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teenagers.We arent mature enough to be proper adults yet but we are mature enough to know about the bad things in the world.
teenagers. Our feelings don't matter as much because 'we have more hormones and were just being dramatic".our emotions are treated like seasons that will just go away on their own and if they come back, its not their problem
teenagers.No matter how many friends you have you never quite feel like you fit in.
teenagers.Old enough to voice our thoughts but too young to be heard.
teenagers. our ages our weaponised against us. your thirteen now you should magically be able to gain this new ability.Oh your only thirteen your far too young to have a say in this. stop being such a baby, youre thirteen now.you need to stop acting like youre too grown up for this.
teenagers.our voices our ignored and if we try to share our identities we are met with an "its just a phase" then when we do the same we get hit back with a "why cant you just listen"
teenagers. we think bad things sometimes.Dark thoughts that wee can never seem to escape from. but we dont tell them because theyre either going to care too much or not at all.
teenagers. our awkwardness haunts us. sometimes we lie awake at night just thinking about all the things we've done wrong.
teenagers.it feels like no one cares about us.we only have each other, and sometimes we still turn against each other. we still manage to hate each other. No wonder we feel so alone.
teenagers.we dont talk about the bad things.we give them the carefully curated version that doesnt worry them.
teenagers.we cant say what we feel.sometimes its them . sometimes its us. sometimes we just dont know. our indecisiveness is often punished.
teenagers. our lives our built on studies and tests and equations that they wont admit we probably wont use again.our creativity is limited to one hour a week.Then we get told off for doodling in the margins or on the post it notes or for humming the tune that helps you feel a bit better.
teenagers.you oppress us and ignore us and then wonder why we stay in our rooms all day.
teenagers. we're scared.we're tired.we need help that we probably wont get.
teenagers.we are trying. so are they,most of the time.
teenagers. in the uk over 200 teenagers die from suicide and one in five teens and young adults self harm.maybe one day, ill be another voiceless number of that statistic too.An empty life that got lost.
its hard being a teenager.