For regressors who struggle with Independance/Hyperindependance…
And for anyone else who these apply to…
You are worthy of being taken care of
You are not broken;You are not a lost cause
You are still capable of love and gentle affection;Intimacy is not impossible
You can be scared, You are allowed to have things be new for you
Things can take time and be a process;And people can love you along the way
You don’t have to have everything figured out immediately
Its okay for your little/middle/baby space to be emotional and/or hard
Your struggles do not make you undeserving of patience, time, and care
Its okay to cry when you are met with caregiving-like attention
You are a good kid, And deserve to be treated as such
Its okay to cry about the childhood you wish you had
No matter how much older you try to act, you still deserve space to be little
Its okay if you don’t know how to react to caregiving
Its okay if you really wish you had a caregiver
Its okay if you aren’t comfortable having a caregiver
Trying your best is enough; you deserve support
Its okay if you have a hard time regressing; you still deserve to be a kid
Its okay if you regress alot; you still deserve to be a kid
Its okay if you can only regress with the assistance of another person
Its okay if you can only regress within the comfort of yourself
Its okay if you want to share your regression time with others but don’t know how/cant yet
Its okay if your caregiver is fictional because letting in others in such a vulnerable state is hard
Its okay to project on fictional characters; because you don’t know how to be little and also yourself
There is time to be the kid you deserve to have time to be
Its okay to be upset over what you didn’t get in your childhood; that you deserved/deserve
Its okay to feel like you had alot in your childhood, but still have these struggles; that you deserve patience with
Its okay to be nostalgic over some things from your childhood;but recognize you should’ve got more
You can reclaim childhood experiences you were deprived/excluded from
Time will not run out for you to be allowed to be treated with such kindness and compassion
You are deserving of parental-like affection no matter how old you are or how long-ago your childhood was
Its okay to be upset if you were supported materialistically but not emotionally
Its okay to be upset if you were supported emotionally but struggled financially
You deserve a sense of parental/older comfort and safety; and to feel protected
Its okay to have parents; but not feel taken care of
Its okay to not have parents; and still long for that experience
Its okay to not know what being taken care of feels like
you deserve rest from fending for yourself for so long
Its okay to just age dream/fantasize about/find comfort in looking at child-like things
Its okay to only be able to involuntarily regress and its okay to only be able to voluntarily regress
Its okay not to know how you like to be treated in regards to your regression
Its okay to know exactly how you wish you were treated; but lack it
Its okay to be unsure about your regression, but find comfort in these things
Its okay even if you grew up too fast, its still in the picture to enjoy child-like things
Letting others in does not diminish your struggles
Healing does not mean it never hurt; nor that the comfort isn’t deserved
You do not need to earn the “right” to safety
Letting down your guard/Letting in others does not make you selfish or weak
Asking for help is okay, doing everything alone isn’t the only option
Its okay to have the tendency to take care of others, you are still deserving of being treated like a kid
Its okay to enjoy caring for others, but not wanting it to define your regression
You can still be a just as good of a kid even if you have responsibilities
Its okay to be a flip, your regression is still important and valid
You are still deserving of parental guidance even if you are used to doing “big” things
Its okay if you feel like you don’t “need” support, but just want it; you are deserving either way
Its okay to feel like you can do it alone, but would benefit from having someone help you
Its okay to not always know how to ask to be treated in these ways
You are not a bad kid if you have an overwhelming sense of responsibility over yourself
Its okay to have a hard time putting yourself in another persons hands
Its okay to feel nervous/anxious/uncomfortable with vulnerability; its hard
Its okay to feel like your not doing the whole “kid-thing” right, stuff like this takes time; you are enough as you are.
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