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| SeroVich:
Hello users of the MotK who are older than me, I am here to know how life was when you were a teen. Was it average, wonderful, chaotic, painful, etc.? |
| Funbil:
Ah... It was weird!! A lot of trying to figure my own self out, which meant a lot of pretending and a lot of mimicking others who seemed to have it together themselves. Because I didn't really know who I was yet, I didn't ever let myself be myself. Does that make sense? Looking back, I think a lot of the other kids I knew were doing the same thing. I'm sure if I met with them again we'd all be surprised at how different we are now. Everything seemed so immediately catastrophic back then too, like if I did one thing wrong then it was the end of the world. It's stressful being a teenager! When all you know is school life, it's hard to imagine other kinds of experiences. I guess it's a little like Plato's allegory of the cave. I remember the first few weeks after I graduated, I was amazed that now I had every single minute of every single day to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, and how this is what the rest of my life looks like. This is what the real world looks like. It immediately put so much into perspective. I think if I had been aware of this feeling as a teenager, I would have chilled out a lot more, lol |
| CyberAngel:
I was literally a harem protagonist. Only guy in an otherwise all-female class. Though I only came to appreciate that afterwards, being too busy studying and becoming a gamer back then. Overall, I was too cold and serious, hesitant to open up to anyone (which I can attribute to bad experiences before changing schools). Now I wish I kept in touch with everyone from back then. Good thing I decided to take it easy in uni, that was a much more fun time. |
| degradingwindow:
--- Quote from: CyberAngel on January 16, 2024, 05:59:10 PM ---I was literally a harem protagonist. Only guy in an otherwise all-female class. Though I only came to appreciate that afterwards, being too busy studying and becoming a gamer back then. Overall, I was too cold and serious, hesitant to open up to anyone (which I can attribute to bad experiences before changing schools). Now I wish I kept in touch with everyone from back then. Good thing I decided to take it easy in uni, that was a much more fun time. --- End quote --- You fool. Dark, edgy, mysterious, all-female class, you had all the pieces set out for you and yet you didn't use them. Is that how Rinnosuke must have felt like? |
| WitheringFlowerCrown:
My teenage life was mainly a time of me figuring out how to interact with people while being myself. I was diagnosed with Autism at ~10-11, which meant that I had learn all the hidden rules of human interaction manually, in a classroom, and then put them to action. This took a while, around 6 years (I was 18 years old when I figured it out so 6 years was 1/3 of my life). Despite this, I still made friends. Mainly others who were also "Outcasts" in ways, I heard very interesting stories from them. I don't where they are now, but I hope they're all okay. So overall, the teenage years were filled with me being confused on all these "hidden rules" that people expect you to know, being upset when people didn't understand me or even try to meet me halfway, and trying to cherish the few friends that I did have. |
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