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I suffer from age regression due to trauma. Any suggestions to keep it hidden from my roommate?

Anonymous 2w

if you can't naturally mask the coping strategy you use, and it harms no one, it's going to stress you out trying to hide it. you don't have to tell them what's happening but if they ask then just say you're ok and just would prefer not to talk about it! that should be enough

Anonymous 2w

what’s age regression

Anonymous

#1 2w

Where you have a period of time where you are mentally younger. Some people do it as stress relief but mine is a trauma response and is not something I really control

Anonymous

OP 2w

ok understood. so what would you need to hide like is it an obvious thing or is it like more minimal stuff

Anonymous

#1 2w

It’s not super obvious like some other people. I don’t do anything with diapers and I don’t own a pacifier or anything like that. But I have a habit of sucking my thumb sometimes and I’ve been told by people who have looked after me in the past that I talk like a child and do a lot of child like activities

Anonymous

#2 2w

alternatively (or additionally!) have some friends who know, and maybe ask some to come over if it acts up

Anonymous

OP 2w

that doesn’t sound too bad. ik a girl in hs who would suck her thumb occasionally & in college ik 2 girls who both baby talk. if you want to conceal it more I’d say try lollipops or mints to suck on instead of a thumb, ik a guy who has pica and chews on a water bottle lid sometimes too, and as of the baby talk I really only took notice of it when my friends would get super whiny. so if that’s the case maybe just call someone who wouldn’t mind and get it out your system. sorry if bad advice

Anonymous

#1 2w

No you’re good