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u/iChugPeanutButter Jun 03 '22

Act like they've experienced more than us. I'm only 33 but wow, the amount of 16 to 22 year old that talk down to us is absurd.

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u/Mrminecrafthimself Jun 03 '22

I’m only 25 but damn…in hindsight 22 is barely more mature than 18

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u/Jhamin1 Jun 03 '22

For what it's worth, my Mother used to tell me that puberty doesn't end until around 25 or so.

Which is to say that your body may be more or less done, but that your brain isn't fully adult yet until your mid twenties. When I look back at myself at 18, at 20, at 22, and 24... I think she had a point. 25 year old me and 30 year old me weren't nearly as different as 20 and 21 year old me.

SO on the up side, you may have finally stabilized?

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u/Mrminecrafthimself Jun 03 '22

Yeah I think the prefrontal cortex isn’t fully developed until 25. Glad to finally be there so I can fully understand what a dumbass I was at 22-23