Age regression and memory loss

Rose113

Not aimed at anyone here

I wish people would stop turning age regression into a fantasy it’s not a fantasy or fun to experience, it ruins your life, it ruins my life.

I hate my age regression, it makes me feel so stupid and helpless but I can’t control it, it’s how my body reacts. I get overwhelmed or scared and I can’t calm myself so my body goes into flight and I regress to another age, an age that I wish I didn’t regress to.

I was speaking to someone about age regression and told them the age regressions I experience and if some of yous don’t know then I have an age regression that effects my speech and one that effects my memory

TW// memory loss, abuse and neglect

I have what I call sever age regression where I get so upset and overwhelmed and stressed out that I age regress to a younger age ( I will not share that age cos it’s private and not really something I’m comfy sharing to the world)
And so that effects my speech and sometimes I will also loose my memory and flashback to that age and certain things that happened at that age which does more harm than good, when I age regress this way I forget my age, my name and sometimes talk complete nonsense too that makes no sense to most people

I’ve struggle with age regressing for years now and it still does so much damage and sometimes I feel the warning signs but sometimes I don’t which is more so the case lately. My speech only age regression is usually my main one that happens and then the speech and memory regression is like I guess a last resort for my body and brain but it’s horrible

Age regression is horrible and makes me feel so alone especially since when it does happen I’m left with no support cos there’s no helplines or anyone that specializes in age regression so it leaves crying but it’s nothing new I’ve coped with it alone for years endlessly and in secret to people irl

sinead276

Hey @Rose113 -

Just wanted to say i'm so proud of you for not only sharing this part of your story with us, but also giving a bit of insight into what it's like to experience age regressions. i think it's a really brave thing to share and i think you being able to speak about it on here gives it the awareness that i think a lot of people may not have (myself included as i'd heard of it but didn't know a great deal about it). but i can imagine it's super challenging especially if it affects your speech or memory.

and i'm sorry to hear you often feel alone in these experiences - likely due to the lack of available support specifically on it and the under-education of such challenges within services etc.
whilst us on here may not be super educated on the depths of age regressions - we are all here if you need a space to rant or vent or support you in any way we can.

sending you lots of hugs and hope you're doing okay
keep going you've got this!!!
Sinead