Well said, summer.

I'm 18, and I wouldn't say my teenage years have been awkward, but no matter how I try to rationalize things in my mind- any humbling or embarrassing situation seems like such a huge thing in my life. I obsess over embarrassing things I've done, and I hate it. I hate myself for doing them it would seem. I hope I grow out of this, and it's just a teen thing that makes the little things seem so huge. Maybe it's just because there's nothing else super serious or stressful going on in my life. Maybe it's just a personal quality.

Anyway, yeah- not terribly awkward, but I have my situations, I'm sure it'll seem less so as I age. Maybe I can finally stop being embarrassed!

OT: This is my first post with the new forum layout, and I'm in love with it. I checked it out the other day, but this is my first time posting here. I really like it. It's not awkward. We'll see what happens when it gets to its teen years. :hubbahubba:

Not so much awkward, though there were parts which were entirely made of [censored].

Dosent sound to bad...Is it sad im saying that ?

Aww, well that kinda kills it.


My current problems, espesially the way I view the world as many disagree, and yep you plan out something it turns out you [censored] up and ou have to make up a new plan to make the best of the situation.


Not helping.


And ? Just because someone is over the legal age dosent mean they should just go out and sleep with anyone, here you see teens with kids yeah then if you dont it usually turns out the person they are with is actually an [censored], druggie, drinker or just someone who is looking for someone to have six with, so most relationships just collapse because they are based purely on looks (looks get 2 people to notice eachother,so they are important, but if it ends there the relationship wont last long)...Yeah dosent sound to good imo.


Aww the jailbreak escaped convict thing could have made a pretty awesome story

Anyway my years, well they svck, low self esteem, depression once, and basically no social life. But im nearly 17 so I could change it before its all gone (highly unlikely but still) and I dont feel I miss out too much though, seeing as most people just het high, get pissed and get into a crappy relationship that is short lived.
It dosent help that my personality is so different to others, I dont laugh at half the immature stuff and tend to be the more depressing pessemistic guy.

I try to remember as little of my childhood as possible really. Most of it wasn't awkward, just really [censored]. I had some fun, I suppose. It would have been more fun and less depressing if I'd stayed in touch with my friends, but the problem is, whenever I get close to anyone, I always feel paranoid that they really despise me and only keep m around for the lulz. I suppose my teenage years were a cycle of friendliness and loneliness. Or at least that's all that stands out for me. Certainly, I didn't do any of that semi-illegal stuff that everybody's supposed to have done. I always feel about five minutes from total breakdown.



[censored], that came out as a bit of a downer didn't it? But that' how I remember it.

Sounds a lot like my childhood and high school years. I still feel at times like my friends are making fun of me behind my back, no matter how illogical I deem it.

Yeah paranoia svcks, atleast im not the only one who is paranoid...silver lining.

In all probability they reallly did like me, but there was always that nagging feeling that it was I wasn't quite one of them.

Which was exactly how I felt and still feel at times.

They probably are. It's what friends are for.

My teen years were more "meh". I had a sister a year older than me who was wildly popular, Homecoming Queen, Captain of the Cheerleaders and my reaction to that, all through high school was to stay out of her way - I probably felt I couldn't compete, nor did I really want to. I was very reserved and fairly shy and dorky - but... I made a circle of friends that I am still close to and in regular contact with, and I had a lot of fun with them. It was a small supportive group all through high school, so that was helpful.

I hit my stride when I went to college - maybe because no one already knew my sister and brother (who was two years older). I had a great time in college, got a little more outgoing and enjoyed my four years for the most part.

They've got progressively less awkward here towards the end. I went from being the creepy guy with long hair and no friends when I was 13 to the creepy guy with long hair and some friends when I was 15 to the guy that the popular crowd has deemed socially acceptable enough to talk to on a regular basis. And to think I though that would svck when I was 13. Wish I had a time machine so I could go smack 13 year old me for trying so hard to be different from everyone.

Still awkward in the relationship (or lack thereof) department since I have a fear of commitment.

I've had nearly three of them so far, and they've been pretty cool, and not awkward. Ditched the Warhammer phase at 13, and replaced it with metal, and grew my hair. I also found that I could make people laugh, so popularity came easy enough, as well as a few girlfriends. At 14 I realized that I needed to stop giving two [censored] about what other people thought, so now, three months to my 16th birthday, I can say that I'm an intelligent, confident, if slightly unkempt and disorganized person with a love of music, parties, history and comedy.

To top it all off, Year 8 think I'm Jesus.



Teenage Nihilism gets me through tough days.

So far, I'm really awkward. Sometimes it seems like I barely know how to interact with people. It's like I do something really awkward everyday and make a fool of myself. But, oh well.
I mean, I do have a group of friends, it's just hard for me to talk with people I don't know... which gets me down sometimes because I can't talk to girls. :shakehead: But, none of it really matters; I'm sixteen. I don't care that much about anything. Except music

AIn't that the truth? You spend one year trying to act different, and you spend the next seven trying desperately to fit in.


For me, its the other way around. I can talk fine with people I don't know, but once I know them, I feel I have to think harder so as not to ruin anything, which makes conversation a lot less spontaneous.

Well, it's been a long time, But my early teen years weren't so much awkward as they were painful. Grandma passed away, dad changed, and the family bond just sort of fell to pieces. As time went on things got easier. By the time I reached my late teens I had finished High school, then fell in with the wrong crowd, the next few years are a little blurry. Seems like a lifetime ago now.

From a personal standpoint? My voice started changing early (13) yet it took until I was 17 to finally stop and stablize. I hated speaking because my voice would crack all the time. It was worth it though, people love my voice but it's annoying trying to talk in a MP game nowadays because everyone thinks I'm using a voice changer, so I just don't unless I'm with friends. Everything else was normal though.

From a social standpoint, I've been bullied all my life. It wasn't until high school I was able to do anything about it. I was forced to engage in a fight once which I won by punching him as hard as I could in the nose. I got sick of another bully who sat next to me in 10th grade biology and threatened to beat him down if he didn't shut his mouth (I ignored him for 4 months and just couldn't take his verbal abuse anymore) and bullies generally backed off of me after all that but everyone branded me an outcast and avoided me so I was pretty much friendless, but I didn't care. Practically everyone was an idiot.

I still don't have good social skills though because I'm always afraid of being mistreated since it's practically all I've known from people. I also have a hard time befriending anyone nowadays because the last person I got close to tried killing themselves and pinned it on me, unjustly of course. Said person survived the attempt, thankfully, although for almost a year straight I was depressed and I felt like I killed my friend, not to mention the occasional panic attack I'd have. I tell you, the worst feeling in the world is feeling like you've killed a friend. All of that's a long story I'm not gonna get into though, and I'm long past it anyways.

So, pretty awkward I think. Those were hard times. Sorry for the sloppy writing.

They're alright so far :shrug:

All I can really complain about is my big ass school, there's so many people ...
I mostly hate it because there was this cute chick I was very close to having, then the semester ended and classes were changed, now I don't see her anymore ... :nope:

Teenage Nihilism? Hah, that'd be the day!

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Teen years - when bad deeds go unpunished and people are not held responsible for their actions.

I never said a word, didn't look anyone in the eye and took extra care to stay out of everyone's way. Never insulted anyone, never tried to physically hurt anyone. But they still saw fit to hurt me. And they were never held accountable.

The teenage world is like a little enclosed world of anarchy, separate from the 'real' world and having different rules.

Before high school? Hell. I'd rather not remember anything from those days. Suffice to say, the bullies we got were the type who hit harder if you stood up to them, at least alone. In high school, I didn't get the crap beaten out of me on a regular basis anymore, but getting rejected by the opposite six really bummed me. Also constant snide remarks from 'friends' due to being a poor bastard, I recall. I was also on a good track becoming a nervous wreck due to school, since I didn't really have a clue why I went to high school in the first place (well, it was the closest place to my home, I guess). I still had some panic attacks every now and then, but they subsided with time. Switched shrinks, second one was completely useless, haven't been going to any after that. That was years ago. Where'd all my life go? Then again, I didn't live it up regularly anyway. No boozing or skirt-chasing. No moneys, either. *Sigh* Oh right, and zits. Ye gods, the zits.

Still, things are on the up and up, nowadays. At least not so many zits.

They were ok until this year when I got diagnosed with (in order of dominance) moderate to severe SAD, GAD, OCD, PD and along because of that moderate to severe depression

I've never had too many problems in the past, just a little shy but I still got along with everyone and seemed to fit in but this year I just always feel like a total loser and everyone hates me.

Oh man, my teen years were so awesome. I was the coolest kid in school, with all the girlies hangin on my arms. I never wanted those years to end.

Just kidding. They were the worst, really. I was a loser, new kid in school due to moving. Got bullied non-stop by all the cool groups, and every day was worse than the one before it. Until one day I discussed choose-your-own-adventure books with one of the cool kids, who also liked reading them. That discussion ended my life of torment. This particular crap was around 5th to 6th grade.

Got a few years to go, but not too bad so far. It's contained the ups, the downs, the heartbreak, and all that other stupid teenage stuff. I think I'll make it out fairly alive.

O_o i second that... my life is pretty boring... one of these days i might try licking an ice pole or something, then i can say that was the most exciting thing that ever happened to me... lol.. jk. actually, most of the crap in my life happened when i was like 5-8 lol... i guess the most "awkward" thing is the fact my parents are uber-protective freaks? if that counts... (literally not aloud to say CRAP, and im 17...)