Regression involves a movement back in developmental time to
when a person felt safe and secure. Often, that is childhood.
This explaisn why an older child will suddenly begin again to wet
the bed or suck his thumb when the new baby comes home.
Or, why a college student, away from home for the first time, will
want to bring her teddy bear with her.
Conversely, that same college student would exhibit regression
by throwing a tantrum.
A person who has suffered a difficult divorce or death of a spouse
may want to revisit the home of his/her childhood – those
tender years before pain overruled all other feelings.
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