Reply #20: Just think of the alternative. And I am much happier now than I was as a child, teenager, or young

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adult.

I attribute that to my ACOA and codependency recovery and treatment for depression.

I am so much aware of things that I used to just totally not see (literally and figuratively).

I appreciate small things a lot more. I realize what are the really important things in life.

Granted, I have health issues now that I didn't have when I was younger, and that's a downer, but still I am MUCH happier than I was when I was younger.

Edited to add: There is now way I'd go back to being a younger person, if I had the same lack of skills and lack of resources I had then. No fricking way.