Dear emotional teenage girl,
Life seems tough doesn’t it? Between high school and hormones and stupid boys it may seem like the world is ending every day. I’ve been there, and as someone who made it through the trying times of adolescence, I’m here to tell you that the world isn’t actually ending, and that this is a normal part of life.
You fight with your parents because you’re getting older, and pushing the limits of who you are. Your parents have the daunting task of holding the reigns on you just enough to protect you from making mistakes that will negatively impact your future, while letting you make enough mistakes to learn and find your way. The hormones make this dance of power a little more tricky, but it is normal, and we all make it out alive.
Breaking the rules is part of it all. It’s in your nature to rebel and push boundaries. While this, again, is normal, you can’t always get away with it. That’s not how the real world works. You’ll be glad you learned this lesson early on. You’ll hate everyone around you in the midst of it all, but that will subside and you will move on.
You’re a teenager, you’re emotional, and you’re vulnerable. You’ll fall in love with the first boy that tells you you’re beautiful. You’ll give him your heart and soul and swear up and down to your mom that you’ll marry him, but what you don’t realize is that he’s an emotional teenager too. You’ll get your heart broken, you’ll cry and cry, but it will make you strong enough to wait for what you deserve.
You and your friends will change, both physically and fundamentally. Some friends will stick with you as you change, others won’t. You’ll get mad and upset and moody and gossip about who said what about you and did what with whomever, but you’ll also probably do the same to someone else. It all seems like such a big deal in your social life, but you’ll come to find that you’re much better off without all the drama (and will be less moody as a result).
Being a girl is hard. Being a girl AND a teenager is harder, but you’re not alone-we’ve all been there and have survived. If you take away one thing from this article, let it be this: the world is not ending. As far as I have checked, we are solid and not crashing down. Although everything bad or dramatic that happens may feel like the apocalypse, I promise it isn’t. I also promise that that apocalyptic sense will go away, and you’ll learn that it is okay when things don’t go your way. But try not to wish away your teenage years. Live it to the fullest and embrace your mistakes while you’re young (aka while you can still afford to make them). You can do this.
