its,, i love being a regressor, i,
it feels sad that some will never experience this,
never know how it feels to have emotions flood your brain and slowly start shifting your sense of perspective itself
butterflies and happy feelings in your brain, anxieties from daily life far away, thoughts rolled back to ways you've felt decades ago, a much simpler, easier thought pattern, concerns becoming so much more immediate and easy
hugging your plushie because you're filled with absolute love for your plushie friend, as your mind doesn't think much more than that, right now you just really love your plushie. feeling the yearning for some yummy food you remember from decades ago, as you giggle at dumb nothingness and play with your plushies paws or fins, the sheer silliness of it being enough to entertain you as you idly pretend your toys are having some adventure or conversation. everything is somehow so much more colorful, much more.. silly. easy. a different state of brain, of mind, one that isn't concerned and doesn't understand the adult worries of the world.
and to have it, at any point you want. to be able to go back to that carefree, loved and safe child.
trauma sucks, trauma really sucks. but sometimes trauma leaves you a gift.