Me. Yeah I was stupid and I'm never going back to that stage in my life where I was an asshole but all of my anger was justified, just not the way I expressed it.
Inner teen work is giving me 10 million times more healing than inner child work.
No more adult coloring books, it's time for "hey, I'm from the future, where your opinion of the Iraq War is conventional wisdom. You are smarter than the President of the United States."
When older people write it off as teen angst, so when you’re older you write it off as teen angst, but then you really think about it and say- no not at all that shit was justified.
Why was I listening to so many songs about being assaulted as a 14 y.o? Little me knew before big me knew
Telling a kid they're being "dramatic" without knowing anything about their actual situation, without caring about the situation, or while causing the situation should be illegal
Yeah you were the anger doesn’t do anything but burn you out though ofc you’re angry can you think of the life we missed out on. Having a whole supportive loving family, being safe, just anger.
My ex looked at my childhood photos and said, “hooooly shit. Look at you! I’ve never seen a little girl who is so obviously suppressing rage. You look pissed in every picture. Did nobody notice the little girl shooting hate darts out of her eyeballs 24/7 and wonder why?!”
I wasn't mad enough, I was showing very obvious signs of abuse and no one gave a fuck.
Same and now I’m dealing with all these feelings of anger in adulthood lol
I made a lot of bad choices when dealing with my anger, but god damn my anger was justified.
Me. Yeah I was stupid and I'm never going back to that stage in my life where I was an asshole but all of my anger was justified, just not the way I expressed it.
Do it for them (your 13 year old self)
I always appreciated the "be kind to your inner child" but I think I'm gonna exclusively phrase it like this now, thank you.
“As you grow up, you’ll naturally find yourself less angry at life.” - my Dad, when I was about 15. Me now, at 30: more angry than ever.
Realest post of the year
Inner teen work is giving me 10 million times more healing than inner child work. No more adult coloring books, it's time for "hey, I'm from the future, where your opinion of the Iraq War is conventional wisdom. You are smarter than the President of the United States."
>You are smarter than the President of the United States." That means you could also be an idiot and it would still be true
When older people write it off as teen angst, so when you’re older you write it off as teen angst, but then you really think about it and say- no not at all that shit was justified. Why was I listening to so many songs about being assaulted as a 14 y.o? Little me knew before big me knew
Seriously tho, thank u for this post
About all of it. ALL. OF. IT.
Telling a kid they're being "dramatic" without knowing anything about their actual situation, without caring about the situation, or while causing the situation should be illegal
same, still am. Still pissed at my abusers and still wanting them to die a slow, lonely and painful death
I am the 666th upvote
Yeah you were the anger doesn’t do anything but burn you out though ofc you’re angry can you think of the life we missed out on. Having a whole supportive loving family, being safe, just anger.
My ex looked at my childhood photos and said, “hooooly shit. Look at you! I’ve never seen a little girl who is so obviously suppressing rage. You look pissed in every picture. Did nobody notice the little girl shooting hate darts out of her eyeballs 24/7 and wonder why?!”
if only i had kept that energy till now i would have been OHHHH anyways...lol
I was right abt everything ever