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I feel like im too old for my age!! help?

I could say that this issue that i have noticed a bit more recently has affected me in a positive and negative way.... but sometimes i just feel like im too old and mature for my age. I dont want to show off because this is something im not proud off at all.... believe me lol im 17 btw.

It's like i wanna be childish, i wanna do stupid things but i just cant because i always act and think like a grown up... there has been several occasions when i tell people my age after they've gotten to know me and they dont belive it, they all think im in my mid 20's..... i dont wanna say i dont make mistakes or have fun with friends, but sometimes i feel like im growing up too fast ...

Why am i this way?

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  • Cait
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    hahah I know this feeling. Just be who you are.

  • Richos
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Deep breaths and r-e-l-a-x. I've always felt this way too. For some reason I've always felt that I will truly feel at my best when I am in my thirties as my teen years & early twenties were more confusing than anything else. Now that I'm in my mid-twenties, I can definitely see that my grown-up ways are helping me progress quickly in my career whilst many of my friends are still getting drunk every weekend.

    During high school when my friends were obsessing over Buffy the Vampire Slayer & X-Files, I was the girl who listened to talk back radio and had an interest in politics. Now, some ten years later things have slowly started to shift and my friends are starting to come around to things that I find interesting and I'm finding that I have more in common with them. Your time will come. Choose to do whatever makes you happy regardless of whether it makes you seem older than your peers. The surest way to feel old is to try & do 'young' things that you aren't really into because you'll feel heaps self-conscious and out of place. Better to do your own thing & catch up with your friends at something you both enjoy.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's not that you're growing up too fast, you're just mature. And it's a good thing. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS IMMATURE! You can still do fun and stupid things. There's a time to work and there's a time to play. It seems like you have a good head on your shoulder's, don't mess it up by doing something reckless.

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