age regression
Going mentally younger
Age regression is a psychological phenomenon where a person reverts to behaviors, emotions, or mental states characteristic of a younger age.
In therapy, it may be induced to access childhood memories or trauma.
In casual use, it often describes voluntarily adopting childlike activities as a coping mechanism or form of relaxation: Age regression helps her manage anxiety.
The term also appears in hypnosis contexts and certain online communities where participants roleplay younger versions of themselves.
- age-reversalBecoming biologically younger
- inner childYouthful aspect of psyche
- comfort objectsAttachment items providing security
- stuffed animalsSoft sewn toy creatures
- reparentingProviding oneself missed care
dissociation · rejuvenation · play therapy · attachment theory · defense mechanisms · coping mechanism · guided imagery · deep relaxation · childhood trauma · hypnotherapy · nurturing · trauma recovery · memory retrieval · emotional healing · hypnotic suggestion · altered states · repressed memories · creative visualization
- Hypnotismhypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, mesmerism, mesmerist
- transformationchange, metamorphosis, morphing, shape-shifting, shapeshifting
- time traveltime machine, time loop, time jump, time slip, causal loop
- Hypnotherapyhypnotherapy, trance, deepening, progressive relaxation, Milton Erickson
- past livespast life memories, karmic debt, soul journey, akashic records
age regressionage progression
Simulated aging over time
maturation · growing up · emotional development · coming of age · aging