Julie Ross
Julie Ross
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You are learning many social cues and nuances that you didn't pick up on when you were younger, such as irony and sarcasm, and these can work for and against you. At this point in your life, you may misinterpret a comment that was made as a compliment because you mistook it as sarcasm. What your friends say has a huge impact. You are constantly wondering, 'What did he mean by that?' or 'How do I look?' These feelings are common to everyone but are critical to teenagers because they are torn two ways. It is equally important for you to be an individual and to fit in.
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You don't think like adults for the simple reason that you don't have adult brains. You can only work with the brain you have. Because teens think and react from a more emotional part of the brain, they often have the illusion of indestructibility, which can cause dangerous behavior.
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