When one has experienced a form of trauma or isolation that resulted in an involuntary feeling of being mentally “age locked”.
A trauma induced feeling of being “too young” or feeling like things are moving too fast. While you know you are the age of your body, and you do not experience mental development delays,, you still feel as if you are mentally younger than you are.
This can manifest in three different ways: Feeling as if you have mentally locked in the age of when your trauma took place. Feeling as if your mental age isn’t locked, but you still feel mentally younger, as if trauma slowed your mental age. OR Feeling as if you are locked in a mental age that was comforting to you (before or after trauma).
This is different from age regression as you aren’t in the headspace of a child, and you are fully aware of your current age and responsibilities. It is also different from age dreaming as it is not voluntary. It also is different from DID/OSDD as you are still the same person, not an alter or trauma holder. Therefore, this ID is not regression or system exclusive. (Although systems and regressors may use this!!)
Typically aetacinnotis becomes more apparent during stressful situations that require adult thinking or more complex skills. It also becomes more apparent when you look at the bigger picture of people your age. You may feel behind, but as if everyone else is moving too fast and you are at a steady pace.
Name Info
Aetacinnotis
pronunciation: eye-tah-chi-notice
(Aeta)te + cin(cinno) + men(tis)
Aetate is latin for age, Cincinno for lock, and mentis for mental.
I was unable to find a documentation of this in medical terms, a coined transid/age identity, or in age regression vocabulary. While I am not a medical professional, I have personally experienced this and witnessed multiple others experience it as well. I believe this is the first coining of this, but if I am wrong then please DM me with proof.
