Question Detail: How is being a teenager different?

How is being a teenager different?

My birthday was on Xmas eve. I turend 13. I do not feel any different to when I was 12. What is the big deal about being a teenager?

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snoopy48 replies: It's just a label I am afraid. Out of the hundreds of teenagers that I have met, everyone is different, regardless of age, and they all grow, both physically and mentally, at very different rates. I think the only thing you need to accept about being a teenager is simply that it's a transition period from schooling to adulthood and make that path as fruitful as possible. It is also a time when feelings and emotions can run high as you learn to cope with the outside world more and more and as such a great time to 'work on yourself' to learn to accept everything around you. In the meantime, just accept that having turned 13 is simply chronological and just another marker in your life history.

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Anonymous replies: blah blah blah anon! Dont worry i felt the same when i turned 13 last month

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Anonymous replies: It's a "social average" thing, NOT like throwing a switch. Teenage times affect different people in different ways ... for some, it's just getting used to the ways that their bodies are changing for others, there's a great variety of emotions involved, including a desire to shut out adults from your world. I have 5 children (all now in their 30's and 40's) and believe me, they all reacted differently. So if it's no big deal for you at the moment, then that's the way it is ... but you might feel differently next week, or next year, or perhaps never. Just accept yourself the way you are and don't feel you've got to go with the herd! Good luck! A lot will depend on the relationships you already have with y7our won parents/other adults as to exactly how these reactions will take place.

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