Age regression is when we regress back to a younger state of mind that some people can exhibit to cope with stress of untreated trauma as an adult. This is commonly seen while responding to difficult or overwhelming emotions, what happens is we become unable to regulate our emotions and we can act out in the same ways we did as children, this can look like rage episodes, kicking, screaming, crying, rocking, curling up in the fetal position, being mute, or hugging a stuffed animal, or having a co