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Poison Ivy
@ivy
i'm trying to contextualize some of my own experiences of womanhood with those of others: if you were just starting adolescence / puberty now, assuming you retained the skills and knowledge to carry out your current responsibilities, how overwhelmed would you feel in going through the 'firsts' of female adolescence?
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adrienne
@adrienne
So hard to answer, Ivy 😔 All I can say is a lot of my adolescence felt like an emotional roller coaster- higher highs and lower lows.
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Trish🫧
@trish
mine wasn’t typical but super overwhelmed a lot of the time
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Sine
@sinusoidalsnail
I'm not sure how the overwhelmingness would compare. Especially considering every person's experience is unique. However, I do think there would be some differences in how the overwhelming feelings are processed. Things like fear/confusion/insecurity/anxiety are probably more overwhelming and scary for younger people, who lack the maturity and context to understand what is happening to them. Whereas adults experiencing those same feelings, can perhaps rationalize them and understand them a bit better. But on the other hand, an adult has a deeper understanding of how profoundly significant the process is. And can probably feel more overwhelmed by the gravity of what is going on. Adults understand that life is wonderful and terrible and happy and sad and good and bad and scary and exciting and inspiring and depressing and EVERYTHING mashed together, all at the SAME TIME. Having the wisdom to know that life is emotionally complicated is, in itself, a lot to handle.
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pharm.Ashley
@ashergregson
How does one answer this without sounding too shallow?? 🤧
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