I wish I could go back to being 11 - 12. That was the happiest year of my life. Due to the fact that I have mental problems and overprotective parents, I can't live with the freedoms that most adults have. I am still treated like a child, and yet, like most "normal" adults, I have lost my childlike sense of innocence and whimsy. Things that used to make me happy when I was a child, and truthfully up until a couple of years ago - things like animation (both Japanese and American), toys, playing pretend - aren't fun for me anymore. Thanks to the news (and the Internet in general), I am much more acutely aware of the suffering and injustice in the world. I am also more aware of how judgmental people can be, and so my internal dialogue has devolved from "What can I do to make myself happy?" to "What can I do to prevent people from making fun of me?"
It's definitely not easy to transition from childhood to adulthood. If I could reset the clock on my age (if not physically then certainly mentally), then I'd do it in a heartbeat.
IIN not to want to ever grow up? What age would you like to be?
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I wish I could go back to being 11 - 12. That was the happiest year of my life. Due to the fact that I have mental problems and overprotective parents, I can't live with the freedoms that most adults have. I am still treated like a child, and yet, like most "normal" adults, I have lost my childlike sense of innocence and whimsy. Things that used to make me happy when I was a child, and truthfully up until a couple of years ago - things like animation (both Japanese and American), toys, playing pretend - aren't fun for me anymore. Thanks to the news (and the Internet in general), I am much more acutely aware of the suffering and injustice in the world. I am also more aware of how judgmental people can be, and so my internal dialogue has devolved from "What can I do to make myself happy?" to "What can I do to prevent people from making fun of me?"
It's definitely not easy to transition from childhood to adulthood. If I could reset the clock on my age (if not physically then certainly mentally), then I'd do it in a heartbeat.