Stages of life
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Phoenixx
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So far for me, my childhood has been the best stage in life. I was so carefree, didn't worry about what the other kids thought of me, I loved making friends, I loved school, my dad's family spoiled me 
, I lived in a great neighborhood, I just loved everything.
I would give everything to live through all that again. I look back on that and look at myself now and I always think "What happened?"
I know what happened, but why did it all affect me so much?
, I lived in a great neighborhood, I just loved everything.I would give everything to live through all that again. I look back on that and look at myself now and I always think "What happened?"
I know what happened, but why did it all affect me so much?
I had a great childhood. My first 4 years of being a teenager were good as well. When i look back at that time i never looked forward to the future. I was satisfied the way everything was. It made me scared for big changes, like going to highschool, collage, etc. I guess i wanted everything to remain how it was.
lonely_drummer
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My early childhood was alright. I was kind of a brat, actually I was pretty bad lol. At around 6, thats when my parents clued in and actually started to discipline me (funny story, the night they completely changed their parenting strategy was from when we went out to a restaurant that night and I ended up underneath other people tables trying to stab them with my knife lol). I would say things kinda sucked till I was about 15. 15 - 20 was really good. I was coming out of my shell, making lots of friends, traveling with people. But when I was 20 I got into a bad car wreck, which I figure was my trigger for SAD. Things have not been the same since. I could imagine the next best stage will be old age. It'll probably be just like being a kid again but maybe a little more degrading since I will lose some freedom and that'll be the complete opposite of what I want. Plus when Im old, I can act insane and generally people will understand lol. Come on old age!!!!
My favorite life stage is the one I'm in now as an adult. My parents were constantly screaming at each other when I was a kid. Our household was always chaotic, angry and dysfunctional. I remember feeling scared, lost, and insecure all the time as a child. Compared to that, I now enjoy lots of peace and freedom. As soon as I moved out of the house, I felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders and to this day I still feel relieved and happy about doing my own thing. All I have to contend with these days are certain psychological issues, but those seem like child's play compared to the b/s I grew up with.
I miss being a little kid. The life where you can play all day, run around and be carefree. When I hit on the adoloscent stage, everything was different. Now people are teaching me about sex, virginity, and my future. Just like Jenna Hamilton from MTV Awkward said "being a teenager makes you want to die."
Childhood. After that, all things started going down the gutter. Teenage years were hell. Being an adult is a little better because I have a job making money and doing whatever I please.
Growing up, while I had a couple siblings very close in age, we were almost like strangers is the best way to put it without going into detail. Looking back, I wished we actually had a "normal" sibling relationship then maybe my SA wouldn't be so severe. My dad and brother were unemotionally available with me. Barely paid any positive attention towards me or talked to me about anything. Maybe that's a reason why I have such a difficult time connecting with men? I have always kept my distance with my mom since I was a teen, even more now as I feel part of my SA has to do with my upbringing and being way sheltered from the outside world
Growing up, while I had a couple siblings very close in age, we were almost like strangers is the best way to put it without going into detail. Looking back, I wished we actually had a "normal" sibling relationship then maybe my SA wouldn't be so severe. My dad and brother were unemotionally available with me. Barely paid any positive attention towards me or talked to me about anything. Maybe that's a reason why I have such a difficult time connecting with men? I have always kept my distance with my mom since I was a teen, even more now as I feel part of my SA has to do with my upbringing and being way sheltered from the outside world
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Aletheia
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I had an awful miserable childhood, easily the worst stage of my life.
My university days were the best in terms of living up to expectations.
But even though others might now rate my life a failure, I'm more content, more tranquil and even yes happier than I've been. A decade of soul searching will do that.
My university days were the best in terms of living up to expectations.
But even though others might now rate my life a failure, I'm more content, more tranquil and even yes happier than I've been. A decade of soul searching will do that.
Invisibleman
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Im a teenager now.Id say my early adolescent years,before my social anxiety really blossomed to the way it is now.
In my adolescent years i went through a really bad boy phase. I was stealing from stores and fighting at school and the like. I dont miss the way I acted back then but it was the only time in my life that I actually had friends,I felt accepted and i didnt feel like a freak.
In my adolescent years i went through a really bad boy phase. I was stealing from stores and fighting at school and the like. I dont miss the way I acted back then but it was the only time in my life that I actually had friends,I felt accepted and i didnt feel like a freak.
StandingJelly
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I never had an easy time making friends, as a child it seems everytime I made friends I had to leave after. But I guess childhood was still the best as I don't have to be conscious about it all, i can say or do what I wanted.
mikebird
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I got a funny thought, after reading all your comments, about reliving a magical childhood and teenage time - mostly living away from civilisation, in the woods, but with my peers at a great school.
Life sprouted from playing games for ZX Spectrum, Atari ST (USA?), Sega Megadrive and Nintendo SNES. Maybe all this playing alone caused my SA, and absorbed me.
I ain't serious. Just a thought. Life was special. Now, all I want, is to earn money.
People prevent me from doing it, because I'm not like them ::
Life sprouted from playing games for ZX Spectrum, Atari ST (USA?), Sega Megadrive and Nintendo SNES. Maybe all this playing alone caused my SA, and absorbed me.
I ain't serious. Just a thought. Life was special. Now, all I want, is to earn money.
People prevent me from doing it, because I'm not like them :
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WeirdyMcGee
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My childhood-- before I started kindergarten, and before I had to start working.
Probably between the ages of 2-4.
Mom and dad were divorced by then; but I wasn't affected by it because I was so used to being with one parent or the other and didn't know what it was like to have two parents at once anyways.
That's a small window, yeah- 2 years... but I had imaginary friends, mom used to bring me everywhere with her, dad taught me things all the time and I was very creative.
Nothing seemed impossible.
I didn't know how cruel people were to eachother yet.
I thought that people were inherently kind and brilliant.
Probably between the ages of 2-4.
Mom and dad were divorced by then; but I wasn't affected by it because I was so used to being with one parent or the other and didn't know what it was like to have two parents at once anyways.
That's a small window, yeah- 2 years... but I had imaginary friends, mom used to bring me everywhere with her, dad taught me things all the time and I was very creative.
Nothing seemed impossible.
I didn't know how cruel people were to eachother yet.
I thought that people were inherently kind and brilliant.