I had a happy childhood and was not sexually, physically or mentally abused but I get very upset and start to cry when I see anything childlike or innocent, such as the OP image, and generally have an inability to grow up without feeling distressed. I became very shy at the end of elementary school leaving me to grow up with (and still have) no friends so I wonder if it's stunted development from missing all of the important milestones but I also remember feeling this way as a child seeing babies or things I'd already outgrown. I can't begin to think what causes this but while I can drive, work, function on a basic level as an adult, I am almost 22 and unable to move on mentally or try 'adult' things such as dating (even if I'm not really interested and know it probably won't be for me). I do not think of myself as a child aside from being more behind than my peers, but I am brought to tears thinking of how I want to be a kid playing with my friends or toys again, how I still like babyish and innocent things like stuffed animals, and how any confidence and bravado I build up completely dissipates when I'm scared and just want to cuddle a blanket and my mum. What causes this and how can I grow out of it?
>>34426070Normal stuff. You still young. Part of being new to grown is faking like you are not still childish.
>>34426070Go to your mum and sleep with a blanket with her while you have her. You're worried about what people think when nobody is negotiating support for you, they will simply give you none of it. You also still don't have enough shit on your plate to stop thinking about it, call yourself lucky for it.Go to a therapist and have him scrape your past, don't overstay more than 4 weeks in it though. Maybe do volunteering reading books for kids or caretaking. You may even meet a motherlike gf as a colleague.
>>34426184>>34426200Thanks.
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