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Why have I become so impulsive?
I've always been a little adventurous, trying to seek out excitement, in the stupidest sadest ways. Sneaking out mates houses at 3am when I was about 13, just to go and sit by the river; sometimes on my own, sometimes with friends. I'm 16 now and I just started college (like sixth form college) a few months ago, and the impulsivity seems to be getting more. So much that if I do not do something I deem 'exciting' at least once a day, I become very bored with my life and kinda upset (not to the level of depression or anything and I don't think this is serious enough to seek out medical help, nor am I trying to attract attention, I just want to know what's wrong with me.)
Thank you
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- cavassiLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
If you never control your impulses, you become less able to control them as you get older, for a variety of reasons. Now, the neurological mechanisms used to control impulses are not fully developed until you are 21 or 22 years of age, what I said earlier still is true. You do not consider the consequences of your actions and their possible implications nor are you likely to consider what other people would think of what you are doing. Thus, you are likely to act and then wonder how you got yourself in this mess, but obviously that has not happened to you - yet - but it will. You are living in a somewhat protected world so far, but when all your consequences must be faced by yourself, you will start thinking differently. I started thinking about those consequences in adolescence in many people thought I was operating beyond my age, in some respects.