Last Day as a Teenager (AGE:19 years, 364 days)

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Today is officially my last day of my teenage life. I kind of feel like I missed out SOME BUT NOT ALL aspects of being anormal teenager. Some NTs feel sad about that day because from that day on they will be no longer a teenager. I felt like most of this emotional delay was not my fault because of my PDD. Yet, I have to functional and socioemotional age of an NT 13 year old. Also, my body and my face look quite young and short and I kind of act immature. Even though, I'm about to lose my teenage label and I am in college, I feel more like I just started my teenage years in ways of especially physical and emotional. In reality comparison, I actually feel like one of those gifted genius young teens that go to college at 13:<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/08/indiana-boy-genius-book/2064921/>

and/or I feel like I have the much milder version of this extemely rare genetic condition (but without an intellectual disability), where you literally actually stop aging after a certian young point:
I kind of feel like a crossover between the kids you see in these videos. However, in other ways I did catch up with normal aspects of being an NT teenager despite the fact that I was functioning and maturing at the level of a Preteen. For example, I listened to and wacthed Suite Life on Deck, Camp Rock, Jonas Brothers, Maroon 5, and Hannah Montana in my early teens, just like a normal NT teen would. I was also watching "Back to the Future". Then, from 16 and up, I started watching teenage anime like Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, Soul Eater, and Sailor Moon. I also strived to socialize with some of my peers. I even had 3 girlfriends, all who have happen to have Asperger's (1 was 4 years older than me), who A) Talked a lot less than me except mostly on their favorite subjects and did not communicate well with me. As a result, neither one of the Aspie girlfriends talked to me anymore. Throughout my middle and high school years, I tried to hit on and actually had a puppy love relationship with, a lot of cute hot NT girls in the school, even though a few of them were actually older than me. I actually managed to make friends with some of my NT peers in middle and high school. So actually in terms of these advantages in social norms, I actually did better than a lot of Aspergers people during their teenage years. I was an honor student with straight As almost every year during high school. Is this a satisfiable teenage life to NT society?

It seems to me that you had a normal teen-aged life. Even among NTs, being a teen is seemingly boring, misfitting, weird and, despite all that, strangely normal. That is the way it usually is. Now, in your 20s, that is when things start to make sense and there comes the feeling that an individual belongs among his or her family, friends and co-workers.

By the way, happy birthday (tomorrow)!

I echo Mr. Utah.

Being a teenager is not what it's cracked up to be. I couldn't wait to become an adult.

Being an adult is much better than being a teenager. You have more rights.

Congrats on surviving your teens!

But we are teenagers only once. And i mean only once in a lifetime. That is a time when we can be young, robust, and relaxed, yet have some responsibility on ourselves and our future. I have seen some my peers during my teen years actually have a straightforward mindset and personality. I actually had super vivid imagination and very good mathematics. I was also focused on that stuff a lot since I was 11. From what I think though is that at age 20 is like being 18 but 2 years older. So tommorow, or this coming year, for me would be no different from today. Only 21, is when you get more rights and privelages like drinking alcohol (I would like to try a margarita).

You have most rights--except the right to drink and smoke.

One year, one day from now---Margaritaville!

I never liked being a teenager; it was a very unhappy time for me.

But I got over it when I became an adult.

Welcome to your noughty year.

Hi, about OCD, one thing to consider is PANDAS which is both serious and easily treatable. The theory is that antibodies to an strep infection mistaken attack and inflame the brain's basal ganglia. Now, some doctors are skeptical about the whole thing thinking it's just some new, trendy, overhyped thing. Although I'm not sure why because it is very similar to the Sydenham's chorea type of rheumatic fever. Look up either one if you're interested.

And if you're really interested, a first step might be a blood test to check for the titer level of strep antibodies.

Okay, I struggle bouts with OCD myself. One thing which has helped me is studying zen, and I mean in a casual, thoroughly half-assed fashion which is basically the only way to study zen! And if I can wind to a place where it's okay to do a health precaution and also okay not to do it, that's often a pretty good place to be.

I am just enjoying today as if it is the happiest last day of my life. I am trying to make myself as happy as I can and enjoy every present moment of today.

I think this is a normal feeling. You're young and then one day you look in the mirror and go "I'm a monster!! !", even though mentally you're exactly the same (the only change is people's expectations of who you are).

I'm kinda freaking out about age too, I'll be 22 in a month!! #agefreakingoutsolidarity

I dread to think what it will be like when we're actually old... Like 30!

Congrats and Happy Birthday.


Soon, I too, would have this event.

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Nowadays in today's society,NTs will still have the teenage immaturity and culture. Actually, even though society says you are no longer a teen at 20, you are still however in adolescence, which is physically and emotionally associated with and symbolizes teenagers, until age 25 or perhaps a few years around that (For me and many auties and aspire, it would be a lot later). Having a young teen body and PDD in an already nearly teen like age 20s society of today, turning 20 tommorow would be a lot more like TWENTEEN.

I wish I was in my 20's again!

Happea Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday!

And fist bump for having a girlfriend four years older than you.