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blitzkrieg
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22 Feb 2022, 8:45 am

Some people do not wish to grow up - and that is their perogative. Peter Pan is a valid character in fiction.

Good article below though for some self-reflection, for those people that this applies to:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/and-running/202112/why-some-adults-may-still-have-infantile-personality?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost&fbclid=IwAR1QSor_ByefviC8KU1gTynW_uy-1FllF4Uh9LYpA5W5vl9gw_blXNA_6jM



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07 Mar 2022, 8:13 am

blitzkrieg wrote:
Some people do not wish to grow up - and that is their perogative. Peter Pan is a valid character in fiction.

Good article below though for some self-reflection, for those people that this applies to:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/and-running/202112/why-some-adults-may-still-have-infantile-personality?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost&fbclid=IwAR1QSor_ByefviC8KU1gTynW_uy-1FllF4Uh9LYpA5W5vl9gw_blXNA_6jM


Seems similar to autism but somewhat different in that social skills can appear mostly intact.