One thing I will say though, I feel like that "awkward teenage phase" for me anyway lasted WAY longer than what it was supposed to - and I'm talking 10+ years longer.
Like everyone's awkward through high school and probably up to 18/20 but I'm 30 years old now and finally feel like I'm comfortable with and know myself now properly, just.
Life has a way of hitting you like a ton of bricks and years of anxiety/depression, self esteem issues, abusing food and basically being a recluse took their toll on me and basically robbed me of my whole 20's decade but thankfully I've managed to turn it around and finally (better late than never) I'm at a place where I feel and look happier than I've been in probably 13~ years.
I look like a completely different person now compared to when we went into lockdown or just before thanks to a huge lifestyle change where I dropped 11 stone - so much so the above mentioned school friends haven't recognised me when they've seen me out and about.
Can't wait to get back out there once we're eventually out of lockdown - there was talk of a school reunion too as it'll be 15 years this July since we left. Crazy how time flies!
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