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2000's-2010's childhood

regressors who are just so, so sleepy and their cgs who know and are already preparing for put down.

infant regressors who cry and whine, feeling their body tighten up and the blanket of sleep making them cranky and their caregiver who picks them up gently. cooing at them and letting their little baby cling to them till they settled in their crib.

toddler regressors who yawn while they put up a fight, claiming they're too big for nap time and their wide awake anyways. their eyes falling heavy and the rapid movements of play time become slow and steady, words between action figures and dolls becomes mumbled. caregiver who chuckles at the scene and makes sure to sit close by, giving their kiddo the chance to cuddle up before sending them to dreamland.

kid regressors who know they're drifting off and can get themselves to bed with no problem, but still sheepishly ask their caregiver to help them. getting them tucked in, mumbling and rambling about different things in the process, and one final kiss on the temple to seal it all together.

teenage regressors who think they're too old for naps, but the weight of the world exhausts them. who texts their cg about taking a nap, sending emoticons to match and explaining it feels childish in a way. and their caregiver smiling to themself as they explain you'll always be their baby.

⋱ ― ♱ . THINGS/ACTIVITIES/TIPS FOR 10-14 MIDDLE BOYRE ♱ request from anon.

reading! ― Try out the different age sections at bookstores and libraries like the middle school sections! Maybe explore the various reading levels within middle school books too. Also nonfiction could be a great way to keep learning. Also consider an at-home book fair if you have a group of friends!

public transit! ― Make yourself a cute little travel lanyard with your bus pass, complete with pins and stickers. You could hide a little regressor student ID in it too. Also dress comfy and whimsically! Also you could bring a fun backpack with your stuff in it. It could have buttons, pins, art, etc. on it for fun.

conventions! ― Pokemon conventions, anime conventions, writing conventions. You can trade game cards or find vintage toys or new toys! Lots of ways to find new things to experience at conventions. You can also bring a fun water bottle. Or if it's a convention with cosplay, cosplay as a kiddo from a series you like! That can be a fun way to subtly regress if you like cosplay.

computer games! ― Play some free computer kids games. Like coolmathgames and free PBS kids games! (PBS in general is a great resource for free kids media) There's also some free games on Switch like Fall Guys! I think Fall Guys would be fun for middle boyre.

crafts! ― Especially with summer coming (at least in my area), I definitely recommend outside crafts. Painting rocks, putting stickers on bicycles and scooters, making tree houses and forts. And for indoor crafts, I would recommend maybe construction paper based crafts like making cards or notes and paper dolls. AND CARDBOARD BOXCARS! Also if paper dolls maybe doesn't feel as boyre for you personally, maybe make paper dolls of pets and critters!

Made myself a frog and toad outfit board as pride month comes to a close 💚🤎

Sometimes it's grounding yourself during/after a PTSD episode, panic/anxiety attack, or scary situation. Finally slowing down and processing

Sometimes agere is letting yourself cry when you otherwise wouldn't

Sometimes it's using your toys/stuffies to act out appointments and things, so you feel more prepared for them

Sometimes agere is learning to love/care for yourself despite the way you've been treated

Agere is messy, sad/angry, happy/fun, good, bad, and all in-between. You aren't wrong for struggling, and you aren't a bad kid for having health issues or needing more than the average care. There's nothing wrong with wanting to cope (as long as you do it safely)

to adults who regress to teens

to teens who regress to preteens

to anyone who regresses to an older kid

to anyone who can't distinguish vent regression from a ptsd flashback

to anyone who never fully feels regressed

to age dreamers

to anyone who can't tell if they're age regressed or just connecting with their inner child

to anyone who can't tell if they're age regressed or just experiencing strong emotions

to anyone whose not certain they age regress at all

austin & ally 🎹🎸

Reminder that rules for playing r made up

You are allowed to :

Have stuffies with no names/personalities

Have stuffies who are just toys and you dont see them as friends or sibbies or alive etc

Have one stuffie whose soul/name goes in between plushies!! I do this a lot because my main comfort plushie is too big to take with me so her soul can move between plushies :] sometimes she is a dog, sometimes she is a monkey, sometimes she is a giraffe...

Have multiple doubles of the same kind of toy

People whose toys have toys (i.e. my doll has plushies!)

Prefer dolls or figurines or other hard plastic toys rather than soft plushies

Keep your toys on display and dont really take them down or physically play with them (they dont mind this!! In fact they enjoy relaxing :] )

Give names/personalities to toys that technically wouldnt have them (like cars)

Form bonds or play with things that aren't toys, like sticks, pet rocks, etc, or even electronics like phones or laptops!

Also, touching on the theme from earlier, people who dont have typical rules for toys, such as: my toy can come with me in spirit even if I cant actually bring them, my toy and I communicate telepathically or in another nonverbal way, my plushie's soul isnt bound to a plush body and can jump into electronics or figurines, etc

Customize your toys with paint, patches, embroidery, dye, etc

Accessorise your toys or make them clothes and that's how you play with them !!

Prefer not to play with others, or for people to not touch your toys! That's very fair!

Have toys who are characters from a specific media, but you customize them to make them look different, give them a different name, give them a different story, etc

🐅 . . . ☆ Yes autistic play looks different, but "different" doesn't just mean the "amount of weird the public can tolerate", and play can be anything!! The idea is that it's fun for YOU ( nd whoever else plays with you! ) What doesn't look fun to you might be a blast for someone else ! Keeping an open mind will make playing fun !

Remember to share and keep gentle hands with others things, and also to be kind about the way that others play!! Our differences make us good friends :] 🦋

☆ ~`` What are some of the ways YOU play differently than others? ``

. . . Hint: the ones in purple apply to me !!

— masc big siblings who take care of their little regressor sibling/s, getting them ready for school, making breakfast, doing chores and buying matching plushies for them and their little sib/s !!

fox stimboard!! for someone in my server

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