I realize I never really brought this up, but the recent discussion made me think maybe it& #39;d be useful to talk about it.

Some of y& #39;all might know I have DID, specifically polyfragmented. I& #39;m not in the mental state to explain all of the terms right now, but I have a subsystem
Comprised of

Me,

A masculine version of myself that& #39;s involuntarily mute and fairly emotionally detached,

A "perfect" me encouraged to exist by an abuser, a hot-headed young man who can be sharp-toungued,

And a teenage version of myself.
Usually when people think of regression, they think it& #39;s all baby pink, Sanrio, and cartoons.

Involuntary regression can be ugly. She& #39;s a snapshot of me, during horrible abuse, that my brain can& #39;t let go.

That doesn& #39;t mean this isn& #39;t a form of regression, even if it& #39;s ugly.
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This me doesn& #39;t enjoy stuffies and pacis and juice boxes, like people think regressors do.

She reads erotica, she swears at people and likes to smoke, she struggles with the feeling she exists the be abused.

Her existing... is necessary.
Medical regression can be fucking ugly. It can be horrible. It& #39;s not always fun.

She exists to confront past demons (...literally), and heal from that pain that adult me is too scared to face.

And she& #39;s just as valid as someone who regresses for fun, to cope, for any reason.
I& #39;m not trying to paint anyone as the villain in this thread, don& #39;t get me wrong. I just wanted to show another side to regression I NEVER see talked about, which is the difficult side that can happen while healing.

The problematic part of regression that happens involuntarily.
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