Do you have a baby face? I’m 25 and look like I’m 15-20 and it’s making me depressed help?

[Anonymous]

Ever since I was a senior in highscool people thought I was in elementary school 10-13 years old. I never went through puberty and always had a baby voice very squeaky. As I get older my voice doesn’t change. I’m 25 & still have a baby voice I don’t have a grown mature women voice. People call me mija which means dear or sweetheart or smile in a cute way like you stare at a baby. I’m 4”11 and have a baby face. With makeup I look like I’m 20. I thought I was shopping at the grocery store looking like a grown ass women and no people see me as a child. Maybe a teenager. It’s making me very depressed. I have a boyfriend but prob men see me as a little girl instead of a women they can date. My landlord & people she knows calls me young tenant or young girl. it’s giving me huge depression. You don’t call a 25/26 year old women cute or dear or sweetie. Is there any type of injection I can get to change my voice? My voice isn’t going through puberty at all it gets more babyish as I get older. More squeaky.

[CheeseMonster]

Same, although it's gotten less frequent being mistaken for a child. I notice when I'm in a bad mood or dissassociating and wearing more formal clothing is when I get seen as an adult. When I am in a good mood or wearing casual clothes, or a hat, is when people think I'm very young. I also haven't had a voice drop yet, and I can't grow facial hair yet. But I know I'll get there eventually. In the meantime I practice making my voice deeper with exercises, and that has helped a bit I've noticed. But I haven't been doing that for very long.

If you want to try, you can look up voice deepening exersizes on YouTube and see if something you find works for you. If you really want something like hormones to make your voice deeper, you could try seeing an endocrinologist about it, but I don't know what options they have for women. I'm going to get testosterone injections (if they ever bother to actually refer me to the doctor) which will effect my voice, but that obviously has a lot of other effects too, which you probably don't want. There may be something you could try though I don't know. I'm not a doctor.

[Asker]

I get out of breathe wen I try make my voice deeper.

[WellGreetingsISay]

Some of my female friends look much younger than they are and hate it too. I think it's cute, but glad I don't have a baby face. I see how it can be so annoying when people see you as a young girl.
Maybe you can dress a certain way to make yourself look older.

[Asker]

It’s not cute it’s now giving me depression. I shud be called tenant period not young tenant. It’s like saying old tenant. You don’t call a grown 25 year old cute or dear. One time I was buying food market as I live alone in my apartment and the cashier was looking at my confused. She thought the old guy in front of me was my dad. She was confused I was buying food alone. She gave me a very serious stare not happy. Didn’t smile at all.

[Asker]

I can barley reach the shopping cart and in super short. Even little kids are way taller than me. I can’t go to the market or do laundry in high heels that’s ridiculous.

[Asker]

Dress how? I always wear dresses and blazers. I think I look young in hoodies.

[WellGreetingsISay]

It's very disrespectful of them, I agree. Unfortunately I see some people even refer to older looking young people as young tenant. You're an adult and should be addressed that way.

Yeah, you're already doing everything you can then, with dressing in blazers and such. I hope your boyfriend treats you as an adult at least.

[WellGreetingsISay]

The 4'11 doesn't help either, but my friend who's 5' has shown she can be very fierce whenever someone tries to treat her different for her height.

[Asker]

My boyfriend treats me an an adult he never is smiling at me in a cute way or calling me cute or anything.

[Asker]

I don’t see anyone 4”11 either eveyone is 5”2 to 5”5 at least

[WellGreetingsISay]

I'm 6'5 so I've got a hard time imagining standing next to someone of 4'11. I believe you're strong and adult, and people should start treating you that way.

[Asker]

My boyfriend is 5ft. Lol so I feel normal around him. I feel like a grown women only with him. But ik super tall guys won’t be attracted to me they will think I’m a little girl of how short I am

[Asker]

Little kids r super tall than me and I feel horribel. They prob think I’m also. A little kid which makes me wana cry.

[Asker]

If I hear high heels women will think I’m stuck up or stare at me in the store. High heels can only be worn at a party so everyday in in sandals or tennis shoes.

[Anonymous]

People say mija often to me and I’m not short at all and i have like a bit smoker voice so I don’t think they are calling you a baby lol

You need to stop worrying how people see you and just be yourself.

[UmbrusNightshade]

I assume I do. Even with facial hair I am constantly taken for anywhere between 18 and 29 when I’m actually 37.


I’ve had customers argue with me about my age, people treat me shitty because they thought I was “just a dumb kid” and one of my new coworkers insisted I was lying to her because she thought I was her age (she’s a decade my junior).

[Anonymous]

I feel you bro...
I have one friend she had babyface too she in depression..

[Asker]

I’m shopping buying food house supplies thinking I’m an adult women but no people prob see me as a teenager or little girl at the store. Tired of being called hun , sweetie, cute, aw, young girl, call me a women or lady , 25 year old women, 26 year old women.

[Opinion Owner]

Aww don't be sad it's fine hugged ❤️

[Asker]

I have severe depression. Women smile at me with a cute face like saying aw little girl cute. I don’t smile back. I’m like wtf? 😑