Reply #11: The teen years are MOSTLY depressing..

[SoCalDem]

packed with urges you don't understand, but think you do

full of anxiety about fitting in with kids whose names you won't even remember 10 years later

wanting to grow up, while still wanting to be taken care of

hating your parents for daring to question your judgment, but calling them in a hot second when your judgment gets you in a jam, and then hating them more for having to listen to them tell you "I Told you so".

thinking you're :
fat
ugly
skinny
dumb
unloved
stupid
etc etc
when in fact, everyone else is too busy thinking those same things about themselves to even NOTICE you..

eager to grow up, and afraid to ..all at the same time..