Sometimes, I feel like being a teenager is the most stressful part of life; getting good grades, being socially active, working part time to earn money, who said being a teenager was easy? People expect you to be more mature and still be kids. what? Sounds twisted right? You can relate.
Here's how I go about my life as a teenager.
Being in your teenage years can cause you a lot of affiction, love and agony, Im a teen so I know. This usually depends on who your friends are. Some friends can take advantage of you; maybe your rich and popular and when a disaster appears in the story, they disappear from your life. Sometimes, you feel like you need to be someone else and not yourself, but then the only place it will lead you to is mistakes and regret. Been there, done that. You will never be like them and you will just look like someone who is trying too hard.
Its tough being a teenager. The pressure at school is intense too. This is how it goes:
I wake up every morning and I look like shit. Deciding which clothes to wear to school too can be very challenging, thinking I am a guy and no one cares about that shit, I actually do. I can spend a whole lot of time deciding whether I look good.
You friends might seem to like you, but then you feel so alone even being around them. Sometimes I try to be myself and no one seems to care. Plus parents also keep saying I gotta make the grade.
Being a teenager?
Trying to be like the cool kids can be actually very tough. Sometimes you end up looking like a fool but hey, its worth a try. Some cool kids act all nonchalant but sometimes they can't handle the pressure of being cool. Having good grades, being rich, having interests cool kids are supposed to have, having a girlfriend/boyfriend, etc. it all seems to much.
Everyone has thought of doing drugs and some do it to stimulate the pressure and make them relaxed. Some also do it to fit in with the crowd. I have tried drugs before and it was bad at first but then, it was fucking awesome. But I can't take drugs forever just because I want to be relaxed. I might end up having a mental illness or possibly dead.
Being popular. Most people want to be popular, known by many, have followers on social sites, be the "it" girl/boy of the school while some people are comfortable in their room watching a season of a TV show in a day. I for example are one of the least popular people. Sometimes it might be frustrating that people don't know you and stuff like that, but behind every popular person is a bunch of rumors and frenemies. Some people get popular in a safe way but others get popular in an aggressive way. Someone might get popular for being the rudest bitch on the block and someone will also get popular by joining the football team or helping the poor. It all depends on your personality. Being popular can also put a lot of stress on you. Attending the sickest parties, Planning the sickest parties, sometimes you can't even be independent as someone will always have something to do with you. Being the popular kid has its pros and cons. Pros are more friends, self-esteem boost, always have someone to hang on when you're bored; but the cons are: The quality of your friends decreases the more friends you have and you find time being independent. People choose quantity of friends over quality, but then which one of
your friends will help you bury the dead body behind your backyard?
Then the looking beautiful part. Girls spend hours trying to look good for others rather than looking good for their selves. They say that beauty is pain, but would you bother yourself to look attractive for a guy and then he turns out to not be interested in you or girls in particular? I thought so!
And here comes the sex part. Everyone wants sex. Its a necessity. Some people get mocked because they are seventeen and are still virgins, some of them hide it and make up stories while some then rush into having a girlfriend/boyfriend, have sex and wake up knowing they might have not used a condom and become fucked up. Not having sex doesn't mean you are lame. You just have to wait for the right person. Some can find a girlfriend/boyfriend at a young age and end up getting married with 3 kids but sometimes its really fucked up and frustrating.
Sometimes, you are really lost, wondering what to you with your life. You might even end up having your mid-crisis. Asking for advice too can be really challenging; knowing who to ask for help and wanting someone to care about your problems. Mood swings are common, relationships, siblings and friends are full of ups and downs. One day they are your BFF and the next day you're enemies for life.
Constant arguing with parents over priorities and boundaries can make parents look back fondly at even the terrible two's.
While you are in your teenage years, you would notice that everything I have posted here is somehow related to your life but the most important thing about being a teenager is being different, being yourself. As I said, following the crowd will likely lead you to mistakes and regret. And sometimes, you can make the crowd follow you. Dance to the beat of your own heart and not the hearts of others.
