OK I’m not the type of person to diagnose myself with anything as I’ve been in therapy for majority of my life I recently stopped therapy because I felt like I was doing most of the work on my own which is the point of therapy but I feel like everything I’ve done up until that point I didn’t do because a therapist gave me advice and coping mechanisms I did it because of learning experiences from dealing with different things in my life some thing I’ve noticed strangely about myself is me wanting child like things I don’t know how to explain it I’m 19 years old but I find myself in times of stress and anxiety watching cartoons from when I was younger and even newer ones and OK I thought to myself maybe I just like cartoons I like anime so I probably just like cartoons I’ve find myself collecting stuffed animals as well I will look for them in thrift stores I’ll look for them in Walmart and I’ll buy them and I will keep them in my room with me and I’ll sleep with them at night I find myself even warning child like clothing sometimes and accessories like small clips in my hair that you would get from the kids section or just cute Siri bright colored toys and that’s not me I am a very Gothic person so there’s no reason for me to be so attracted to these things but it’s been changing my style as of recently to even gone into deeper aspects where I find myself craving warmth and affection more then I used to I find myself wanting someone to constantly console me in times of stress and I also find myself reacting to certain situations with just burst of crying or emotion and anger almost like a tantrum and I’m starting to wonder to myself if I if this counts as age regressing I’m starting to like things that I liked when I was younger I’m starting to say things and do things that I did emotionally when I was younger I don’t particularly enjoy age regression from what I have seen the thought of acting like a child is a bit cringe he to me I won’t lie but I’m not one to judge other people I just don’t want it for me But noticing these things I’m starting to wonder if this is a part of BPD or if this is a whole separate thing going on all together