How old are you mentally?

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25-28. I'm 43.

I'm emotionally in my younger mid-teens--14 or 15.

I'm mentally a lot older, though.

I am 39 and 1/2 But look like I am in my 20's
Developmentally: Not going to say.

31 as I'm 31

Hmmm....I think most of the time my mental/emotional age is that of a girl in her early teens....say, 12-14. Then there are the times when I completely revert to a much, much younger mindset when all I want is to just be hugged, cuddled and loved, before my parents divorced and I was completely secure in the knowledge that I would always be loved and cared for unconditionally. I know I'll never get that from another human being ever again (the kind of love and care that's lavished on a very young child, I mean), so that's where my plushie friends come in. I also enjoy watching little kid programs from that time in my life, too, when I get like that...it's my way of recapturing how much "safer" I felt as a little kid. I've had to endure much scorn and ridicule from those who don't understand that aspect of my personality.

And by the same token, I'm also more mature for my age in several respects...for one thing, I've always been a fan of classical music and classic rock, rather than what my same-age peers like to listen to. I also have no desire to go out to "party" and drink/take drugs, and have never paid attention to clothing/technology fads.

I still feel the same as I did when I was a child. I would say that mentally I'm still 10 years old. Sure I know more now, and I have better spelling and grammar, but that is about it.

I'm actually 21.

physically I'm 25, but mentally I vary between 6 and 30ish depending on my mood and the situation.

Reality: mid twenties.
Mentally: It's like half of me is age appropriate, but the other half is much younger. For the longest time it was 10, but recently I've taken a giant leap into 16.

I'm feeling about five years younger than I am physically.

I am physically in my late 20s. I still feel like a kid most of the time—maybe college-aged on a good day.

Socially/emotionally, about seven or eight. After that point, with kids, I can tell that they are more sophisticated than I am and I can't fully understand their interactions.

Mentally people have always told me I was a 30 year old at the age of 3, but I feel about 15 or 16

Some days, I feel like I'm 50 years old. Other days, I'm a teenager again in my mind.


I seldom feel my age.

Depends when you ask, age 6-60, never identifyed with my current age though. I find it feels better to be a 6 year old mentally, what a good year, capeable of doing so much and right before all the garbage from having AS started in my life(7 or 8 ). I can take on a much older mentallity if need be, I can fit in with seniors very well and have always been able to, just doesn't feel natural sometimes.

Every once in awhile, I like to get my mom's opinion on how far along she believes I am developmentally, because she's really the only person who keeps track of that sort of thing. According to her, I think and act like a 15 - 16 year old. I'm 22.

I'm further along developmentally than I was several years ago; she used to say that I acted around 11 - 12 years old!