Getting over the fear of growing up?

I’ve been battling existential thoughts for the past month, which I’ve gotten over. But part of those fears was the fear of growing up. I’m afraid of not being able to go back to the happy child I was, and being carefree with my parents and my brother. I’m in college now, so part of me is just super sad that it’s my time to be an adult and accept the responsibilities that come with it. How do I get over this fear? Any advice?

moonjoy

Date posted: 2y ago

i have that fear as well but tbh do fun “kid” stuff you used to do or liked to do. play with toys u used to play with. watch “baby” shows. go see a movie & get little snacks. buy action figures or stuffed animals & hang some posters up, buy some spongebob cups lol. it sounds silly but as adults we stop doing that or we think “thats so weird for me to play at a park …” but why? yes people may look at you weirdly lol but as a kid if we got looks , we really could care less. id say embrace that inner child of yours every single day. we tend to be thinking “damn im an adult , now i gotta pay bills, go to work etc” which, yes that’s true, but we tend to just stop trying to have fun. even if u dont feel comfortable going out in the public doing this, maybe start by buying some childhood toys and playing with them in ur bedroom when nobody else is around .

^ - ^

Date posted: 2y ago

I just graduated college and am dealing with the same thing. It is really terrifying honestly. What’s helping me is just doing what makes me happy whether it’s childish or not. I’m using adult money to do things I wanted to as a kid, like going to build a bear, dressing how I want, etc. becoming an adult is really strange and there are some parts that will probably always suck but we gotta try and not take it too seriously and use the opportunities that come with it to have fun

^ - ^

Date posted: 2y ago

@^ - ^ the capitalist work machine is very draining but we can keep doing things for us and our community outside of it and use any new adult freedoms for good

Brainygirl

Date posted: 16w ago

Having children of your own allows you to do childish things without judgement. That is the natural way of keeping your sense of wonder in a productive and age appropriate way. Listen to Pooh corner by Kenny loggins.

ConstantPain

Date posted: 13w ago

Dealing with a lot. Need support and company.

My last and almost life long theme/sub-theme largely subsided recently and my ocd felt like it wasn’t even an issue. Then I went on winter break from uni and being alone made my mind come up with a whole new topic to obsess over. TLDR on my fears, my advisor wouldn’t email me back for a while about signing up for classes so my mind started to worry “what if he doesn’t in time and you can’t enroll this semester and you lose this whole life you just built and all these new friends” So when that issue was resolved my mind found other scarier ways I could be uprooted from my current life and friends that I’ve grown so attached to. Then my mind remembered back when I was struggling with false memories and scrupulosity and I essentially made a post on a forum 2 and a half years ago saying I did something or was convinced I did something that I never actually did. Now I’ve been spiraling about someone finding it reporting me and I either get seen as a horrible person or arrested or something over something I never actually did but “admitted” to out of fear of going to hell. My mind won’t let it go and keeps finding new reasons for it to be “valid” “logical” or even inevitable. I feel like it’s just hanging over my head and I can never rest easy. Especially when I try to focus on my daily tasks or plan for the future I get this horrible flair up of “why plan for the future when this could come back in that future and you get uprooted from all of it” my mind won’t rest without certainty being uprooted won’t happen but certainty doesn’t exist, at least not with ocd. This sucks and I miss being care free.

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w ago

Can't be home alone. How can I over come ?

It's been a year since I've been able to stay home alone. I don't know how to fight this. I feel like the world will collapse on me. That the house will cave in. Or I'll just lose my mind and scream and run outside screaming and saying the world is falling type thing. I don't know how to help myself. I'm to scared to even try to be alone. I have to have my son 18 stay home with me or my aunt stay with me when my son does leave. It's horrible. I feel like I'm holding my son back from so much. I don't know how to beat this. Please help

Law24

Date posted: 9w ago

Becoming a Pedo?

Also I read on tik tok or twitter that if u still feel connected to younger people that means you’re not progressing or maturing and that’s bad. I’m 25 and I’m at this odd stage in my life where I’m getting older but still feel like I’m 20-22. I feel like I’m behind people that are my age. I think it’s because I’m been bed rotting with severe depression for the past 4 years… but I’m scared this means I’m becoming a pedo in the future.

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