I miss my childhood

I miss mine to , But only certain parts.

Most of mine was very traumatic and confusing, unfortunately.

I am glad to know some people had childhoods they now miss at times.
It gives ne hope for children.


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My childhood sucked but I miss my 20`s.

Haha lol

I wouldn't mind revisiting any of the years between 3-31, except perhaps ages 14-15. I had severe episodes at that time. I had episodes frequently in my 20s, but the episodes of depression and/or anxiety were fairly short and easily forgotten. I actually had more hypomania, mostly elated and productive, with some anger outbursts. I just thought that was me. I brushed off any negative ramifications. And there certainly were some. You learn to do that.

I did surely have 2 periods in my 20s that reached full blown manic. Luckily I didn't suffer too bad of consequences. Actually, they were the most adventurous times of my life. The full blown didn't last more than a couple months max, but was sometimes preceded by long periods of hypomania.

After 31 it started to get very ugly. Too many years untreated properly caught up with me. Multiple hospitalizations and IOPs. More full blown manias came and lasted, but were mixed more than elated and sometimes psychotic. Depressions lasted longer than ever. Alcohol abuse exacerbated the issue, then strange crap happened on top of it all like phobias, agoraphobia, musical hallucinations, dissociation. Only in the last few years (43-46) has life improved again.

When I say "revisit", just the most positive highlights. I wouldn't want to be away from my husband for too long. I wouldn't want my fate to change if it meant never being with my husband. I'd live the hell all over again if that was required to be with my husband.

Me to. So much.

Nope. Overall my life was ****** until I was 20. It’s still ****** at times but at least I have the more control.

I think I wish all of my life was as good as it is right now.

I was emotionally and physically abused until about 10 (adoptive father)and suffered through a traumatic divorce between my parents leading to a move with my mother, like 300 miles away from my childhood home (all in about 1 year). I had one year of peace before mood symptoms of this disorder showed up. I was miserable through all of my adolescence but things started improving at 17 when I was diagnosed and treated. I still had a lot of symptoms but just not as severe after that. When I was 22 I started seeing things and endured psychotic symptoms and then after being put on an antipsychotic my quality of life has been amazing.

Now almost 26, A lot of the time I feel like a normal person, I go about my day and have normal reactions and emotions. I don't need therapy very often and usually I can catch episodes early enough to treat them before they get out of hand.

I would have to be dragged kicking and screaming to make me go back to my childhood. I envy those that had so many good memories. My best memories were ones in my own imagination.

17 that's the only year I'd go back to. I was manic, in the dorms and having tons of fun. I like my life right now. My kid's at the age we can hangout and do things. Even though we don't have a lot of money things work out for us.

My childhood was hell. I don't miss any of it

I do not miss my childhood, but I sure miss my parents.

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on one hand I don't miss it- I never had one, and my mental health problems started when I was 9 so my childhood would have been cut short regardless

on the other, I wish I had one

early 30's and Wish I was 4

I miss certain aspects....mostly when I was too young to remember all the crap one is faced with as you get older. My mom was harsh, but I know her heart was in the right place. I had nice holidays as a child and miss playing with toys, carefree, although I had anxiety back then as well. It was before all this manic depression, where signs started around age 9-10, then it hit me like a ton of bricks at age 15. I was good at gymnastics, dance, and ice skating as a young child and am thankful that my mother gave me that opportunity at least. I had friends back then. Now, I am so out of touch. I think I always had an introverted streak, and now it is more apparent as I am older, although I can "trick" people into thinking I am more extroverted than in reality. I feel like a shell of myself sometimes now. It's depressing.

Now, I am babbling, but in a nutshell, I do miss childhood, from age 3-10, especially. I had some fun moments in high school with certain friends, where we embraced each others' weirdness and would vent to one another and be supported as needed, but there were some really awful times as well.

I do miss my ex-fiance, who I met at 17. We became involved romantically a little later. We had a beautiful relationship for 8 years, until things went terribly wrong. I do miss that stage in my life, where he kind of brought me out of a dark time, although he did have to go through my episodes with me. It was nice to have someone who loved me.

I really miss mine. My grandmother was a good videographer before there was such a thing and I have a digitized copy of hours of 8mm film. A few years in a row she did a large family Christmas party by going around all the rooms and getting everyone for at least a few seconds. Those gatherings are some of the happiest memories of my life. Playing at the beach as a toddler and small child. I also remember as I got older that my dad would get almost a month off every summer to drive to a convention that was in different parts of the country every year. We pulled a pop up camper and visited parks all over; I was in 46 states before I ever set foot on an airplane. Dad had access to some private lakes in GA and FL where the fishing was amazing. I had an idyllic childhood until about age 13 when I started using drugs.

I don't miss my childhood. I'm in a much better place now than I was for most of my life.

I don't. My childhood sucked. I honestly cannot ever think of a time that I was ever happy as a child, and I have no happy memories of it, either.