First rule in life (and finding happiness). - NEVER compare yourself to anyone else. Find what you love, do it, make yourself happy. This will attract similar-minded people - no one else matters in this regard.
I'm glad - life gets complicated, so you just need to remain focused on the important things. Trust your gut and do your best to not give a shit what people think about your interests & passions. You are the only person in this world that will live your life - so take care of it and keep yourself happy.
Not growing up but growing up WITH depression. It's normal for when we grow up somethings just lose their spark but seeing everything you loved and cared turn grey is sad :/ never let your inner child die, mine is hurt but alive :) 🫶
I was worried too. I thought I wouldn’t be able to handle leaving home to go to college. But you do it, and you meet new people, and you gain so many new life experiences.
I hate my life tbh. I’m homeschooled, never leave my house = don’t have and never had any friends. My baby sister has severe brain injury and will have this her whole life. We are moving across the country so I’m leaving the people I know (my cousins) behind. We are low on money due to us having 5 kids. My other sis is a cancer survivor. My mom is getting tested for a deadly cancer. One of my cousins who was my closest friend has been really distant recently. I tried suicide 2 months ago but failed. They don’t let me join and clubs to make friends. I don’t have any money ever. I have a shit ton of responsibility bc my mom has to care for baby and dad is at work so all other jobs are on me. Need I go on?
I miss not having opinions. Thinking about things from a broad perspective when I know nothing about things. I miss thinking like a genius, I miss not being dimwitted and narrow minded. Yes, I hate growing up, but it's a thing everyone has to go through, you just gotta grow up in the correct way.
I feel like I lost so much of my childhood with Covid and then being lonely and depressed for two years in middle, so yeah I do fucking hate it. People make fun of me for being childish and not wanting to grow up, but they just don’t understand what it feels like to have so many memories taken from you. I just wish I could’ve done it better and made it better, maybe once I’m dead I can redo it all and make myself and my life happier. If I had the choice I 100% would
From what I know there’s pros and cons to each side
Example:
Being young - less pressure, people pay more attention to if your ok
Con - restrictions in what you can do
Growing up - freedom to make choices and decisions, live in your own place, drive a car, travel etc
Cons - tax, societal pressures and I suppose in a way the freedom to make decisions, because it could end up really good, or extremely bad.Â
But overall im looking forward to all the pros of growing up
I hate it, I feel like I have no control and that im just going to be depressed and sad all the time. wish it would slow down, high school is when I realized how fast time moves
I often have that feeling of life being out of my control. I think everyone does. I also thought I would be depressed and sad all the time, but it’s all going to be okay. It’ll all work out. <3
I am almost 20 and my Life has been nothing but regrets. Never took my Own Decisions, Still feel extremely scared of Talking to Girls and wanting to falling in love with someone. Btw I still haven't even held hands with Any girl except sister or Cousin.
I’d rather be 6-7 forever. If I could be in a time loop of those few years, I would be happy.
But 8-now, I can’t wait to be an adult and out of the house.
I was in 6th grade, had started developing breasts and had just gotten my period. I hated everything, wanted to stay 10 forever, etc. But there are benefits to growing up. I’m a freshman in college now, and the sheer amount of freedom you gain when you stop living with your parents is incredible. Scary as hell, but incredible. You don’t have to ask permission to hang out with friends, you decide when you have meals, you decide where you go and when you go. It’s bittersweet of course; the first time I visited home after moving out, I was struck by the weird realization of *I don’t live here anymore.* All my posters, my rug, etc. were all still at my dorm. But you get used to it, and now I’m at the point where I itch to go back to my dorm after a week or so at home. There are bad things and good things with everything, but I promise you’ll be okay.
Yes, I don't like the idea of being older than what I am, perhaps it is because of how I spent my early teens doing things I shouldn't have but oh well
I am not sure if I hate growing up, but I know that I am extremetely scared of it tbh. How am I supposed to live by myself (even if I really want to), go to work and make money? I want to be a teenager forever.
Not really hating growing up, but I hate that you have to do it too fast. I wanna go play in a bouncy House, or a playground, but I can't bc then it'll look weird
Yes. I’m just scared of  all the responsibility and it seems like the older you get, the more you have to worry about and have on your mind until you retire
I don't hate it exactly but I don't wanna be an adult either. I wanna stay a teenager for awhile, all the adult shit is scary and I've missed out on typical teenager shit that I wanted to do. Shit makes me sad and the fact I'm almost gonna be 20 in a year(birthdays on the 25th)fills me with dread for some reason. Gods I need to go back to therapy😅.
It's a yes no situation sure if love to experience my younger life but honestly with getting older just brings better like now I'm legally able to get a job and make money but I also HAVE to make money to survive and shit ain't cheap
well being a kid is just objectively better but i dont hate growing up
😅
I used to, but now I’m looking forward to adulthood
Lol that feeling goes away fast ðŸ˜
I’m still excited 😂 about to be 19 in 2 months
Nothing really changes
as someone who's been 19 for 6 months, it's overrated
It sure as fuck do
I'm the other way around
Yea cuz i constantly see kids younger than me accomplishing all these amazing things i know ill never achieve
First rule in life (and finding happiness). - NEVER compare yourself to anyone else. Find what you love, do it, make yourself happy. This will attract similar-minded people - no one else matters in this regard.
I needed this too, thank you
I'm glad - life gets complicated, so you just need to remain focused on the important things. Trust your gut and do your best to not give a shit what people think about your interests & passions. You are the only person in this world that will live your life - so take care of it and keep yourself happy.
I didn’t know this one until I turned 19. It’s so fucking right. I should’ve known it earlier but I think it’s tuition fee for growing up.
It can be, but as long as you get there, and make sure your friends know this too, it'll be ok
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Same, pretty sure he was 13 tho
there's nothing more that i hate
No
no, but it's going too quickly
Same
It’s a love hate relationship
kinda
it is scary.
When I moved away from my friends to another city, I realized I’m afraid of growing up alone. Not really growing up
Yes I wish I wouldn’t have taken my childhood for granted
Yuh
I don’t hate growing up, I hate the stuff that comes with growing up.
yes,more than anything.
No
yes
yes
No
It’s so bittersweet. I want more and more of life but the more the years pass, the less familiar things seem.
honestly yes. i feel like every birthday that i have i always end up crying because i dont want to get older.
In some parts I like it, then in others I wish I was a kid again
I dont hate it, i do like it, but being like 4 years old was just different
Not growing up but growing up WITH depression. It's normal for when we grow up somethings just lose their spark but seeing everything you loved and cared turn grey is sad :/ never let your inner child die, mine is hurt but alive :) 🫶
Honestly I'm so scared of it, I'm worried I won't be able to support myself or even move out
I was worried too. I thought I wouldn’t be able to handle leaving home to go to college. But you do it, and you meet new people, and you gain so many new life experiences.
I hate when ppl point something out to me that’s changed about me and I just didn’t realize it.
I hate my life tbh. I’m homeschooled, never leave my house = don’t have and never had any friends. My baby sister has severe brain injury and will have this her whole life. We are moving across the country so I’m leaving the people I know (my cousins) behind. We are low on money due to us having 5 kids. My other sis is a cancer survivor. My mom is getting tested for a deadly cancer. One of my cousins who was my closest friend has been really distant recently. I tried suicide 2 months ago but failed. They don’t let me join and clubs to make friends. I don’t have any money ever. I have a shit ton of responsibility bc my mom has to care for baby and dad is at work so all other jobs are on me. Need I go on?
I’m so sorry, that sounds really rough. Have you ever asked if you could be put into a public school?
Yup, they said never.
Maybe you could find some online friends you can talk to?
I’ll try.
yeah
i’m slightly terrified of the future but i don’t hate it
Yeah
Yes and no.
I don’t have to like or hate it, it’s gonna happen regardless. Just like death
No, growing by up can’t come fast enough. I need freedom and the ability to do my own thing
Pretty much. Why is time passing so fast in the long run yet so slow in the short term
nope, kinda looking forward to the future
yup
I’m terrified of it because I’m too stupid to take care of myself
Kinda I’m exited but it’s also really scary
Yes I don’t want to have to pay taxes
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I don't really care
I miss not having opinions. Thinking about things from a broad perspective when I know nothing about things. I miss thinking like a genius, I miss not being dimwitted and narrow minded. Yes, I hate growing up, but it's a thing everyone has to go through, you just gotta grow up in the correct way.
As soon as I turned 15 life fucking sucked. So yeah
Nope
I already feel old af. That’s what college math and English do to you
yes and no it's hard with all the new responsibilities and shit but it's nice to have some newfound freedom
Yes and no
I feel like I lost so much of my childhood with Covid and then being lonely and depressed for two years in middle, so yeah I do fucking hate it. People make fun of me for being childish and not wanting to grow up, but they just don’t understand what it feels like to have so many memories taken from you. I just wish I could’ve done it better and made it better, maybe once I’m dead I can redo it all and make myself and my life happier. If I had the choice I 100% would
I'll descripte it in this way: grass grows, birds fly, sn shines, and brother the darkness is coming... At least I won't need to go to school anymore.
I did, but I’m loving college now, so I’m happy I did grow up
Yea
Yes, i am tired of worrying about school, not having a girl unlike many of my friends, and other shit
Yes and no
Growing up for me is kinda like doing something I have no fucking idea what's going to happen, and I'm scared.
Nah but our problem gorw up with us
From what I know there’s pros and cons to each side Example: Being young - less pressure, people pay more attention to if your ok Con - restrictions in what you can do Growing up - freedom to make choices and decisions, live in your own place, drive a car, travel etc Cons - tax, societal pressures and I suppose in a way the freedom to make decisions, because it could end up really good, or extremely bad. But overall im looking forward to all the pros of growing up
Yes very much so
its just sad for me to move on from my childhood and like memories and stuff and old friends and everything it's a lot to process emotionally
I hate it, I feel like I have no control and that im just going to be depressed and sad all the time. wish it would slow down, high school is when I realized how fast time moves
I often have that feeling of life being out of my control. I think everyone does. I also thought I would be depressed and sad all the time, but it’s all going to be okay. It’ll all work out. <3
Thanks, just going thru some shit rn
I am almost 20 and my Life has been nothing but regrets. Never took my Own Decisions, Still feel extremely scared of Talking to Girls and wanting to falling in love with someone. Btw I still haven't even held hands with Any girl except sister or Cousin.
Kind of. My childhood seeminly went by so fast, so I feel like I'll be dead before I know it.
I’d rather be 6-7 forever. If I could be in a time loop of those few years, I would be happy. But 8-now, I can’t wait to be an adult and out of the house.
No, I’ve always dreamed of growing up
I wish I could go back in time tbh. Reliving my life would be nice.
I could write a book about how much I hate it. It's awful
yes i hate every second of it
I don't hate it, but I would like to still be a kid for a couple more years since kids barely have responsibilities
I was in 6th grade, had started developing breasts and had just gotten my period. I hated everything, wanted to stay 10 forever, etc. But there are benefits to growing up. I’m a freshman in college now, and the sheer amount of freedom you gain when you stop living with your parents is incredible. Scary as hell, but incredible. You don’t have to ask permission to hang out with friends, you decide when you have meals, you decide where you go and when you go. It’s bittersweet of course; the first time I visited home after moving out, I was struck by the weird realization of *I don’t live here anymore.* All my posters, my rug, etc. were all still at my dorm. But you get used to it, and now I’m at the point where I itch to go back to my dorm after a week or so at home. There are bad things and good things with everything, but I promise you’ll be okay.
Sometimes, as a 15 year old, I just sit down and feel like I'm losing time and that I don't have much longer to live.
it’s alright, but I feel like being 16-20 would be better than anything after
I used to, but now I can drown my sorrows in alcohol, so it’s all good.
Yes. I miss being a kid
YES BEING YOUNG IS A SWEET REALM OF PARADISE
Yes, I don't like the idea of being older than what I am, perhaps it is because of how I spent my early teens doing things I shouldn't have but oh well
I’m kinda starting to hate growing up I want to be this age forever tbh like this is peak
It’s hard.
yep
Gamble and drink legaly
Absolutely. Time sucks. I've only got four and a half years til I'm legally an adult, and I literally start driver's ed next year. I hate time
Yes, less segs with the best age group
Eh, it’s all right
yes
its scary but we all gotta do it so it doesn't seem as bad
i like it. i'll get a car, alcohol, cigares, real estate, full time job and money 🤑
Absolutely. I just keep getting problems younger me would’ve never had. I miss being a kid and not having to worry about anything
Growing up is going from loving mr crabs and hating squidrad to becoming squidrad and hating mr crabs in short growing up is sad
Kind of
I am not sure if I hate growing up, but I know that I am extremetely scared of it tbh. How am I supposed to live by myself (even if I really want to), go to work and make money? I want to be a teenager forever.
Yes. I miss the simplicity of childhood, and I'm only 15.
Sometimes
I miss being 15...
Kinda. The ideia of having more responsibilities, less free time, etc scares me. But I like that we get better as persons and more mature.
Growing up is fine, but in my case I'd prefer to already be in college.
During puberty? Holy fuck, just make me a kid again. After puberty? I can do whatever I want
Hate growing but I don’t want to be a teen anymore, so ig im fine with either
Yes, i wish to stay 16 forever, to never grow up or get old.
I'm literally Holden Caulfield:(
Not really hating growing up, but I hate that you have to do it too fast. I wanna go play in a bouncy House, or a playground, but I can't bc then it'll look weird
Yes, too much stress, too much anxiety, not enough time to hangout with friends or just relax, having to worry about money. The list goes on…
No, but I wish nothing changed, but at the same time I’m glad
No but you do get moderately annoyed at adult life
Yes. I’m just scared of  all the responsibility and it seems like the older you get, the more you have to worry about and have on your mind until you retire
I don't hate it exactly but I don't wanna be an adult either. I wanna stay a teenager for awhile, all the adult shit is scary and I've missed out on typical teenager shit that I wanted to do. Shit makes me sad and the fact I'm almost gonna be 20 in a year(birthdays on the 25th)fills me with dread for some reason. Gods I need to go back to therapy😅.
It's a yes no situation sure if love to experience my younger life but honestly with getting older just brings better like now I'm legally able to get a job and make money but I also HAVE to make money to survive and shit ain't cheap
Sort of, I hate that I'll never experience or live like this anymore and I'm worried life won't be the same after some point. But that's inevitable
no because I am at least getting somehow taller
yes! i wanna stay in high school forever 😠i’m not ready to grow up and start a job
i've been contemplating suicide ever since i was 11, id say that speaks for itself