etrianodysseyobsession-hd-deact:
anyone else feel like your brain broke in high school and now you’re stuck in your teens mentally even as an adult
i feel underbaked
average 23 year old teenage girl
When I was 10, my mother was 34. I was struggling in school, miserable in the talented-and-gifted program at my elementary school.
During one low point at home, my mom sat me down and told me a secret: adults don’t stop feeling like they’re 18. Mentally and emotionally there’s actually no such thing as “adulthood”.
She apologized for making mistakes with me, specifically pushing me so hard academically. Adults, she said, don’t know what they’re doing. They’re guessing most of the time, and hoping it’ll work out for the best.
I know this is a serious reply to a good tumblr joke, but I wanted to kind of say that it’s okay to feel like an eternal teenager. It’s not untrue.
Adulthood is s social construct based on responsibilities and expectations around parenthood and work. Behavior counter to that is shamed as immature when what they mean is that it’s inconvenient.
It’s okay to be inconvenient to the social order. Don’t get rid of your teen self just because you’re being pressured by “adult expectations” to do so.