annoyingmantaray

[annoyingmantaray]

Sorry y’all been have devastating(/pos) realizations about being a butch age regressor. How I’ve always been butch. About how could regressing as a butch be wrong if I protect girls on the playground since five. How Girl Scouts taught me how to start a fire. How I used tremble standing up for other kids.

Why would age regression ever stop that from being me?

How would being butch ever stop me from needing to feel that safety I craved as a kid?

Butch is me, it always has been and when I hold lil me close she’ll still be butch forever.

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I can’t believe how many froggies are living in my plants now 🥰🥰 they have their own little community 🥹🐸

🐝🌹🌸🌺🌷🌻

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Magnus and my coffee 🩶☕️

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Magnus and my coffee 🩶☕️

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Kitty!

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Learning to process my emotions and take care of my inner child and this game is helping a lot !

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Kitty watching migration (the movie) with me

🎥🍿

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Star Trek waffles

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the desire to have like agere pen pals and just send each other pictures and nonsense or like beads bracelets and stickers or little trinkets

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I think being in preschool would save me.

Routine, being walked through the day with support and care. Circle time, reading time, playtime, snacktime, naps.

Being gently taught that it's okay to make mistakes, how to handle big feelings, how to make friends, treat others well, be treated well by others.

No exams, no future to worry about, no big homework assignments, just learning how to write my name and how to ask others to play with me.

[annoyingmantaray]

Favorite snacks? 😋 🍪

Strawberry milk and chocolate milk,juice box and cookies

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Why isn't there more fun kid like designed clothes for grown ups??

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I have a bunch of froggies 🐸living in my plants ☺️🥹💚

🐝🌹🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼

[annoyingmantaray]

Melody Moodboard

moodboard of melody from disney's junior express!

another request from @annoyingmantaray

1(c), 2(c), 3(c), 4(c), center(c), 5(c), 6(c), 7(c), 8(c).

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Junior Express agere icons

icons of the Rulo Triplets from Disney's Junior Express, with and without pacis!

requested by @annoyingmantaray

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Junior Express CG Icons

icons of Captain Topa from Disney's Junior Express with the agere CareGiver/Carer flag.

requested by @annoyingmantaray

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Responsibility and Regression

One thing I don’t think is discussed enough in the agere community is regressors who are very responsible and mature outside of headspace. There’s so much infantilism surrounding age regression, even within the community itself, that the maturity of the regressor themself is often left out of the picture.

Even though we regress, plenty of us are perfectly responsible adults outside of headspace. We have jobs. We have families. We have pets, cars, bills, etc—just like the rest of the world. Just because someone is a regressor doesn’t automatically (and most of the time doesn’t!) make them “immature” or “childish.”

Yes, there is some amount of ‘Peter Pan’ in us; we have latched onto a safer, younger headspace for our mental health’s benefit. But that doesn’t make you an incapable adult. Even perma-regressors should be recognized for their maturity; they have to manage their lives even inside of that younger-headspace. And that’s really remarkable. It can be tough trying to fit all these real-life problems into regression. Everyone struggles with the overwhelming sense of insecurity the world has thrown at us, which feels even heavier when you have a child’s headspace. I know I’ve said this for numerous problems before, BUT BE KIND TO YOURSELF! Be patient as you figure it out! You can do it!

So take this as your reminder that (1) You are a valid regressor is you have a mature life outside of Little Space, (2) That regressors don’t have to fit into the boxes of “adults who refused to grow up,” and (3) It’s okay to struggle with that responsibility as well.

Little Space can be an escape from these problems, and that doesn’t:t make you incapable, or less worthy than non-regressors. You’re awesome, alright? Lots of love, everyone, and happy regressing

-Marty