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What would you do if you were a teenager again?

Posted by Ramm

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With all of the knowledge that you have now, to avoid any mistakes you may have made.


For me, it's less about what I did and more about what I didn't do. Still, circumstances and what not.

The only way to get over regrets about what we didn't do, is to do what we regret not doing. For obvious reasons, I cannot chronologically age backwards and have a second, more bespoke adolescence. But what I can do is be more sociable, take up new hobbies and pick up old ones, keep learning, keep exploring, and keep experiencing.

I've made myself feel all sentimental.


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Reply by V Holeček Art

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probably the same shit I did, just feeling less embarrassed by it


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Reply by 🖤💙️ QueenPhantom11 ️💙🖤

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I actually enjoyed my teen years, so I'd probably just relive what I did and maybe search up drawing tips so I could learn how to draw better. (I wasn't really the best artist back then lol.)


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Reply by ☆Sol☆

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I probably would have learned to drive sooner. I didn't get my permit until I was 18 because it made me extremely anxious to the point of anxiety attacks. It really isn't as bad as I was making it out to be.


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Reply by ALostDarkendSoul5637

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For me I'd try to spend less time online, socialize more, hangout with friends, explore, get involved in my community more, learn to cook homemade foods instead of eating frozen or highly processed foods, exercise more, learn about mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, ADHD figure out ways to treat them so I can enjoy the rest of my teen years and have an easier time transitioning to adulthood. 


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Reply by Ramm

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Dang, Slain, right in the feels. That's what was on my mind when I started this thread. The worst part? My ADHD was actually diagnosed in childhood. I just refused to take medication at the time, so authority figures just... gave up trying to medicate me. And as I ceased to be hyperactive and they viewed ADHD as a mostly "behavioural" issue, they saw no reason to as I got older. Then as an adult, I sought out a psychiatrist of my own volition and started medication last year. Then I had to stop it not long after because I have a suspected heart condition...


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Reply by Jesse

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I'd spend more time with my friends that I took for granted and socialize more even though my head was in a very dark and terrible place when I was a teenager.


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Reply by ♠ 𝕷𝖔𝖌𝖆𝖓 ♠

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I am a teenager 


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Reply by uncannyCharlie

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I would have tried to be more involved with High School, I would have joined clubs or a sport and stuck with it, I wouldn't be so afraid to talk to people in my classes, I would have tried to connect with my teachers more and I would have tried to be more daring. I wish I wasn't so scared of being perceived/disliked, I think it costed me a lot of friendships in school and in the end it wouldn't have mattered what people thought of me. I think what truly broke me was on the last day of school my teacher brought us papers to write each other goodbye letters and since this was optional I didn't think i was gonna get any but i got one from almost every kid in the class and they all had such nice things to say about me and it broke my heart because i always thought I was either invisible or they didn't like me so I never really tried to make any friends and I never wrote anyone goodbye letters and I think that's one of my biggest regrets as a teenager


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