Peter pan syndrome and loving it

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im 21 years old and not so long ago when i was approaching my 20th birthday, i began feeling realy old, as the day loomed all i could think about was all the shit i hadnt yet done i felt like 20 was officialy an adult and all that laid ahead was boring adult life now though i will be 22 this year and i feel the opposite of that, i feel energetic, fun and spontanius, i do random shit like skating and i hang with mostly 17/18 year olds, i connect with them better i think, they are more sincere then my friends of my age. i also look 18 at most. the way i look at it i will still be young in 10 years time so i am living it up completely whereas before my 20th i felt like my life was nearly over, i dont know what has changed my outlook/atitude to age but i like it, is it normal?

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  • TheGasManCometh
    13 years ago

    I hate, I hate, I HATE Peter Pan!

    Why can't the little shit just grow up and enjoy life as an adult? If you want to be wide-eyed with wonder at the world, go trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, or see the Taj Mahal, or scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef, or something!

    People like you make me sick. I'm 31, and one of my closest friends of the same age has Peter Pan syndrome - I used to think it was cute, but now I can't stand to spend more than a few hours with him.

    Aw, hell - I was in the middle of writing this when I had to go outside, where I ended up playing guitar with some street kids - I take it back, it's cool to act like a child sometimes!

    But this is true - Old age is wasted on the old.

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  • obv
    13 years ago

    I am 41 and still do crazy shit race motorbikes skate and hang out party lots and have fun so enjoy and if it'd not normal well fuck it it's fun

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  • sgbslp
    14 years ago

    Just because you age does not mean you have to grow up. Stay a child at heart. You're not getting older, you're getting better. You'll look back at this and laugh. There's so much fun out there and you enjoy it more when you get over all the youthful angst we all have to waste our time on.

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  • amberinboston
    14 years ago

    Ha ha ha...I'm late 30s, and Refuse to grow up. I'm divorced with a 9 year old, so I do have some experience under my belt but I'm going to stay young for as long as I can.

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  • lemoncakex3
    14 years ago

    I feel the same way although I'm younger then you. I'm 17 years old and I feel like as soon as I graduate High School my life will be over and I'll never have the chance to make up for my quite sheltered teenage life. I hope I'm wrong...I plan on staying the way I am for a long time and living in up they way I see fit if society deems it 'normal' or not. Peter Pan Syndrome <3

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    • lemoncakex3
      14 years ago

      P.S.- you sound like an awesome person :D I'd totally be on of those 17 year olds that hang out with you. lol

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  • hotchickie81
    14 years ago

    Wow, I am just like you! :) Only a little older...

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  • mtnw
    14 years ago

    maybe that feeling bad at the approaching birthday a few years ago was some inkling of your own mortality. it comes and goes throughout life, realizing it, and then putting it aside and enjoying life as if it will not end. i think you, and keystone are very normal considering your age. enjoy life, after all, what's the point if you don't.

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  • KeystoneIceQueen
    14 years ago

    Well, I hope its normal, because I am the same way. Im 21 but I look like im 17. No one belives how old I am. My bestfriend is 16 and she looks older than me. I started to feel old after highschool but since my last birthday I've been out having fun doing stuff i did when i was 10, like jumpin on my trampoline. Haha. I'd say as long as you're not acting like you could fly out a window, there's nothing to be concerned about.

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