Why do so many teenagers go through an overly dramatic dark stage? I don't mean that they don't genuinely feel it, but I'm reading this Reddit thread on old cringe and it's basically everyone remembering being embarrassingly emo. I was homeschooled and the bug bit me too.
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Id say hormones from puberty also play some role in the emotional response
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I think it's mostly just hormones. I once took steroids after surgery and it was like puberty all over again for a week.
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Teenagers believe they are the center of the universe but are suddenly constantly reminded that they aren’t
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Teens biologically feel they are adults yet are treated like children, which reads like being assigned low social status in the tribe with no chance to change your circumstances. Misunderstood and can't change it = emo.
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Contributing factor: at that age an ideal picture of the world is being replaced by a darker but more realistic one. Eventually we accept and adjust (some more or less) to this new picture and come out of the phrase.
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Ex: the first time a suicidal thought crosses your mind it's fresh and overwhelming, emo seems like a natural response. As you continue to grow and the idea pops in your head you've already dealt with it to some extent and can just go on with life as normal.
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I guess its a mix between hormones, the individual becoming self aware of its likes and dislikes and religion not being as important as it once were on youngsters, which brings several cliché existential questions and agony/boredom
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Its just the time kid beginning to understand that everyone and everything dies and he will one day die too
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The human brain is not fully developed until the early to mid 20s. The prefontal cortex, where more rational judgement takes place is not in full use or fully developed in teens. They have full-on emotions but not the capacity to analyze or temper them.
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In the ancestral environment you would’ve already been a parent or at least a valued member of the tribe by that age so of course your animal mind thinks drastic actions are required and tries to spur you on with powerful emotions of rebellion and despair
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that sounds like bollocks or did you get your teenage depression at 21
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