Misunderstood

Teenage life is the "awkward stage" of a person's development. This is the transition from being an innocent, playful child to becoming a fully-grown and fully-matured adult.

However, when on this stage, one cannot truly call himself an adult yet nor can he call himself a child. This is why there is often a barrier or a gap for teenagers.

Oftentimes, we teenagers feel that our parents, relatives, or adults in general do not understand why we say or do certain things.

It is quite ironic since naturally, they should be the first people to understand us because first of all, they have already experienced what we are currently experiencing so they already know how to deal with it.

Plus, our parents know us intimately since they were there since birth. But, in reality, there are many more factors that should be taken into consideration when dealing with teenagers especially since change constantly happens during this stage.

Sometimes I feel that my parents do not understand me. Whether it is because of a communication gap or a generation gap, I think they cannot grasp what I am trying to imply sometimes. They try to force change upon me instead of just letting it happen naturally. I know in myself that I have certain weaknesses that I have to improve on and I am trying to but sometimes they just do not understand.

Teenage life is a difficult thing. Just as adults have a lot of responsibilities to fulfill, so do we and even more. Not only do we have to deal with our obligations, we have to deal with our problems as well.

It is not just the physical changes that we have to tend to, we have to deal with our mental, emotional and psychological changes as well. So, they can only imagine how we can cope with such a stressful life.

Some people are even more unfortunate because they are not only misunderstood by their parents, relatives, but also by their peers. More often than not, they are usually alone and are having a difficulty socializing with other people.

When one has problems, usually the family is the support system. But for these people, they have no one to turn to for help, no one to share their problems with, no one to release their stress or worries. This creates a psychological imbalance that can build up inside that person which can lead to depression.

So to prevent this, we need to develop relationships with other people. We need to let ourselves out there. We need friends, we need other people to help us, to be with us. Remember that no man is an island.

What are one's accolades worth if there is no one to share it with? What you do with your life is just one-half of the equation, more importantly it is who you are with when you are doing it. That makes a meaningful life.