#rememeber to love

[calygocat]

this came to me in a dream

[nostalgiclittlespace]

Regression isn’t always cute

I know I try to keep my blog as positive and safe as possible, but I also want to discuss some of the less-happy sides of regression as well. Especially because I know my blog is getting seen by a lot of newer regressors (and because I’ve been experiencing a lot of impure regression as of late)

Regression isn’t always cute. I’d say the community online does a pretty good job of discussing the good and bad, keeping things positive while also honest. But I still want to do my part in sharing those more negative experiences with agere. Well, I say negative, but they’re not inherently bad? It’s emotional processing, so it isn’t fun but it’s also important to mental health.

Age regression at its core is a stress response. Sometimes to something big, like a traumatic event, or so,times it’s just because day to day life is difficult. However, as it literally involves thinking and feeling like a child, any emotional response, whether you are reliving a past stressor and/or avoiding a new one, is going to feel different, and usually more intense.

Hence why impure regression exists. While it’s not fun, it’s also vital to overcoming the stress and processing emotions.

So yeah, regression isn’t all coloring books and stuffies and getting to feel like a happy kid again. Sometimes regression is reliving a traumatic time. Sometimes it’s tummy-aching anxiety because your current stress is too much for a child to handle. Sometimes it’s old insecurities coming back to haunt you.

and that’s okay.

It’s rough, I know. It isn’t fun to feel like this, and you probably wish you didn’t. But feeling is a part of healing. Allow yourself to feel it. You aren’t less worthy of love or weird for feeling this way. And this community is here to support you through all facets of regression.

Enjoy the good parts of Little Space, but don’t shut out the bad. Regression isn’t always cute, and it’s not meant to be. It’s a coping mechanism for a reason. Show yourselves kindness and love, like you deserve. -Marty ❤️‍🩹

[moonetta]

Inazuma doodle dump :3

[ninjasmudge]

Seeing all the transformers stuff is reminding me of the "Bee and Soundwave are friends" AU fic I planned to write and then completely forgot about

CRITICALLY UNDERRATED DUO

[housederiva]

I wanted to put these all together so I can look at them when I get sad. So my apologies for the disservice of not replying individually. For folks that missed it these wonderful people are referencing somebody who wanted to remind me that my writing isn't the strongest nor is my art and that I should stick with my attempts to be funny (which you know, fair) I haven't gotten this many asks (or replies to the initial one) about the same topic since MELE came out

Ironically you guys know I'm not good with words, the best I can think of is just to say thank you. Your encouragement and love means the world to me

[suntimeswolliw]

im so different than i was two years ago whoa .

[rottingworship]

Im having Thoughts™ about Eyeless Jack now... I need him in ways that are concerning to myself and others.

May have to write something for him...

[abessive-art]

on a tma rewatch and holy shit this is so good. 2016 me did NOT understand what was happening at all.

[justkillingthyme]

[vanyafresita]

happy pride !! here's a digital zine i made to compile short letters i wrote to some of the queer people in my life i hold close to my heart <3

[heal2ninjagogirl]

Do you guys rememeber this YouTube channel back in 2017??? I think??? Where the creator would post animation memes of the movie verse ninjago but like they were shipping lloyd with the other ninja and also some characters in the movie and they even posted a video showing that they made a lloyd bodypillow and it was like a valentines day special video thing and they were going on a date with the bodypillow and feeding it chocolate or something

[melijiro]

Just a random doodle u_u

[whitedahlia13]

String Theory by Jesse Janz

The world is unravelling like a spool of yarn batted by the cat, unravelling like the sleeve of this sweater, unravelling like the story we’ve been telling ourselves to help us sleep at night.

We find ways to gather pieces of the day’s treachery and wrap a blanket around the shivering mass. In lieu of anything feeling helpful, we braid the strands into a bracelet to keep our hands from staying idle. We take the string and tie it around our fingers so we don’t forget

what it feels like to hold the unravelling world in our hands.

[mothscotch]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU EVERYBODY I AM SO SO GRATEFUL

As a 100(+2) follower special, im hosting a little raffle!!

To enter like and reblog this post :-3

There will be three winners, First place gets a fullbody 1 or 2 characters in whatever style

Second place gets a simple shaded fullbody in whatever style

Third place gets a halfbody simple shaded in whatever style :-)

deadline is January 6, thank you again (^-^)

[sand-seeks-sun]

Send this to all your favorite moots and pass the pumpkin round! KEEP THE PUMPKIN TRAIN GOING 🎃🖤🎃🖤🎃

RIGHT BACK AT YOU!! 🧡

[sunblazes]

I could talk for a whillee abt how good I think family in flames was in fh s1