Time is a great healer. There are those who utilize that time better than others, imo. Those who do nothing to grow will not progress anywhere near those who use that time to learn and share and receive insight from others. What you are discussing is the basis of the age old maxim: youth is wasted on the young. It was not appropriate for that T to laugh at that time, imo. Some of our mental states do not require time, but action! We can, at any age, be resistant to face what needs to be done, or thought!