Trust me, Moonkin, you are not experiencing anything unusual!

I think the teen years are the most difficult a human being experiences.

Consider yourself VERY FORTUNATE to be, as you put it: "rather dull and wise..."

Most teen don't have the capacity to be "wise" (and I have a feeling that is why you also added "dull" to your description. Being wise often appears as being dull, but let me tell you just one thing:

You are a child for 10 years, a teenager for 10 years, and an adult for 60 - 70 years!

If you can make it through the first 20 years without destroying future opportunities by reckless acts of rebellion, then you will surely come out way ahead of the game - where it counts the most - in adulthood.

Trust me on this, regrets of rebellion (or of any sort) are still just that - regrets. They loom forever. The past cannot be changed.

Since you are wise enough to see the inbalances that the teen years brings upon you, I hope you are wise enough to consider my words.