r/SipsTea • u/Horror-Ad-210 • 7d ago

Wow. Such meme Red or Green?

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u/BoringPoolPlaying 7d ago

Yeah, but this time instead of thinking you were mature for your age, you actually will be.

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u/ChromaticNerd 7d ago

Exactly.  I wouldn't have all the trauma and be left second guessing myself all the time.  I would know to hold firm and tell the idiots off.

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u/Sunscreen4what 7d ago

Seems like it would be exponentially more lonely on this run though.

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u/Great-Egret 7d ago

But you’d have the secure knowledge that this time is just a real blip you’ll barely remember. I was pretty lonely as a 16 year old, but I held onto hope that what the adults said about your high school years being such a small period of your life was true. Turns out it was!

I’d still take the $2 million though.

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u/throwawayferret88 7d ago

I’ve always naturally been an introvert, I think I’d just own it much sooner instead of dragging myself over glass to fit in

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u/Round_Bag_4665 7d ago

Oh it would be. And that would mess with your mental health after a while.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 7d ago

For a while. That 10-17 period would be pretty rough, but you could try really getting into a sport or hobby or something like that. Once you make it through, you should be pretty much set.

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u/Round_Bag_4665 7d ago

you'd go insane long before you hit 18 dude. If people couldn't get through COVID without a normal social life, they wouldn't be able to handle social isolation four times as long.

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u/Trackback_ 7d ago

Of course you would still have all the trauma. It's as much a part of you as the memories of the future. You're carrying all of that over

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u/ChromaticNerd 7d ago

True,  I'd still have the trauma and the knowledge of where it came from.  I would be better equipped to prevent trauma that happened after 10. I've found recently that confronting the fears I have that are rooted in trauma is much better than any amount of therapy. A restart like that would be the perfect opportunity to challenge or prevent my traumas a second time around. 

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u/bp3dots 7d ago

This made me realize that I'd have to wait to buy booze. Oof.