[clairedunham]

I never went through a normal teen phase. I was "angry" but my parents were idiots and were clueless people who didn't let one express themselves. It didn't come out and I was bullied and people will call me retarded. Now at 25 everyone tells me how I seem like an angry teenager with teenage problems. At my teens I was a bit more childish. It is sad. But is it possible?

[newtus]

yea i would say so.
i thought that too. im gonna be 23.
i would say the 20s for a lot people are like teenage 2.0 in a way. for some.
right above teenagehood but not always adult-acting/thinking-like.

[Travelinglady]

I didn't "rebel" against my parents like a lot of teenagers do until I was much older. My parents would not put up with any such behavior on my part, since they had mental problems.

I had to have the support of a therapist to feel comfortable finally doing this kind of teenage behavior....

Welcome to Psych Central, by the way!

[unaluna]

Better than what im doing, going thru them in my 50's and 60's - at least you still got all your parts, right? Hey welcome to pc.

[shezbut]

Yes, it's entirely possible. It's not fun to go through a phase of life that you should have done many years before, I know. But, better late than never!

[jesuslovedtech]

I'm exactly the same. I'm currently going back home at any chance I get to get totally drunk with my only friend. I also speak to my mother in the worst way and don't really take care of myself in terms of my Diabetes without prompting.

I don't want to be that way at all, but I can't seem to change no matter what I try. It's an ongoing issue I'm trying to sort.

I feel you.

[Perna]

I think some socially created ideas like "teen years" are not very useful; like deciding that all 20-somethings have to get married and start families and careers, etc. It's all just "fashion". One did not have teens back a couple hundred years ago; or childhood before that, etc. I did not consider myself grown up until I hit 39/40.

Comparing myself with others just got me more confused for a longer period of time. If I could do it all again I'd pay attention to myself and what I wanted a whole lot sooner.

[unaluna]

So probably not literally. ..

[clairedunham]

Thank you for the support guys . Really appreciate it.

[shaggydoo]

Yes it is most certainly possible that you could be working through some emotions that others may associate with teenagers. it is possible that because of things like getting bullied and you may have suffered a form of emotional compression at the hand of your parents and this could have stunted your emotional growth. So now a bit older and wiser, you might be in an emotionally safe place safe place in your life and on a subconscious level, feel the freedom to express those feelings and actions that you didn’t feel safe to do so before. I wouldn’t get to concerned with this behavior as long as you don’t get excessive with it.

[Hope-Full]

Yup. Age is just a number. If we didn't "experience" the stages of growing up the first time, eventually we will go through them later on.... like experiencing adolescence as a 30-something. Not fun, but I've been told it's necessary to finally move through and grow past those stages.

[Perna]

Of course, the "opposite" is true too; "I won't grow up/I don't wanna go to school"

[avlady]

I think it is possable to go through what you're going through now instead of as a teenager because that is what happened to me. i think it was because of my mental problems didn't strart until i was about my younger 20's. now that i think about it they did start in my teens but progressed and got worse.

[tinyrabbit]

I think this is absolutely possible. I seem to be living out my teenage rebellion in T...