Teen Angst is Really F-ing Stupid
Teen Angst is Really Fucking Stupid
I'm going to begin with a personal statement. I may seem unhappy at times, and bitter most of the time, but all together, I am incredibly thankful for my life, and for being one of the few teenagers who seems to understand just how lucky I am. For those of you who think that you have a miserable life, or whatever, I want to take the time to remind you of the odds that were placed against you, and how you still ended up being one of the few with as awesome a life as you have. This is meant to start kinda far out, so if you don't want to here all these odds and stuff, I give you permission to skip this paragraph, though it would benefit you to read. First, think of how many stars there are out there, and how many of them might have planets orbiting around them. There is no question that there must be life out there, so just the fact that you were placed on a planet a beautiful and safe as Earth is pretty astounding. And the fact that you are an animal, when you could have been born into this planet as a piece of algae or something, you actually lucked out and became on of the few, powerful and intelligent humans on the planet. I say few, as in comparison to your odds of being a blade of grass or an ant. Odds are quite a bit higher for being born an ant than a human you know. And the fact that you were (i'm assuming, if you're at my page) born in America, the land of the free, where you actually can do basically whatever you want to do. Its amazing, at least I think so. Don't take it for granted. You are also most likely in at least middle class (all of you in st. johns, or with internet access). And you think you have a sucky life. Well, fuck you. Not really, but as insanely lucky as you are, how could you possibly think that you lead a harsh, unhappy life? How could you even comprehend what a terrible life is? You don't have the experience, and neither do I.
Also, don't think you're the only person who's unhappy. Almost everyone gets depressed as a teen, and wallows in there disgusting pools of self pity for awhile. Thats why its called teen angst, stereotypes are created from the copious amounts of people that lead the same lifestyle. You are no different. You may be miserable with your life, but if you think through logically, you have no right to be. Even if your house burned down, your best friend dies, your cat throws up on your bed, you are a damn lucky survivor and there's no reason to turn your year 12-21 into some shitty memory.
Maybe you don't think that the reasons I've given are sufficient enough to make you grateful. If so, I do pity you. Not you exactly, but your inability to grasp reality. I, individually, have even more reasons to be happy. The few aquaintance I have are probably better friends than most people in the world will ever know, my parents don't charge me rent to live in there house (yet) and I have two wonderful kitties I love. And much more of course, I have my talents, I have Jeff, and I have the ability to recognize all of it. And I know that all of you each have your own gifts as well, and when you learn to appreciate those, maybe you'll understand what life is worth. I hate the idea of self pitying angsty teens, and I think we have the ability to live in a society without them, if only they would begin to think things out a bit more.
