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charlie175 t1_j91fmuf wrote

Reply to comment by MordunnDregath in TIFU by eating a Happy Meal by PatientWillow4

> my entire get up was screaming "I'm a child"

See r/nevergrewup. Trauma and/or autism are often factors.

> my personality, which went from being overly mature for the first 18 years of my life and then doing a complete 180 to become very childlike and spontaneous

Does anyone else feel like they were a adult as a kid and a kid as an adult?

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Droidlivesmatter t1_j91mpca wrote

Not sure why you're downvoted.. That's a serious concern.

Nothing wrong with being childlike etc. But it's something to consider

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prollyshmokin t1_j92p8kz wrote

Yeah, I came across the sub r/ageregression a while back and some of the posts there legit kinda freaked me out.

No hate towards anyone in that sub or anything (I fully support them having a community and being happy), I just worry for myself how I could slide into something possibly unhealthy in my search for peace and comfort (e.g. weed and shopping for me).

I say that as someone who actually only just got into comics at ~30.

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oakteaphone t1_j92qtek wrote

Oh dear...that made me feel incredibly uncomfortable...

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merc08 t1_j92yewu wrote

Is it "a serious concern" or "nothing wrong with it"?

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chewytime t1_j93k9d4 wrote

Definitely fall into the old when young and young when older category. I was a latchkey kid so I had a lot of responsibilities growing up and was very independent. When I was in grad school tho, I hit this state of arrested development and started getting back into some childhood interests like comic books and toys. I think the stress of higher education caused me to escape into old comforts. Since I graduated several years ago, I’m finally sort of getting back to “adulting” again after several years of indulging in minimal responsibility bachelorhood.

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