pov: you're just a kid that grew up too fast. [a playlist + rain]

0:00 ~ 505 - Arctic Monkeys 4:13 ~ Alien Blues - Vundabar 6:49 ~ All Time Low (SAD) - Jon Bellion 9:29 ~ Another Love - Tom Odell 13:31 ~ As The World Caves In - Matt Maltese 17:06 ~ Backstabber - Ke$ha 20:47 ~ Bang Bang Bang Bang - Sohodolls 23:49 ~ Burning Piles - Mother Mother 29:18 ~ Happier - Ed Sheeran 33:38 ~ Hayloft - Mother Mother 37:35 ~ Drift Away - Mars Bars 40:47 ~ Agoraphobic - Corpse Husband 42:58 ~ Devil Town - Cavetown 45:58 ~ Heather - Conan Gray 49:18 ~ I Love You So - The Walters 51:59 ~ I Think You're Really Cool Like - Guardin 54:19 ~ July - Noah Cyrus 56:55 ~ Michelle - Sir Chloe 1:00:29 ~ Mr Forgettable - David Kushner 1:00:56 ~ My Alcoholic Friends - The Dresden Dolls 1:03:43 ~ Smoke And Mirrors - Paloma Faith 1:07:36 ~ If The World Was Ending - JP Saxe 1:11:06 ~ Softcore - The Neighbourhood 1:14:37 ~ Teacher's Pet - Melanie Martinez 1:18:39 ~ Time Moves Slow - BADNOTGOOD 1:23:13 ~ Wish I Never Loved You - Bolshiee 1:27:00 ~ This Is Home - Cavetown 1:30:47 ~ Seventeen - Ladytron 1:37:27 ~ Nobody - Mitski 1:41:46 ~ Train Wreck - James Arthur 1:46:03 ~ Daddy Issues - The Neighbourhood 1:50:54 ~ Tired - Beabadoobee 1:54:11 ~ Freaks - Surf Curse

"You're so mature for your age!" It was the biggest compliment at the moment, but hearing it daily led me to live by those words my whole life...fucked up so much for me and lost so much of my childhood.

POV: you were always told you were “mature for your age” or even an “old soul” but now you act “immature” for your age and the prospect of actually growing up is terrifying

When maturity in your family isn't about actually being mature. It's just about how quiet and still you can be. And how accepting of everything your parents say.

I honestly can’t believe I sacrificed my whole childhood, just to please my mom.

I'm sorry you were all forced to grow up so fast. I'm so, so sorry. ...you're free to let your inner child shine, you know? All of you. I do all the time. No shame. People who shame you for it are lame, alright?

They always expect you to act like an adult yet treat you like a child

I was so mature for my age. Now I'm 19 and diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, clinical depression and PTSD. At goddamn 19 years old. I had a whole rant planned but I think that says it all better than a paragraph would. I hope everyone here can have an actual solid 8+ hours of sleep soon, we've earned it.

I didn't have a reason to grow up fast, there was no emotional neglect or abuse or anything traumatic, but when i got the 'compliment' claiming that i was mature for my age i wanted to keep it that way. I made sure that i was the old soul, wise beyond my years, the prodigy child. Now i am a teenager and i hate myself a lot to be completely honest, i wasted the good years and i shoved my inner child into a corner and i don't think i will ever be able to take it out again

No, none of us are hard to love. It's just that we were born with people who didn't deserve us. We grew up without a figure of love out of chance. A cruel joke.

as part of the burnt out generation aka early 2000s kids i grew up really fast and never really had a childhood and what little i had was on the internet

“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer." “Then child, make another.” Madeline Miller, Circe

Was listening to this in my bed when tears suddenly started streaming down my face. I’m not even sure why. Maybe it’s the stress from needing to choose a high school, my parents thinking so highly of me and wanting me to be something I don’t think I can, the loneliness I feel inside for no reason. I don’t have anyone to talk to except people online, because anyone I try to ignores me or just doesn’t care. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore, but don’t worry. I’m fine.

Anyone trapped in a loop? Bored of life? Just over all of it? Or is it just me, I think it’s just me but whatever. How are y’all doing? Ik whoever is here isn’t okay so how’s life ig. im sorry to everyone responding i didnt think this many people felt the same. im open to anyone wanting to vent privately.

Sometimes, when i read the coms, i just realize that i'm really not different from a lot of people : Feeling empty, waiting for someone to speak to me and get me out of this eternal loop that is routine... Basically, eating, going at college to study, coming back, playing games, sleep and repeat everyday. Even when i try to break this loop, nothing comes out of it, even if i try for a long time (like doing sports, changing my ways, or going out with some friends). I feel like i can't love someone, or i have to fake emotions while i'm with friends sometimes. Life's real weird huh ?

Anyone doing okay? Sad but hanging in there? So much has happened but you just needed a calm playlist to continue healing because things really are looking better? Yeah. That's where I am. I think im okay now, and I hope you are too <3

I was 6 years old when my paternal grandmother screamed at me when I was crying due to homesickness. She compared me to all my cousins and the other kids who lived in her village, calling them 'much more mature' than I was and saying that I acted like a 3 year old child. It scared me just how much she had raised her voice that day and made me feel so worthless. I don't think I've ever really cried again since that day. I always wipe away even the smallest single tear before if runs down my cheek.

Definition of growing up too fast: Growing up too fast or being mature beyond your years is often seen as a neutral or even a positive thing. In actuality, it is a psychological prison that the child is put into by their caregivers, where they are expected to be perfect, meet unrealistic standards, or fit a role that doesnt belong to them. I was told I needed to be perfect or I wasnt good enough.. Makes sense now Im only 14 and life seems as if it is flying by and sometimes going by to slow..

The older you get and the more you go through the more you realize that, you wont become sadder you just won't feel anymore... as someone with alot of past experiences I can tell you I don't hurt anymore. I'm just really tired of everything, nothing makes me happy anymore. Enjoy the calm life while its there, because some people would kill for that.

I was raised by unrestricted Wi-Fi. By 9 years old, I was posting myself near-naked on TikTok. By 10, I had twitter. At 10, I started self-harming. At 8, I started having suicidal thoughts. At 9, I had an eating disorder. Im trans and in an unsupportive household and it’s so hard to cope. I always get told I’m “so mature” and “so old for my age”. At the time, this seemed amazing. I was old, which is what I wanted as a kid. At this point im so sick and tired of everything. Im 11 years old and I worry about being perfect. I worry about money, I’m so terrified of everything. I’m 11 years old, and I’m so insecure of my body and I’m the comedic relief therapist friend but it’s so tiring. I want to be normal like everyone else but I’m just not. I’m moving out the second I turn 18, and then I’ll finally be happy.