Treating myself as a little girl is finally beginning to feel okay instead of just lonely. I'm noticing that I'm able to make myself feel better. I am still slow to cheer up though. Hopefully I'll get better at that!

Im still working out my little age but anyone got any good games on phone for 5 year olds for when I cant openly play or somthing

hi. I’m new to this subreddit and when I found it I finally felt understood. I’m chrono 15, I know, some of you will find that very young. But I feel so soo so old. Other people my age all talk about dating, post slide shows and are interested in adult stuff. I still love cartoons, toys and things considered to childish for me. I’m diagnosed with autism, I don’t know if that has anything to do with it or not. Whenever I see a kid out in public, I always feel so sad and jealous. Like you get to be young and carefree, you don’t realise how easy you have it. I’ll never get to be as young as you again. People on tiktok have started calling 2011 old and it’s been kinda getting to me. Usually I get mistaken as around 13 yrs as I’m short and kinda underdeveloped, but k hate knowing that I’m older. How do I cope with these feelings. They’re all I think about day to day and I don’t see myself getting past 19 if it continues like this. I don’t ever want to grow up :(

I'm a adult woman but inside I feel a lot younger and I get mad because I feel like I don't deserve to watch cartoons or play with toys. I feel like I'm being a evil loser and lazy piece of garbage because I have no job and have done nothing with my life...does anyone feel like this and if you do, what do you do about it? Sometimes when I pick up a toy I feel like "put that down you gross creature you don't deserve that!" And I feel guilty I am like this. Also I need to say I am not disabled or anything just weird.

I am 23. I look about... 18, but really when I am out and about people ask if I am 12. How is middle school going. I was given candy on children's day. I was told I was too young to be in a makeup store. People pat my hair in place and fix my lapels. I think that is something unlike what is normal even in my culture.

I feel about 11, most days. An inteligent not looked for 11 years old, and that is worse cause you can both rationalize everything and get away with most of it. Really, someone ought to be in charge of me.

Sometimes I feel like I should be enrolled in classes with the little children and do my math homework and not be allowed in the internet at all, unless supervised. I wish I had piano or penny whistle lessons or singing ones. I paint with oils, but sometimes I wish someone gave me watercolor pencils instead. I don't even love pencils.

Sometimes I wish to have a curated library with only things apropriate for a pre-teen. Deep themes are fine - avatar the last airbender was about a genocide! - but only apropriate shows and books and songs. Limited screentime.

I wanted to have a bedtime and someone to enforce it. And eating.

I feel like I am a bad example to the children my age just because I don't, despite the fact I am a fairly tame adult. I don't party and don't drink. I attend my university. I am reasonable.

I wanted to me made to act my age rather than foolishly letting me run on my own like I do.

I'm just feeling an overwhelming amount of sadness. Whenever I look into the mirror I see myself as a little kid. But everyone else around me treats me like I'm 21. I don't understand the way they act, speak, and interact with each other. I just want to play with my toys, go have sleepovers, go on playdates... but I just feel as if that's never going to happen. I feel like an outcast and it makes me wanna cry.

I don't even talk to the friends I've made on here anymore, it's not that I don't want to. I just don't know how to reach out, and I just feel like they secretly think I'm weird or something. Just brain things, I guess. I wish I had toys and stuffed animals to cuddle up with when I'm sad but I don't. I keep being told that those are for babies and kids and to "grow up". I just want to shout from the rooftops that I AM a kid.

Yeah... anyway, thanks for reading...

I feel younger then my age and like stuff for little kids. I want to make friends and be happy. My favorite show is barney. Also I want to add that I am a adult I just feel younger for some reason I don't know why.

Hihi guys! My name is Milk, Milky, Mimi, or whatever else you wanna call me! I’m looking for servers that are inclusive, or preferably centered around transage! Do any exist anymore?

Hello!! I am a 23 yr old child (mentally fluctuating between 3 and 15) yet I don’t have many childlike interests. My mannerisms are very childlike however! I always feel like a child inside, what age I am just depends on the day.

What I truly miss most is being myself.

My age gradually lowers based on my comfortability/safety. I wish to find a close friend around my bio age and mental age (fluctuating or younger). Who is also open-minded and enjoys adult discussion topics, media, etc while being equally child-like in nature: D

I have some fringe/unpopular views about things like psychology, spirituality, ai, sexuality, or even relationships .. so as long as you can tolerate nuance and or handle my very soft heart we should be ok (I cry a lot).

I'm not doing well and I wanna connect with people who get me. This is gonna be a bit of a ramble so thanks beforehand for reading it all.

I'm a little kid but nobody sees that. They all see the grownup they thought I was. Family, friends...it doesn't seem to matter. Only two people actually treat me like a kid: my caregiver and one online friend. But they're both disabled, so they can't really help me as much as I need. Add on that I have a bunch of trauma and am AuDHD, and my mental health is really rough. Even with therapy and meds, the loneliness and other issues are still hard.

Basically, I need friends who see me as a myself. Who talk to me like I'm a kid. Who help me feel like a kid. I'm not looking for a caregiver or anything like that, just someone who can show me they see the real me. In spite of my struggles I'm actually a funny and smart and caring person. I just need a chance to show someone that.

When I'm a bit overweight, which I am currently, I perceive my body as fat, even though I wouldn't even be considered midsize for an "adult".

I strongly believe this to be the result of my mind not expecting an adult-sized skeleton and adding fat to an already bigger skeleton makes it look much larger compared to my head.

Does anyone else feel this way?

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I don’t think I can ever grow up. I can’t imagine not liking the most childish things I still like the things I did when I was 8 years old and if you saw my room you'd suspect it belonged to a 13 year old at most every single wall is covered in stuff from shows movies animes and games I like I have like 4 bookshelfs full of all fiction and I still dream of living on one of those worlds instead I hate the fact none of them will ever be true . I still cry over the smallest things, and I feel like I’m still the same emotionally as I was when I was 15. I don’t think I’ll ever really feel older than that.

I hate the real world and how hard and boring everything is. I don’t think I could ever live on my own. I can barely manage a job, and I feel stupid because I know I’m bad at a lot of things. I still rely on my family so much, even though they’ve never been perfect either.

I was homeschooled, if you can even call it that, before I even finished elementary school. My mom didn’t teach us shit, and I honestly don’t know how that was allowed we never did like any school work and we also weren't allowed to leave the house like only rarely..My parents were neglectful and abusive at times, but that’s a different story. I eventually got sent back into high school and I was always a weird kid with no social skills. I’m autistic high functioning, and I got bullied and harassed so horribly that I didn’t do well there either. I barely passed every year, and I had to struggle so hard just to keep my grades up enough to pass.

Senior year I tried harder than I ever have in my life I wanted to prove I could be good I was smart and capable I genuinely was doing everything I could, and it still barely made any difference. All my siblings are honor roll and good at sports always getting student of the month and everything, and I just never seemed skilled at anything useful. I won an award for gaming and art, but not even first place, and that was probably the best thing I ever did. I cried to my dad about it one day because I felt so useless, and all he said was that out of all my siblings, I was the kindest and always tried to help people. And that was true. I use to always put people above me I was very sympathetic honesty a but touch somtimes.

Most of my friends were other bullied kids I would stick up for. I helped them through a lot of issues I use to be the go to person they would go to. But now I’m so depressed myself that I can’t even help my friends anymore. I barely talk to them, and sometimes I feel like I'm being mean.and it feels like I lost the one thing I was actually good for if you can even call it that What good does being kind do in a world like this especially if I’m not skilled at anything useful?

I work at Walmart freaking Walmart and I cry every day because it feels so hard for me. I know I could probably try harder and struggle through, but I don’t care enough to pretend that Im not lazy and I dont know the right work but like I don’t want a hard decent life. I want an easy great life, and I’m starting to think that doesn’t even exist. Real life just seems miserable, and no adult I’ve met seems truly happy except maybe for rare moments.

I still feel hopeless. I really am hopeless. I could never take care of myself, and I always need to be with someone else or I feel lost. It feels like everyone got some kind of upgrade when they turned 18, and I’m still 4 updates behind.

Nothing makes me want to keep going I just feel like such a leech this world is to harsh for me and everyone I know would be better off without me

Is Roblox too young for tween-minded people and what sort of games are we talking about? I keep seeing it advertised to me on reddit so I'm wondering if I fit the right profile. For the record I'm currently playing Story of Seasons: Grand Bizarre. So would I like it? Or what questions or quality should I be?

I see high school graduation as nothing more than a funeral, for one it marks the end of community and the destruction of the close bonds you've built for the past 18 years, you go from having a place to belong to suddenly being thrown in this individualistic society where everyone is isolated and aren't in proximity and this is why loneliness peaks in the late teens and early 20s. and even if you somehow do have some friends left you won't be able to spend quality time with them anymore because y'all will constantly be working and will have to go through the tiring process of planning a hangout on the perfect day. and another thing I noticed is that you always hear sad songs during graduation such as "the good old days" and "Scott street" and both have a sad vibe to it, then you also see people crying and hugging their friends for the last time like it's honestly sad as fuck. like bro this shit ain't no celebration it's a funeral. it's just unfortunate that we don't live in a communal society.

So i just moved and now I got my own room, but it's not my bedroom so im looking for cute/ kids decor but everything is either super expensive or Ai. Does anyone have any cute ideas? Diy is possible too I just need inspo

Not everyone feels comfortable or happy being an chrono-adult or having an adult body. Not everyone likes "adult things". It's dissapointing that most of the conversations about it are just "get over it". But no one chooses to have age dysphoria.

Also, something that I notice most people don't talk about is that, not every person fits the societal idea of adulthood. Not every person is able to drink, drive, work, take drugs and do "adult things". Most of us are disabled, neurodivergent and asexual/aromantic. Doing those things can cause harm.

I find the adult body to be so uncomfortable, due to so many reasons, including with health reasons.

I feel like sometimes it can be pretty isolating. And I admit sometimes I feel a little "insecure" by it.

I got her from my local Salvation Army yesterday at only $3! What a deal for such a special lady... bird! 🤭

Sometimes I remember there are so many broken children living in grown bodies mimicking Adult lives.
You are all loved

I’ve always struggled with the idea of growing up and accepting adulthood. I just want to live a happy, comfortable, and carefree life without too many responsibilities or having to work hard.

I’ve often imagined a life where my man takes care of me financially, so I don’t have to spend my life working. Sometimes I feel very childish, and honestly, I enjoy being a little bratty around my man, acting like a grumpy baby and letting him comfort me. There’s something about feeling safe enough to let go of all my responsibilities and just be taken care of.

The truth is, I don’t feel like I can, or even want to, live a typical adult life. I just want to have fun with my friends, have sleepovers, jump on trampolines, laugh, be silly, and enjoy life without everything having to be so serious.

I struggle with the fact that I rarely meet people who feel the same way. Sometimes I wish I could just stay a teenager forever, living a life full of exciting new experiences, spontaneity, adventure, and intense, passionate love.

I want a kind of love and life that feels magical and exciting, something deeper and more intense than just settling into a boring routine of going to work and dealing with everyday responsibilities.

Does anyone else feel like this? I’d really like to hear from people who can relate.