I am 22 and half years old, finishing up my vocational school training and getting ready to embark?on the next chapter of my life, and instead of feeling happy and satisfied, I feel lost, confused and feel as if I am in "limbo" half the time. My parents are getting older and I feel as if I am changing from the person who I was 5 years ago and honestly, sometimes I just don't want to grow up, in the literal sense. I still remember what it was like to be a kid- innocent, free, without worries or cares, and I miss the simpler times. I have always been one to have deep thoughts about life, death, change, and also tend to ponder philosophical, political and spiritual things as well, much how John-Boy Walton does in the TV show, "The Waltons". I feel the way he feels about life and such and I question almost everything.
I think I have become very cynical about many things and I don't like it. I follow the news, politics and current events and I at times, I feel hopeless for my future, my country and for the world in general. I feel old and yet so inexperienced...
Is it normal to feel this way when one is in their 20s? Maybe I am just very sensitive to a lot of things and now it's all beginning to make sense to me and it's disappointing. I hope this all makes sense and I appreciate any advice
Why do I feel this way?
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- 3+ months ago by aspenglow
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- life, school, training, ready, year, feel, schools, old, years
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You feel the way you do because you are an intelligent insightful person. Everything you have said is exactly right, because you said, "I feel". At the age of 21 to 22 the frontal lobe of your brain matures and the logical and analytic processes become much more prominent. That is why you don’t enjoy the same kind of TV you did 5 years ago. At younger ages we function with the more primitive and emotionally laden parts of the brain and we enjoy things like cartoons and slapstick comedy more. As you age they become less interesting. Congratulations you are growing up. Welcome to adulthood.