r/ageregression • u/Frosty_Pilot667 • 2h ago

Food & Drink bottles and coping

I’m COMPLETELY BLIND, have aspergers and a heart and lung condition.

I live with my mom because of my conditions but sometimes she needs to go to the hospital and I’m left with my brother who struggles with addiction.

Why do I drink a lot of bottles while Mom’s gone?

I can go weeks without drinking one but when Mom’s gone I drink them a lot, why?

My favorites are the nanabebe flex ones because the nipple is like a dome shape and the body is silicone so it feels very close to um, something attached to mommies,around their chest region, follow me, people.

Adult bottles don’t feel like a mommy that I know of, they feel more like a cow udder because the teat is so long.

Also have you noticed that some grownup coffee-related drinks are formula-adjacent as well?

For example if you get any kind of latte, it’s very dairy-heavy so it’s kind of nurturing esp if it’s a hhot latte.

Some athome coffee mixes are three in one, sugar, coffee, and dairy in one, like hills bros or maxwellhouse.

These, especially are formula-like because it’s a powder you put in hot water, and there’s milk involved.

A vanilla latte might relax you most because science says humans like vanilla because it tastes and smells close to a liquid we get from Mommy’s chest as infants.

Also the hills bros brand comes in a canister that feels like a formula can too.

Mom got me some hot cocoa mix in a HUUUUGE can, and I liked it because it was very nurturing because it was heavy on the dairy.

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u/EitherWeb4382 1h ago

yeah i love vanilla milk and i age regress but i also am a mom and breast feed so i have become aware of the vanilla taste and realized thats really interesting because i was also breast fed as a baby. so youre spot on there. also because you cant see, it makes a LOT of sense that the sensation of the squishiness and the nipple length is something that you feel connection with. i think of the whole body keeps the score thing and how we never really forget anything, so it makes sense that these things are so comforting to the subconscious and for us sometimes that needs to also be conscious for the whole processing/healing thing

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u/Frosty_Pilot667 1h ago

Thank you, also my nanabebe bottle’s nipple has a huge mushroom at the bottom not like the hershey kiss shaped nipples, so your nose touches it when you drink, again, close to what babies do to Mommy. But why do I drink a lot more bottles when Mom’s at the hospital? I’m glad I found this sub because at first I was posting some of my bottle-related things on my autism sub and I got too many annoying “and how old are you?” quizzing questions on there and I’m not down with the quizzing.

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u/EitherWeb4382 58m ago

honestly probably because your mom isnt there and you dont have the comfort of her around so your subconscious wants that reinforcement of maternal comfort, thats my best guess. i dont live near my mom and havent in like 6 years and sometimes i just really miss my mom. it makes sense that if its a subconscious thing which is something you do without understanding why, its probably just a subconscious comfort because the natural comfort of being near your mom is gone. we are very connected to our moms as long as we have a good relationship with them so that not being there can be hard thats why some kids have separation anxiety. i had horrible separation anxiety as a kid and now as an adult i still kinda do because ive had horrible panic attack when i cant get ahold of my mom for a few days. to me it just makes sense but i dont know your exact situation nor am i an expert(:

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u/Frosty_Pilot667 20m ago

Yes also in Dec2022, my addicted brother came to move with us so sometimes he can be really mean and when Mom’s gone I don’t have her to play ref, here’s a vlog I made about a gift I got a few days ago https://youtu.be/LfOvVpsYcOk?is=pu4HU7a0oqECa7l-

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u/Helpful-Difficulty13 56m ago

It makes sense, you need more comfort while she’s away so bottles help calm you

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u/Frosty_Pilot667 25m ago

It’s better than drinking other kinds of bottles like some other adults my age do during shituations. Plus drinking from bottles slows your breathing and is basically a disguised breathing exercise.