Childlike Mentality

Does anyone here have a childlike/adolescent mentality? I feel like sometimes I act like I am seven again and most of the time I act like I am 12. I can’t drive and I am
extremely dependent on others. I am going to be 29 this year and I definitely don’t feel like it!

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same here…!!! i act like stupid child…!!!

Half the time I’m a grumpy grandpa, the other half, a drugged preteen.

it’s called hebephrenia

That’s what I was diagnosed with. It is super hard to work and do adult things. I can’t even do a time sheet, but I can put together a mean lego star wars set.

For some reason others like to treat me like a child.

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I feel the same. I feel like my family treats me like a child but the world expects me to be a man, and I don’t know how to fit into both!

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I often feel fragile and delicate.

I can also feel like a young little girl at times .
I’m not keen on it.
It’s rather dis empowering .

I have troubles with my brain and can’t remember education from primary school that everyone knows.

One has to keep it simple with me ,simple talk etc …

It is as it is.

Maybe I can not stimulate my boyfriend s intellect but hopefully I can stimulate his soul spirit and being on other wonderful levels.

I try be grateful n am grateful for what I CAN do such as I can read I can write, I can walk,I can eat,I can kiss, I can do somethings which is great as it could be worse.

I did not remember about southern cross etc which was embarrassing but I am as I am …
And I love me anyway.

:gift_heart:

I think I act more childish than others in my age group (30). Though I think my generation seems to generally act more childish than the generation before it.

This is true for me. Age notwithstanding, I am recognized as the youngest in my family.

I read a post on the family forum that postulated that emotional development is frozen when psychosis first hits. I don’t know if that’s true, somewhat true, or entirely incorrect, but it felt at least partially true for me.

Apparently I regress when I’m in a poor mental state. In PHP I was told I had a child’s voice, and in therapy my therapist once stopped me and pointed out I was displaying behavior and talking like a very young child.

Not sure entirely what sets it off. The mind is a weird thing.

I definitely have the same problem. I do the dumbest things and I know I am. I try to be funny but most the time I’m just being immature…

It is so weird because tonight I am perfectly fine. I feel like a 28 year old.

Yes I feel like I regress a lot. I often joke that my partner and I don’t need kids because he already has me.

I’m terrible with money, I live without considering consequence, I can drive but not far. I don’t like intimacy.

I’m very childlike. I’d put me at about seven years old if I didn’t already know I was 35.

I definitely regress and have a childlike mentality. I can’t drive, I refuse to make phone calls, I fuss over trying new foods, and make babbling noises (but only at my bf). He even tells me I have the most childlike wonder he’s seen in a person.

Sometimes I’m a grumpy old lady, sometimes I’m my age, sometimes I’m 13 again, and sometimes I’m a toddler.

in my opinion, I think “childlike” is vague and depends on the society or environment that a man is in.

I don’t know though. maybe I just don’t understand.

I’m out. :v: