We teenagers have so much anxiety. We are afraid of so much and people expect so much from us but what mistakes do we make that can threaten our future even if its just a little bit.
Honestly, a mistake that a teenager will make that can threaten their entire future would be ingesting the wrong drug, or any drugs at all. I don't just mean illicit drugs like LSD, marijuana, and ecstasy either; I mean letting people convince them that they need to be prescribed medication for issues we all face.
We'll fight tooth and nail to keep kids off of drugs, all the while letting the biggest drug pushers "take the edge off" of every day emotions and happenings with hardcore medicine.
Basically, this is an issue that starts at the societal level, then education, onto parents, and finally it ends with the teenagers so easily manipulated into believing they have something wrong with them. Your brain doesn't fully form until 25, in many cases until 30, and those medications are just as bad on the brain in the long-term as any illicit drugs.
Funny thing is, these prescriptions are easier to obtain illegally than other drugs as well.
The main mistakes most people make in general when they're younger is they often don't always think things through and often act on emotions rather than the benefit of thought. Not saying all teens and young people are like this but I'm just speaking in general.
My guess these days...
Posting things they shouldn't on social media and elsewhere that future potential employers, insurance companies, and lenders will have archived access to and see for the next 40-50 years.
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