Did i have weird life for a teenager?

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If you've seen my other post you'll probably know I have a fear of driving and I talk about it a lot on here. I'm 18 now, but I remember when I was 16 and 17 talking about it online and feeling like I lived a different life because of the responses I was getting. In one post I mentioned it was mostly annoying kids who drove at my school, and one person asked if I was depending on them for rides. Another person said if I was there child they'd make me walk to places I wanted to go to and called me a crybaby. The thing is, I barely ever go outside. The only places I like going to are the movies and Barnes and Noble, but I know they aren't essential, and before graduating the only place I went to regularly was school, which I hated. At that age, I really didn't see the point, I just thought it was purely for adults, and heard nonstop horror stories of car accidents in school that traumatized me. Honestly, if I had been put under house arrest, I would've considered it too good to be true! I haven't visited a friend's house since 2013, the only friends I care about are online friends and a few people from school, I don't really see any point in visiting them. Basically what I'm asking is is it normal for a teenager to not care about hanging out with people and prefer staying indoors all the time?

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  • AbnormallyAwesome
    6 years ago

    There's a lot of things in there ...
    First of all, every teenager is weird. That's the point of being a teenager.
    The driving thing seems normal. It's actually a lot more logical than a fear of flying. I can drive but I never owned a car. I use public transportation which is very good in my country. But I take it you live in the US so that might be more difficult.
    I'm sorry you don't see your friends often, but it's normal to not have that many. Even the people with hundreds of "friends" usually have just three or four close ones.
    Overall social interaction is more important than physically seeing people, so if you talk to your online friends that's probably a good thing.
    However if you'd ever like to get romantic with someone, I'd say it's time to get used to being around people. Real life conversations are a skill that needs to be practiced and the more you do it the less weird it becomes.

    I wish you all the best and believe me: Things get less weird soon.
    ... slightly.

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  • hcysplihp
    6 years ago

    Not necessarily, but it doesn't seem like the issue is really that you don't want to hang out with people so much as that you're scared of driving. And that's something I totally relate to, but it's also something you can change!

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