Do you HAVE to be little ?

[Laladolly]

Does anyone else notice their mental health or well being start to decline if you aren't able to go to little space enough ?

 

I know for me if I don't allow myself that special time at least for a bit every day I do start to feel pretty depressed. It can be tough especially if you have a lot of responsibilities, which I do, but I find the more I make extra time for little space (even if it's just watching my favorite cartoons) , the more positive a person I am.

 

What about you guys? Do you guys find little space necessary for your mental and physical health ?

Edited September 7, 2017 by Laladolly

[lacey bunny]

I do.
Little Space helps me a lot with my anxiety. I use a pacifier when I start to feel overwhelmed or when I'm having an anxiety/panic attack. (it's one of the many things we do to help me when I get to that point)

As you said even the simplest of activities such as colouring, watching cartoons, or a bath with toys can make a big difference in my mood as well. I do my best to take make that time for little space as often as possible, even if it's just me by myself.

 

But I've also noticed when I get really stressed out I have a harder time getting into little space even with my Daddy's help

[Maids]

I thought it was just me! But yes I feel that exact way. I actually fell into a bit of a dilemma where I lost my littlespace. I got so depressed that I just was unmotivated to watch my favourite cartoons, cried almost every single night because I was so sad. It was rough for my Daddy but we made it back to me feeling my little self again. you're definitely not alone with this.

[Guest infinitecases]

If I'm not little for a long time, I end up pretty anxious and frustrated. It just feels like a storm building up above me and it just gets worse and worse until I can't take how stressful it is anymore :-( I usually make sure to always take some time out for myself everyday or if not, atleast every few days otherwise I don't last very long before I start worrying, getting anxious and all in all feeling quite bad about myself. My daddy always helps though when I need to be little. When he's busy, I tend to just hug my teddies and watch something lovey dovey or do things for my daddy to calm myself down. 

[Guest SUeB]

I have to be me, so by default I have to be little. But I don't necessarily have to express it in an obvious fashion.

[LittleKitten13]

Sort of, but I think more backward.  If I get more stressed, I go into little space more often, and it's harder to control.  Like...Papa and I are in a ldr, and I haven't gotten to see him for awhile, and I really miss him, and that, along with moving, and college, and work, is stressing me out, so when I think I'm in big space and am in a phone call with Papa, I just call him Papa, and then go, "Oh.  I didn't realize I was little...."  It's not harder to get into little space or anything like that, and my health doesn't go down because not enough little space, I just go into little space more if my stress is up.

[Princesspoopybutt]

For me little space is a way to get away from stress so if I'm going through a really stressful time without little space my mental state does defiantly get worse

[quinnie]

Sort of, but I think more backward.  If I get more stressed, I go into little space more often, and it's harder to control.  Like...Papa and I are in a ldr, and I haven't gotten to see him for awhile, and I really miss him, and that, along with moving, and college, and work, is stressing me out, so when I think I'm in big space and am in a phone call with Papa, I just call him Papa, and then go, "Oh.  I didn't realize I was little...."  It's not harder to get into little space or anything like that, and my health doesn't go down because not enough little space, I just go into little space more if my stress is up.

I feel like this a lot of the time. The more stressed and overwhelmed I am, the more likely I am to regress into a little state (and the younger my regression is!) 

 

But I also experience some of the depression when I can't regress (such as when I'm in times where I'm forced into being big for extended periods of time). I moved into a new place the other week and had to be big for almost two weeks straight because of a lot of things and like every time I would start to regress I would be really hard on myself for not being able to 'handle' being stressed.

 

It's extra hard as a little without a CG/Daddy (as my primary is a submissive type and needs a lot of support) because it means I can only regress into a littlespace when my partner is away or when my partner is very stable? Idk if anyone else has this problem because it seems like being a switch isn't nearly as common on this forum...

[LikklePRINCESS]

Definitely, anxiety goes through the roof, feel neglected n makes me freak out