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Teenagers are undergoing a flood of hormones, with a fast growing intellect (as their brains continue to develop), while their emotions are playing catch up. T
by b112 4y ago
Teenagers are undergoing a flood of hormones, with a fast growing intellect (as their brains continue to develop), while their emotions are playing catch up.
Teenagers are supposed to be awkward and feel anxiety, amongst endless other emotions in excess. It's a normal part of growing into an adult.
Take away the act of learning how to deal with all this new emotion, and emotional intensity, and a human's growth will be stunted.
- Shared404 4y agoI agree with the core of what you are saying. However, space needs to be provided to do that growth safely, and in order to that there would need to be massive changes in Sign-up-for-everything parenting culture, A's-or-die school culture, and a myriad of other things in order for this to work. As it is, this culture takes the fire and throws gasoline on it, preventing healthy growth. Even outside of that, there is a balance to be struck - while some amount of anxiety/awkwardness is expected, if it leads to suicidal thoughts, self harm, lashing out at others, or other destructive behavior, it has gone to far.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Teenagers are undergoing a flood of hormones Most children are not teenagers. > Teenagers are supposed to be awkward and feel anxiety Diagnosable anxiety is not “feeling anxiety” in the common sense any more than diagnosable depression is “feeling sad”. > Take away the act of learning how to deal with all this new emotion No one, ever, has argued for that. Where treatment is required for childhood anxiety, talk therapy — often CBT — seems to me the first-line treatment. Which is exactly learning how to recognize and deal with problematic feelings.