regression is pure and healthy. *a thread
"Carl Jung, a psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology, saw age regression positively. Jung defined age regression as an attempt to achieve childhood innocence, security, love, and trust. His theory was that people revert to an age when they felt safer."
"[Sigmund] Freud defined age regression as an unconscious defense mechanism that causes the reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development instead of handling unacceptable impulses in a more adult manner. He said that this defense mechanism helps a person protect themselves from the effects of trauma, stress, and anger"
Sigmund Freuds daughter, Anna "proposed that people psychologically regress under stress to an emotional time period when they felt safer" she called the behavior the Motivated Forgetting Theory.
Regressive hypnosis therapy is a type of hypnotherapy thats "used to actively help a person revisit memories and emotions from an earlier date. Some therapists feel this can help patients access repressed memories and help them deal with painful experiences from the past."
more than most regressors have experienced feeling ashamed or embarrassed to be little. Despite it being a secret we hold with ourselves, the way others feel about people like us existing can he tough. So this is just a drop of regressor positivity to remind you that your sfw age regression is valid. And you're not immature for utilizing what coping tactics work for you
Side note - I understand that not all regression is productive and that some people use it in a way that affects their healing process.
