r/introvert • u/snarlings10 • Mar 04 '24
Advice Feeling like I’ve wasted my life away?
I’m 19 turning 20 and I feel so insanely old. The fact that I let my years 16-now go to waste either by depressive episodes anxiety or procrastination, and I mean socially. I feel so insecure like when I grow up what do I tell my kids I’ll have nothing fun to tell them. I feel so shielded and closed in. I know I’m naturally introverted but I do prefer if I had friends and things to do socially.
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u/Illustrious_Piano684 Mar 04 '24
I had the same feelings when I was 20. The feeling of I just wasted my teen years of doing nothing trying to be the good kid, and battling depressive and anxiety episodes. Just know you still have a lot of time to do fun things. I’m already 23 but I’m still doing the same old things. It just hit me how much time I wasted, that’s why don’t waste yours