back tears just hoping I won’t make you more mad and that you won’t scream at me
but it can also be triggered when I get angry and frustrated and I don’t know how to express it so I start stomping and whining and crying losing control of the level of my voice slamming things and generally being like a careless reckless toddler having a tantrum
