- 2 years ago
#57979
This is sort of what held me back from identifying as a Little for so long. Every content creator or media I've seen surrounding this lifestyle has only been fully regressed, AB, with their own cribs, pacifiers, diapers and Ageplay. It felt a lot like you had to be part of that or it "didn't count."
I'm still figuring out my Littlespace, but I feel similar where I am watching things I loved as a kid, being curled up with my stuffed animals and blankets, but being hyper aware of all the adult responsibilities I have. I have no clue what it would be like to be fully regressed, I know I have too many things to do, too many things to clean, bills to pay etc. As far as the parents go, mine are always poking in, asking if I've done x, y, and z so I would always feel like I had to stay on top of everything at all times so nobody would assume I can't take care of myself.
Furthermore my close friends are not in this lifestyle, so I know they'd be uncomfortable if I regressed around them.
Even one of my friends who is in the kink community like me, I would explain what I felt, and the fact that it was a way to cope with stress, or relax after a long day, even though that wasn't her lifestyle, she felt that because she also appreciated parts of her childhood and she didn't need regression, that I wasn't quite a Little. At least that's how it felt.
We all experience regression or littlespace in different ways. We all have different needs, and there is no template we have to fit. The "How Do I Know" article helped a great deal with feeling more confident in this identity. It doesn't have to be our entire personality and the central part of our existence to be valid. So you are definitely not alone in this. Sorry if this was all over the place.