There are two bands called Teenagers.
1. Teenagers is an energetic four … Read Full Bio ↴There are two bands called Teenagers.
1. Teenagers is an energetic four piece unconventional melody-driven hardcore punk band hailing from Stevens Point/Wausau, WI. Starting in late 2012 from the break up of other area bands, Teenagers decided to go a different route from the rest of the area they reside in and play upbeat fun melodic hardcore, releasing their first single, "Enlightened" in 2013, Teenagers has been hard at work to write and record their first ep to be titled "This Is All Blind To The People You Love" to be released in winter of 2016
2. Teenagers is a band from Fayetteville, Arkansas comprised of Travis Keymer, Robby Huckabee and Chase Pagan. The band has worked together previously in the prog-rock band Burn Baby Burn that disbanded in 2009. The band has recently come together to release their EP "CA" on Fat Sandwich Records. The three piece band has been described as "surf-folk".

I Want To Know
Teenagers Lyrics

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I'll be here
Waiting for my
You were my world I'm here for you
To pick me up
So you can drop me
Gently

(Wohoho)

I don't want to fall
I don't wan't to crawl
But if drop me
Drop me gently

I felt the ground
Hit my face
You were my sweetest embrace
All I could want is gone

(Wohoho)
I don't want to fall
I don't want to crawl

But if drop me
Drop me gently

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "I Want to Know" by Teenagers tell the story of a person who is waiting for their significant other to come back to them. The singer is willing to be there for their partner, even though they feel like they've been dropped or hurt in the past. They want their partner to pick them up and drop them gently, so they don't get hurt again. The song is a powerful and emotional piece, filled with pain, longing, and vulnerability.

The lyrics of "I Want to Know" speak to the universal experience of love and loss. The song captures the pain of a broken heart and the desperation to hold onto love. It's a testament to the power of love, even in the face of adversity. The lyrics also touch on the idea of forgiveness and second chances. The singer is willing to forgive their partner for hurting them and is willing to give them another chance, even though they know they could get hurt again.

Line by Line Meaning

I'll be here
I'll always be available for you

Waiting for my
I'm patiently waiting for your return

You were my world I'm here for you
You were my everything and I'm here to support you

To pick me up
To lift me up from my troubles

So you can drop me
So you can let me go if needed

Gently
In a kind and considerate manner

(Wohoho)
The sound of excitement or anticipation

I don't want to fall
I don't want to fail or lose my hope

I don't wan't to crawl
I don't want to give up or suffer

But if drop me
But if you have to let me go

Drop me gently
Please do it kindly and with care

I felt the ground
I hit rock bottom

Hit my face
I experienced pain and humiliation

You were my sweetest embrace
Your love and comfort was all I needed

All I could want is gone
I lost everything that mattered to me

Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Jonathan Choquet

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Baka Yunih

4y↑1K

Help, I've lost my hunger, my head hurts, Im going to sleep crying everynight, I WANT TO BE FREE, I CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE!

Most people: Stop being soo dramatic!
School: Study. MORE. Or you will never be someone.
Parents: Teenagers.. Its all because of that damn phone!

Friends: Do you want a hug? I understand how you feel, everything is going to be ok, we will escape this together!

AND THEM THEY ASK WHY DO WE TRUST MORE OR FRIENDS AND LOVERS THAN OUR OWN PARENTS.

The Amazed Ala

4y↑51

Sure, I’ve been in pain every day for the past 2 years. But that doesn’t make me any less in pain.

Just cause you have a hard life doesn’t mean we don’t.

No mom, I don’t wanna go to school today. Cause school only makes me worse. But yes, I’ll go because I have to. I’ll put a mask over my pain and make people think I’m perfectly fine.

Every single time I try to tell my mom that I don’t feel good, cause there’s a bulldozer in my head, she says “i don’t know if this is real anymore. Your sick way too conveniently” and I’m have to go to school where I don’t even pay attention, and make it through about 2 periods when I go home sick.

I would have been fine if you just let me stay home, but now the process is gonna be repeated because you just made it worse.

Red Red

5y↑211

All I need is for my parents to understand the concept of privacy.

Other than that, love them <3

But seriously though I really don’t think putting a security camera in my room that gives my dad video notifications of myself is appropriate.

All comments from YouTube:

luko3artist

4y↑5.1K

What teenagers want:
To be heard
To not be patronised
To have our ideas considered and not dismissed

Fliteful Wants Subs

@justin verbon Exactly, why is it so hard to just simply tell someone how to do better? I get it, it's easier to get emotional and angry, but that is not the best way to teach

FlameDood1901

damn try telling that to parents over 40 lmao

Rose

2y↑1

Also to not get made fun of all the time… especially teenage girls

Mr cookie

@justin verbon But in life, many times people will yell at you, and you have to know how to deal with these kinds of things. I am not encouraging for parents to yell at teens/kids, but I also think that teens should be able to at least handle many of these situations, which unfortunately many of them can't.

Cindy Brock

2y↑2

@justin verbon the difference is punishment (yelling, dismissing) and discipline (teaching/redirection). Punishment comes with shame while discipline comes with instruction and acceptance.

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Carson Haight

5y↑7.4K

This is the first and only time I have ever seen "all teens want is attention" in a positive manner and honestly it's really touching

Brian D. Reynolds

2y↑1

@Donovan Douglas Don't expect all attention to be from dirt bags. I hope you've already been surprised by how good ppl can be, too, but if not, you will be.

Roy Petitfils

3y↑4

@Donovan Douglas You are not alone in that bro. Everybody is different. Hard to give a talk like this without generalizing but I've had to learn that over the years the hard way. Also hard for me too is trying so hard not to project my stuff onto teens. I definitely wanted and still want attention. Thanks for commenting!

Satsuki TheAnimeLover

Yep…agree

Tillian

3y↑3

Yes it’s touching because it’s true..

Harry del Valle

3y↑8

I want attention but I don't wanna seek attention.

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Milqmochi Arts

4y↑6.4K

My parents: "why r u always in your room?"
Me: * gets out*
Then: Oh wow, you finally came out
Don't you know how discouraging that can be? When you try to do something but get shunned for not having done it sooner?

Saba Bezhashvili

"Thanks, I'll go back in instead then".
They'll all backpedal

Fliteful Wants Subs

I hate this response so so much lol. It just makes me not want to do it anymore.

Mr cookie

I dont understand, someone please explain to me why this is discouraging?

Krys

@Amity fr very true

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Joseph Eid

5y↑6.5K

Fun Fact: Most people watching this video are teenagers.

Alison Smile

True

Delilah

Very true

the reaper

True true

ABC

You’re right, it’s mostly teens watching this video and that breaks my heart because more parents need to question their parenting and better themselves, for their children. I am, in no way, the perfect parent, but I have a pre-teen child and I am so thankful for resources, such as these, and feedback from other youth, to attempt to better understand my child, to the best of my ability.

Musikbibliothek

@Adiya Raj Arakal Me too. Well, you're thirteen now.

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fatigue tm

4y↑1K

"teenagers are experience rich, but language poor."
these.
these are some wise words, and they hit home.

Jacob Burns

2y↑5

@Mr cookie they’re experiencing a lot of things for the first time. Rich in quality not quantity.

Mr cookie

No, teens don't have any life experience

well plague

4y↑3.1K

Adults always say we need to “learn how to make our own choices” or “be more responsible” but when it’s a decision that actually effects our life the most we suddenly are not allowed to have any input.

Cindy Brock

2y↑2

How can you make big life decisions after you graduate but right now you have to get permission to go to the bathroom?

AS Tetro art

3y↑1

or just small things like “my music taste” or “Interests” thats why i feel awkward saying things i enjoy to my own parents. but rather my own little brother my i truly enjoy spending time with.

diente.

3y↑1

My mother says the same things... well, Linda,I cant make my own decisions or be more responsible because im SO DEPENDENT on you :)

Captain galaxy

3y↑4

My parents give me an option between something and I pick one and 95% of the time it wasn't an option because it ended up being what they wanted

Random Stranger

3y↑2

right? not my personal case, but parents who don't let their kids study what they want because they're the one's paying? Like ????

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Crometic -

4y↑1K

Yesterday, my mom and I got into an argument and I’m a teenager right now. You know what she told me? She said, and I quote, “You have no rights and you deserve no rights”. So I just want to say I’m going through a bad time right now and this ted talk really helped me. On that note, thank you.

Vivofootthe Seventh

This makes me understand how lucky I having awesome parents, yes they argue, but what do you expect.

ulkboii

My mom agrees with that quote.

Captain galaxy

3y↑3

@Blue Cow My mum said she can take my phone because she brought it
In that logic she can't put restrictions on my Xbox because I brought it with saved up birthday and Christmas money

Ookami

this one hits me hard

Roy Petitfils

3y↑1

you are welcome. I hope your situation has gotten better in the last year???

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GhoulishRaider1134

5y↑10.6K

Me: makes a valid point in an argument

Parents: H O W D A R E
Y O U D I S R E S P E C T M E

Vivofootthe Seventh

True

Cindy Brock

As a mom to 2 teens I admit they call me out on my hipocrosy often. And they are not wrong. Our kids are our biggest mirrors but there are a lot of us who would rather not see it, let alone own it and then desire to change it.

jack brown

@P C yup. same thing here... I know how you feal.

MaaazdaGirl

I feel for you 💔❤️

McFloridaMan

Fax

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Gaurav Nath

4y↑515

"rejection is not our greatest fear .... Greatest fear is invisiblity "

I love what he just said !!!

Mini Dini

@Social Anxiety I hope you are better now and that you have people in your life that do good to you and your mental health and treat you right. I wish you all the best, because you deserve only the best! Care for yourself, take yourself the time YOU need and always remember: take one step at a time. It will get better that way and you can reach higher levels of happiness you've never even though about! Lots of love from a teenager from the other side of the globe <3

Social Anxiety

3y↑1

My mental health went down recently because of that. It’s getting better though

ottelo 77

Our greatest fear is to be invisible

Close enough dosent matter still the same message

michael

5y↑1.5K

Adults think their so smart especially teachers and parents... They think their always right no matter what, you argue or talk back and try to prove your point, you get punished and you never win.

Mr cookie

Well, you just described the average teen. I don't mean to stereotype teens, but most teens simply think their viewpoints are correct, and I believe this mentality causes a lot of arguments between teens and parents. I understand that nobody is right, even me, but I think teens and adults should at least have some sense of when they are right and wrong, but this mostly applies to teenagers.

Captain galaxy

@Firebal612 that is true most of the time because sometimes that is false

Izzy Jones

Just imagine having a teacher as a parent trust me it sucks

Zucchini Bread

Sorry for the rant!! :,(

Zucchini Bread

We had a dress code talk today. All of my school was OUTRAGED. Two people, saying this was targeting girls/lots of rules guys don’t need, and that some rules were targeting larger people. Larger girls, especially. The assistant principal basically said “yeah”. WHAT THE ACTUAL F$#@. and that’s why, I’m wearing short shorts. That’s why I’m going out of my way to wear a tank top. That’s why I hate my principal & assistant principal. Because we can’t do anything about anything, because we’re kids and they are adults. We’re teenagers and they aren’t. I hate this. >:(

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Moon Sugar

5y↑729

I want parents to know that phones and technology arent always the cause of our problems. There was even this one time I was pouring water in my glass and the lid of the pitcher fell and the water obviously spilled. Guess where the phone is? It was on another table and my mother goes "This is what you get for looking at your phone" and I was like wtf mom the lid was loose and the goddamn phone didnt have anything to do with it.

They also usually blame your technology for having any type of problem basically. Headaches because you didnt eat, phones, dizziness because of a reason not related to your phone, phones, your failing grades even though you crammed 20 hours, phones. Problem, phones. Im just sick of this.

Charles Petrizzi

It's the phones, trust me.

Captain galaxy

I am on my phone a lot but that's because I want to escape all the trouble and pain of the world

Ya Boi

Its that damn hent@i

Astarix💫

Also, sleep problems? Phones.
My mom blames my trouble sleeping on my phone, even though I’ve had these problems since I was a toddler :/

Orion Songhand

3y↑1

@Gucci cupcake and Sunshine boobear yeah were constantly expected to act like adults but given none of the rights that would come with that like being able to get a fulltime job and vote. In my experience the moment and adults experience is questioned or they are proven wrong they will immediately respond in a very childish way. where as teens seem to accept that they may be wrong and will attempt to learn more.

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AV Wyatt

5y↑8.9K

This guy sounds like he’s at the verge of crying yet he can’t stop making jokes. It made my brain oof

Spoon Taco

Thats called living with or have lived with depression my guy

Dee

Must be a personality thing cause the jokes make me more comfortable having difficult decisions

Arjun Ramakanth

This is me(a teenager) every day

DA22

@Nick-is-lit Bruh and u have none 😅

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Spades_72

4y↑221

its so rare to see a person born before 1996 to understand the life of teens nowadays. Props to u Roy Petitfils

G H O S T E C R A C K

4y↑1.9K

it kinda sucks that i have a better relationship with a stranger over the internet than my own family...😂

Man who is missing two toenails

2y↑1

Just don't get too comfortable with talking to people online.

Lan Huizhong

It's not strange

Lid💙.

2y↑1

YEAH EXACTLY-

I think it's 'cause you have more space between each other than you and your family does...

someone

@Adrija Ghosh which literally makes no sense cause its so much easier knowing that they don't know me and i would probably never even meet them so whats the harm if they bring me more comfort than my parents ever could 😭😭

PorkedBeans

It feels that way

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K

4y↑371

my mom: tell me everything u feel, dont let it sink in
me: starts to tell...
my mom: WHY ARE U LIKE THAT!!!???

jubileebee

felt this 100%

Ester. B.

i once opened up to my mom and she was like "ok give me the phone now." and i don't open up to her anymore.

Kratika Manwani

And then without even listening... its all because of your phone !!!

Astarix💫

3y↑4

I’m to afraid to open up to my mom. Not because she’s really pushy with trying to get me to open up, but because she doesn’t take responsibility for what horrible parents she and my dad are. I’ve talked to her about going to a family counsellor, but when I bring it up with my dad he just says “We don’t need to”, “we’re fine”, “the only one that’s messed up is ‘my name’” and my mom is just like “aight not doin that😀” Sometimes I wish my mom would stick to ignoring me straight-up, rather than saying she’ll listen and then not do anything cuz my dad said so

IGNITED乡PRITH GAMING

Same for me too

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Baka Yunih

4y↑1K

PelicanPenguin

2y↑1

What if you have no friends?

Soundslayer

Wait, you have friends you can talk to? I can't talk to anyone now.

C L

Are you guys doing okay rn?

Meatloaf Biggie

I trust the ultimate gamer more

Spicy Nova

3y↑1

I wish I had friends LOL

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Jack McCormick

6y↑19.7K

I swear adults always say teenagers are antisocial but when i take my dog on a walk and greet people on the trail adults answer the least

Bookish

I think also the reason some people might say that is because for some people, it’s not easy and natural to interact with people, it’s really hard, and as a teen you haven’t or are still learning to be able to interact with people.

Arjun Ramakanth

Yeah. Teenagers are very social, just in our own way

Maxim Walter

@i like coins I think these distractions are necessary, because they distract us from the to high pressure we get.

And instead of stopping those distractions, I would try to lower the pressure, because it is the to high pressure that leads us to distraction. But it must be said that pressure is always needed, but sometimes it is just to much-and what can a 13 years old boy say about this.

(sorry if there are spelling or grammatical mistakes, because English is my third language)

Have a great day😁

This annoying girl right there

@redyoshi777 same, even if i don't like doing it i try really hard, and most of the time people respond to me, especially old people i guess it is because i live in a small town in France, but it really helped me getting a little bit more comfortable with strangers even if it's still hard for me 😕

The Cool Axolotl Logan

I always say hi even though I absolutely hate interaction with other people

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Erin Hoban

5y↑203

I had this incredible headmaster at my secondary school. He would always greet us and ask us how we are doing. He learnt everyone’s name and regularly took people out of class at random to go to his office, have tea and biscuits and talk with people we usually would never (for example: 1st years and year 13’s). He made sure everyone’s voice was heard and treated us all with respect. He valued our opinions and helped us when we needed it. He truly was an amazing headmaster and I miss him. Our school has a new headmaster who doesn’t care about the students and is giving detentions out over the smallest things, even opinions.

Jennifer G.

3y↑2

That sounds wonderful

Onion Man

3y↑7

My headteacher gave some a full lunch time because they were listening to music when they walked into school. Like this was before school had even started. Lunch at my school is 50 minutes long.

Charlie Graham

5y↑440

I got chills when he said “you haven’t been able to get an accurate weight at the doctors in years” “it only goes up to 350 pounds”. That’s so sad.

SuhasOP

3y↑2

@Grant_ lmao

WEIRD OOdee121

3y↑5

It’s sad because there are kids that weight I wish we could do more for our youth

Grant_

3y↑19

That is very sad, but seeing your profile picture in this context cracked me up.

Roswara

5y↑331

Russel Barkley : “The children who need love the most will always ask for it in the most unloving ways”

Gaurav Tandon

2y↑1

So true..didn't think that way

Garbage Boy

4y↑593

Literally all my parents do is criticize me, and then they’re like, “Why don’t you ever spend time with the family?”

Maria Strømseng

Literally same also tell me if you wanna hear about the worst thing my dad always have said i wont start without you being interested

The Boogeyman

3y↑3

this, or they're making fun of one of my many honest mistakes, or blaming something on me.

OGpurple

3y↑9

I get this a lot and I see most people in the comments are like this too. I'm glad I'm not the only person with problems like this. To any parents like this, if you wanted to have a kid who never wanted to live their own life and not just be bragging rights, You should have made a robot. It would've worked a lot better.

Garbage Boy

3y↑18

@samya singh I understand that, but learning from someone else's mistakes isn't the same as learning from your own. A lot of parents try to live vicariously through their kids and project their own fears and insecurities onto them because they think that they can make them perfect. Nobody is perfect, and it's just unrealistic to expect the impossible from someone.

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Simply Luxurious

8y↑4.7K

This is so true, teenagers thoughts and opinions should be valued as much as adults. That magic age of 18 doesn't make a difference. Amazing talk 🙌🏼

Bald Manc Twat With A Head Like A Fucking Orange

It doesn't change at 18. That's just when you can leave the house, that's when it changes.

Zachary B

@Tom Franklin AGREED TEENAGERS ARE LIFE UNWORTHY OF LIFE

billy osullivan

No they shouldn't im 14 btw not a boomer but our brains are under developed and on average we are dummer

trbz_

5y↑5

It's funny, adults just assume they are much smarter than their kids, when in reality many kids are exceedingly perceptive and cunning, and often have very intellectual-seeming thoughts and conversations comparable or sometimes surpassing those of adults. Obviously there are plenty who aren't, but if you can find a way to get close to a teen personally, more than their parents or classmates, sometimes there's a lot more under the hood.

Starlight Glow

5y↑1

As a 38 year old woman I highly respect and agree with this comment. Most of all you young adults (and I don't mean 18) have more knowledge and understanding than most adults and I am proud and thankful to call you our future.

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Hope

4y↑941

Me: Trying to make a valid point.
Adults: This is not a kid's conversation.
Me: Keeping my mouth shut
Adults: Why are you disrespecting?

Random Stranger

3y↑5

Parent: Begins to argue
Me: argues back
Parent: DON'T DISRESPECT ME
Me: keeps quiet
Parent: ANSWER ME I'M NOT A W A L L

ohpolary

3y↑2

Amongus?

xExpresso

3y↑8

I feel this in my s o u l

Superbatmanbro1902

3y↑10

😤😤😤😡😡 really frustrating that they do that

Anurag Gupta

3y↑37

Why do people hate children just because of our age? We also deserve our rights. (Limited, Yes. But right now we don't even have a bit of a right)

Emily Snell

4y↑325

Parent : argues with teen

Teen : talks back

Parent : HoW DaRE YoU TAlK BaCk tO mE lIke ThaT

Teen : in their head well that’s how a conversation works

gucci poTAEto with a sprinkle of bangtan

@I need some milk lmbo i honestly dunno, no matter how hard you try you'll still do something wrong

Orion Songhand

3y↑2

yup they hate that one I got grounded for two months because I said that very same line to my parents.

I need some milk

3y↑5

Then they get mad when you don't answer them, like wtf am I supposed to do??

Miraculous: Tales of Obliviousness

3y↑9

R I G H T?!?

Glamrock Freddy

3y↑16

Bro I actually said that once and my mom fricking blew up on me, telling me to go to my room.

伍anby

4y↑4.4K

Me: Begins winning in an argument

My parents: I'm sorry, I don't speak d i s r e s p e c t

Random Stranger

3y↑3

@Maximus0608 No, you have a point. But from my personal experience at least, trying to talk it out and understand each others points rarely works. That's why most of us would rather stay quiet or get frustrated when in an argument; anything we say is simply considered disrespect and never something worthy of listening to. They're the parent, so they're always right. I've never met anyone my age that just seeks to win the argument, we're just frustrated that they never listen to what we have to say.

Maximus0608

3y↑1

@Random Stranger look, i'm not going to presume that everyone's parents are super understanding or sympathetic to their children. home life varies wildly for different people. all i can say - for myself, really - is that externalizing isn't necessarily a good idea, however justified it might be. I've personally learned over the years to strongly reconsider my positions and approach discussions ith my parents less hotheadedly. Again, having an "argument" as a premise is an immediate sign that you're not on the same wavelength. And you know what? You might never be; it happens, people like that definitely exist. All I'm saying is that people around my age definitely ought to seek more of a mutual understanding rather than win a fight. If you broach a topic with your parents without a combative mindset, you might be surprised as to what you can discuss. But again, your parents and your life. Imma step down from my metaphorical soapbox now

Random Stranger

3y↑1

@Maximus0608 this is exactly what we wish arguments with our parents were like, but they never listen and label all our points as disrespect

Maximus0608

3y↑1

to be completely honest, I don't think that winning or losing an argument is a healthy goal to have; as cheesy as it may sound, it's infinitely more productive to try to hear the other party out rather than be abrasive towards others.

Xaviar_Westfall

3y↑1

How it works for me is,
Me: never argues with my parent.
Both of us: has the same opinions on things.
I don’t ever think I’ve had an actual argument with my mom

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Mareena Mathon

4y↑111

Currently crying, this is all I’ve wanted the adults around me to understand and most of them never have and it makes me extremely happy to know that at least someone can see us and that even if it’s not me, one of us will be seen. That’s all I need to know to keep my hope

Jenna BoBenna

4y↑119

I want my parents to know that speaking my opinion to them is not me being rude. Regardless age we should all be able to express our opinions.

Skulls

3y↑5

Most parents don't care about our opinions

Mercutio Escalus

5y↑236

Your teen years are the one time when everyone expects you to be perfect

Grant_

3y↑16

Which is actually (arguably/generally) the most sensitive time in your life. Setting up an expectation that’s that high can be very destructive to us teens.

Felix.mp3

5y↑152

My parents and peers always say that I have no emotions. It’s just I don’t always show how I am feeling. I might be do sad one day but be smiling and laughing at my family’s jokes about me being emotionless and me doing nothing and being lazy. Little do they know that I am hurting sO much on the inside. I don’t want to show them how I am feeling because they will just say it’s a phase or make a joke or just something that will make me feel uncomfortable. The only person I tell how I am feeling is my best friend. I love her like a sister but sometimes it’s also hard to tell her how I am but she is the only person who knows me really well.

Arjun Ramakanth

2y↑1

I understand the pain and the feeling of being ignored. I’m glad that you have someone who cares for you like that. I thought I had someone like that, but it turned out to be one big lie on her part. If you need a stranger to vent to, I’m here to listen as someone who’s gone through the same things and who knows how much venting is needed

JesterFox

3y↑4

@Rishikesh if you would like to speak to anyone im here, I dont mind

Rishikesh

3y↑3

you at least have someone to vent,I'm jealous

Sylver Squirrel

3y↑6

I'm glad you've got a friend to talk to. I hope your family will understand better, it sounds like they don't realize that their jokes are really making things worse. If you ever want to talk, or just need someone to listen, I'm happy to chat. Good luck stranger.

angie

5y↑55

i wish i could make my parents understand that you can't just "get over" social anxiety and depression

Multi Fandom Mochi

5y↑3

apple And that no, joking about my problems, while I’m having a panic attack is not how you make it go away

Alex Chong

4y↑38

When he talked about the girl saying that she wanted to connect with her parents and 8 people agreeing I teared up a bit.

Andrea Carroll

5y↑41

When I was little, I was shy, but I still talked to people and made friends. Now as a teenager, I've noticed how cruel and judgmental other teens are, especially behind people's backs. Now I don't have any friends because I'm terrified to talk to people my age. I always worry that they're thinking bad things about me and they're going to make fun of me. This was something I never worried about when I was younger.

Emil Paul Serafino

3y↑2

Once upon a time I had the same problem, and actually preferred talking to adults as I found them more interesting. All I could tell you is kids are super insecure, they just want to be accepted and will do and say anything to fit in. They're kids just like you at the end of the day, don't mentally put them on a pedestal or feel you are somehow less worthy. Free yourself of what other people think about you and just be yourself. Seek out those who share common interests and show interest in others. Learn to laugh at yourself too, that disarms people. Hang in there, it will get better a lot better as you get older. College and the real world isn't like Jr. High or High School. Good luck!

Steampunk Mike

4y↑36

I started crying when he talked about holy cross high school. That story was powerful, and it resonated with me deeply.

CJ White

5y↑51

Love how parents always say we’re spending too much time at home or in our room, but when we ask to go out do something with friends or something they always say that we never spend time at home and are always out smh

Mint CSSR

im not trusted to go outside

Anthony

6y↑2.7K

Teenagers should be listened to because we are not emotionally stable. Or atleast not as much as we should be. During these years, even if you are self aware, you can’t help, but feel like everything is stacked against you. Whether it be people, family, and especially schools and teachers. Parents and teachers need to sit down, put their pride away and remember what it was to be teenager. Even though they always say, “Oh when I was your age, I worked 3 jobs blah blah”, I guarantee they went through what every teenager goes through and so we also have to walk in their shoes if we expect them to walk in ours.

Mr cookie

Yeah, but I think it is important teens should also think from the perspective of adults, to find where they are coming from, which unfortunately a lot of teens don't do.

Blue Berry

4y↑6

I think adults want to be a good example for the people who are younger so that's maybe why they say, " when I was your age, I worked 3 jobs" and I think both of sides are lost and don't how to deal with all of that. Not everyone in both sides, some of them know how to deal with things like this.

Jake The Producer

4y↑6

My parents sometimes ignore my emotional instability and when I point this out they say “Eh, that happens to everybody.” Very insensitive

Kelo

4y↑7

@Will Miller can confirm, I can tell I'm spiraling into darkness and I know everything that I should be doing to help myself but i cant get myself to do them and it's so painful because my mom is great but shes really bad at understanding emotional stuff. I know what the things to do that help are, and i know (at least part) of how to do them but i cant help that, in some ways, I dont want to

Edit: I'm back with more. It's so frustrating because I can feel my emotions clouding my judgment and in rare moments of clarity I can see how and why but it always ends up slipping away from me once the moment of peace has gone. Basically I know for a fact that I have figured out several reasons as to why I feel this way, how I feel, how to describe it to the people in my life, and what to do to feel better, but I cant remember. It's the most frustrating thing in the world.

Zaxor Von Skyler

4y↑3

@Acorn Uni it doesn't help that our bodies also release en excessive amount of hormones during that time.

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Teagan Kropp

4y↑204

My family always mocks me and make jabs at the fact I'm always downstairs away from everyone. But every time I come upstairs I am further belittled and I can just be standing there and they say
"Ok bye" "why are you still up here" "go back downstairs"
Then they have the audacity to ask me why I never come upstairs.

Emily Van Dusen

Same...its so annoying

THE MYSTIC OWL

3y↑2

@samya singh yeah I know about not taking things seriously hence my use of the word banter. But I guess people have different limits of what they can take as banter. Also thanks but I don’t need to talk about anything. Thanks for the offer though.

THE MYSTIC OWL

3y↑1

@samya singh I get being mocked and banter and stuff like that. But if what they say destroys their will to be around them that isn’t their fault. Banter can be about actual things people can find funny and not ‘GO BACK TO YOUR CAVE’ which only destroys a conversation.

Only With Buts

5y↑23

This guy made me laugh and cry in one session, such a strong amazing story that touches everyone. Amazing!

Autumnfallsover

4y↑37

I truly hope that I can be the best mother I can be to my teenage son/daughter. ❤️

Hai Bai

3y↑7

By just the fact that you watched this video and made this comment, I know you will be <3

The Amazed Ala

4y↑51

Mint CSSR

if you ever need to talk im here ok?

Red Red

5y↑211

Soundslayer

Sadly, my mom does this to see what I am doing. My mom gives me no privacy though.

Shae C

2y↑1

Omg. That's fkng terrible

hi

@StarriCerulean well if your sister is young maybe your mom is just trying to tell her not to keep stuff from her which is important

DimitriThePig

3y↑6

You can sue them man

crow

3y↑11

Yeah that’s super illegal especially if you’re changing your clothes in your room

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Evelyn Steel

3y↑22

Every time I watch this video I end up crying. When a stranger on youtube sees you more than your mother, you know somethings isn't right.

mrflimflam

3y↑2

Home doesn't feel like home.

CuppaTeaExe

4y↑100

I started Youtube because I was afraid of becoming invisible. And eventually, I became invisible...

I am 15 year old immigrant from England who lives in the US. I moved when I was young and you can guess what happened. Bullying. Non stop bullying. I moved school...but instead of being bullied, I was invisible, all because I was the only one who could not fit in.

If it was not for my small youtube community, I dont know where I would be. Home is where I can fit in and be me

veevyo

3y↑2

Don't worry, when you get a bit older, the girls (or guys or everyone idk what you like) will be saying "zomg his accent sounds so sophisticated." Hang in there :-)

Fara Tequillo

Agent 6729 congrats you earned a sub

Fara Tequillo

you just earned a sub my guy

the engineer

4y↑199

if i showed this to my parents they would cut me off completely from the internet

Amogus Amogus

@BaldyChkn firefox private browsing will help

Orion Songhand

sadly too relatable

Orion Songhand

@kat1gb very reasonable but some parents consider some things like this conversation to be "inappropriate" as it would question their illusion of absolute control, authority, and omnipotence relative to their child.

suhrit kanumuru

@kat1gb it is becuase they dont like them going thru there school mails and seeing there videos that they post on youtube. I have posted on youtube (it is impossible for it too be rated even 10+ ) yet I don't like it when they watch my videos and tell me unessacary things and suggestions that make no sense and I completely don't want to listen to.
And if you have homework to do they keep on reminding you of it like an irritation.

Le Gasp

3y↑3

@the engineer for me this issue has gotten to a point where when a family member (or anyone for that matter) holds my phone I have a panic attack (even though they don’t know the password). Although my mom has admitted that if she ever found my physical diary she would read it so maybe my anxiety is justified.. idk if any of this makes sense I just needed a safe space to rant

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Ægishjálmr

5y↑170

2:00

My heart sunk as I realized where he was going with this.

CJ

5y↑38

1:55 that sank my heart because of how much his mom did for him.

OiKaWa SeNpAi

4y↑460

Me: Is frustrated upset or sad

My parents: WhAt'S WiTh ThE AtTiTuDe??

Man who is missing two toenails

2y↑1

@E. B Its not new it's just recently recognized.

『 miZstudies 』

2y↑1

@mr.kitloin my mom says that like a threat. she's like "i am fully aware of why you are crying, stop freaking crying." like woman, what in the world-

Random Stranger

Also them: MusT Be THaT tEeNagE pHaSe, Are yOu GoinG ThRouGh YouR "I'm d e p r e s s e d" STagE? haHAHah

Ookami

3y↑1

urghk Especially when they cause the frustration/upsetness with their unreasonable harshness.

「Leila VA」

3y↑7

Me : just wants to be left alone to recharge because school sucks and I feel stressed
Parents : there are people who are going through worse things than you! Do something better than do nothing but watch YouTube videos!
Me, who was trying to recharge so I can do “something better than watch YouTube videos”. : ma’am, sir. I’m watching how to make animations, science related educational videos, etc. I’m doing something that I can learn from, and apply to the future. And I’m recharging so I can study for the thing that’s stressing me out.
Is what I’d like to say but cause of my anxiety, I can’t stand up to them. Plus their Asian :/
Oh, sorry for ranting :/

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Lil Angry Muffin

5y↑3

thank you for doing this for other teens!
When I was younger all I wanted was for my mother to just take a moment to sit down and let me express my opinions and emotions.. Our relationship still suffers but its bearable thankfully

RottenCopper

6y↑13.8K

My parents would always tease me about being in my room all the time and would call me a hermit or a shudden but that always made it harder to actually get out of my room

izzy Williams

I hate that I can agree with this

Tyler Leach7734

3y↑1

i can feel that. i’m only 14. it’s my first yea of high school and sometimes i just need a break but then i get yelled at for not ‘being a part of the family’. at least i know i’m not alone.

Rango pistacho

My parents didnt mind i spent time in my room especially cuz of the effect covid has had.

zarah

this exactly

Mithlesh Ojha

This is so relatable

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Regan W.

3y↑12

parents: “Because you can!”
what I want them to know: Yes, I can but have you ever asked me if I’m happy about it?
Children shouldn't be forced into doing what they don't enjoy just for you to have something to be proud of.

Emaan KC

4y↑56

Why isn't anyone talking about how he teared up five minutes in

meathead_567

3y↑33

Me: Winds an argument against my parents

Parents: Punish me for being right

Me: Confused

IGNITED乡PRITH GAMING

3y↑1

You know what? I wanted to be popular in gaming but my parents want me to be a doctor. I am not able to understand those alpha beta and gama and what not then what is physics I dont understand at all I said them I cant do it but didn't listen to me at all now am in grade 11 with pure science as subject and on the verge of failing my life .

IGNITED乡PRITH GAMING

3y↑1

Happens with me too

Tot4l Rand0mness

4y↑5

It's really good to have people that can see you even when you feel invisible. Just a simple "hey" can really lighten up your mood.

Jake38Nine

6y↑3.5K

And those invisible teenagers grow up to be invisible adults. It doesn't just stop at the teenage years. It can go into adulthood too.

vera

dont give me the nightmares

Pedro Costa

3y↑4

Ive scrolled down for like half an hour trying to find this comment.
Im 20 and it doesnt seem like my situation is anywhere near improving. I havent been able to start a conversation w my parents for years now and I dont even know why anymore.
I just wanna move out away from them at this point, maybe distance will help.
Maybe when i get a stable job and keep up with the university ill be able to bridge the gap. Who knows

ANIL KUMAR SINGH

4y↑1

I don't want to end up like that:(

Stan Baby Photos the Slither-puff

Yup

SorrowAndSufferin

4y↑4

@Miranda Sounds to me like a healthy dose of being introverted with an unhealthy dose of depression. But I'm no professional, so I can only speak from personal experience and the diagnoseI received

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BenjEyeMan P

5y↑9

About what he said earlier, being recognised, I remember about a year back that it was my school's activities week. The day before I had made two new friends. Now previously (I was in year/grade 9 at the time) I had made one friend at secondary school: this is because the first 2 years at school, I hadn't left primary school, so to speak, and had very little idea of how to interact normally - I had gotten better recently. Despite that, this friend didn't really seem to want me around to be honest.

I remember the day after making these two new friends - my entire year group was in a hall, waiting to be picked up for their next activity day. I saw my friends, but thought "they've probably forgotten about me, that day was just a one-off", but to my surprise, they walked over to ME. That is something that hasn't happened for years - someone acctually, visibly wanting to talk and to socialise with me.

I cried that night in happiness - sounds cheesy and wierd, but I was so happy that I had found real, caring friends.

Gxnja_bxby

4y↑17

he was so spot on i started crying

OtomeGirl~

4y↑2

At one point we were all teenagers learning to grow , self identify , learning how to process our emotions and thoughts .
But the one thing I wish some teens were to know is ..not all adults judge or criticize you with self opinionated thoughts . Usually in my case I use logical thoughts ,care about you and also self relate to you guys ...however most of the time when I do ..I get hit with " you don't understand or It's not about you " but really no it not about u or me at this point it's about the ideas you could seek .. so I mostly get annoyed or tired repeating myself 💀

Kimchi Noodles

Kids can be so mean. He is amazing and strong! Thank you for this speech. So many kids deal with this and it’s good to talk about it so they know they aren’t alone.

Nefertiti Belinda

4y↑1

Very insightful and informative... love the presentation too. Thank you 🙏🏽

BlueSky SunnyDay

I LOVE this Ted Talk! So worthwhile! Especially because I am a mom of 3 teens and I am a high school teacher.

Another Ted Talk on teens also gave me useful info: that teens often interpret others’ emotions inaccurately. They see anger where there is none. That was like a light bulb for me. It explains SO much.

Hang in there, teens! (And hang in there, anyone who lives with a teen!)

sarah michelle

4y↑5

being an invisible teen breaks me because i tell them about it and they say “it’s because you’re shy” and i may be shy but at least give me some sort of attention that makes me feel good about myself. like talk to me and notice me for once in my lifetime to know that there is people out there who actually care

Reem 13

3y↑4

As a teen, I totally agree with this guy, by the end of it I was in tears.
I really struggle to live up to my parents expectations, they want me to have good grades and be social and when they notice I eat unhealthy food , they say I should lose weight and that I need a diet (and btw I am average in weight and size, but they want me to be like my sister who is skinny and also struggles to gain weight) so I had body image issues and I started throwing up my food and starving myself, so I became depressed and less social. So they would get angry with me for not being “perfect”.they expect us to change just by getting angry with us which it doesn’t work that way.

So now idk how to tell them I need help, and if I told them they would also say that I’m fine and it will get better by time like.....SSDFCHGXDHVFHBVHHFCJBBHHAAAAAAAAAAAA

Ella C

5y↑3K

I was in class and I think my teacher was in a bad mood. This girl walked up to her to ask her a question and the teacher yelled at her. The girl didn't show any disrespect so I instantly knew it was wrong of her to yell at this girl. I told my teacher that "all she did was ask a question so you don't need to yell". She gave me a detention, but why was what I did considered wrong? The fact is it was not wrong at all. I only received this because I'm a child and a child can NOT know anything. They always say stand up when somebody is being mistreated or somebody is being rude, but if it's the teacher I guess it doesn't apply. I didn't try to go against it or tell any other teachers because I didn't want to make it worse besides who would believe a child.

Züzû

2y↑1

That's the normal here in my school, especially on road trips. We usually have about 3-4 classes go hiking at the same time, then another group starts 20 minutes later and the last group another 20 minutes later. Every single damn time any guy asked any of our professors anything, they'd get yelled at while you're just there like 'he just asked you a question, tf?'. Also when they complain that they don't have enough professors to deal with such unruly teenagers on these trips. Like it ain't our fault you can't get more than 4 professors per 120 students.

PorkedBeans

@Blok Vader I hate it too

Ya Sch

3y↑1

I know thats not the point of the video or comment but i think thats still a valuable lesson what i learned in school aswell
Life sadly isnt fair at all and there will be people who dont treat you right
In school you learn how to work around those people or how toact around them
You learn how to act around authoritys that dont agree with you or mistreat you but you cant say anything against because you would lose your job

I think the important part is for parents to start treating their children as a respectful person with a own opinion
That they listen to their children even if they dont agree with the opinion
And most important that they tell their children they were wrong when they were

Bread

3y↑2

why do people think adults are always way smarter than children / teens
i know they have gone through many things, they have experienced many more things tht we (the kids / children / teens)still hv to
but the mentality tht children know nothing and adults are always right is just bullcrap

Alexis Vandom

3y↑1

It doesn't apply if it's the popular kids, either. Believe me, I've been there more times than I can count.

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Simp Guardsman of Krieg

3y↑62

Me: finally snaps and talked back*

Parents: YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME, MORTAL?!

Sofia's Art Studios

4y↑1

Such a powerful talk, and it really hits home. Such a simple thing as being seen can make the biggest difference. It really is a shame that so many teens feel invisible, isolated, lonely. Thank you for sharing your story, and bringing this issue to light.

Salleh06

4y↑2

Reading these comments I'm starting to realise how lucky I am

Parents that care for me and love me
A school that cares for the student's wellbeing
A Peer atmosphere were no one is an outcast
Caring friends that are there for me when I need them most

Even with the challenges that come with having ASD and Adhd, I can get through it with the support of everyone around me and for that I'm grateful

Edenscribable 9029

5y↑1

This was an extremely powerful speech and I loved it. 🙏

Otter Woods

6y↑2.5K

I think it hurts more to get fake attention like when it feels like your parents are forcing themselves to be around you and anything you say or do is forgotten by everyone they're there but not really there

Arjun Ramakanth

Definitely. It doesn’t have to be parents either. My peers do this a lot. It just feels like most of them force themselves to talk to me, and I’m always shunted aside if there’s any other opportunity. It’s crushing to see people I thought were my friends laughing with others but to see the light and joy get extinguished the second they realize I’m there

Savia Ako

My heart did a clenchy thingy

Arsh Tewari

4y↑2

This is too deep

Camila Filosáfia Moreno

Otter Woods 😶

Mae G.

Or if people are forced to be nice/hang out with you it makes it feel like they don’t like you

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Arctica The Fox

5y↑1

That was a really sad story but inspirational and eye opening too. I will carry this with me throughout my life.

Lisa Virella

2y↑1

Damn you "play next"! You can't be tossin emotional videos like this into the mix without a warning. Got me over here choking back tears. This story was so genuine. I can relate on so many levels.

Nova

3y↑3

my parents always asked "why dont you hang out with your friends?"
I had already succeeded at becoming the best ignored student, I was invisible and i knew it. I was the kid that sat alone while listening to teachers and pastors telling the students to hang out with the students who sat alone. I was the kid who sat alone on the floor to eat my lunch since all the tables were taken by other groups. Why didn't i join any of those, because i didnt understand myself and i didnt know how to act or react around people. i looked one way and felt another but I knew no one cared. If i acted one way i could be part of my church, but deep down i hated myself for everyone told me they loved the person who i knew i wasnt but didnt know how to express it and was afraid to because i didnt want to be rejected.

Cal Harris

4y↑1

I thought the dialect sound familiar.
Thank you for sharing your story. So many if us here in Louisiana have trouble with our weight partly due to our good food. Inspirational ❤️

KanooklaPook

6y↑2.3K

Teenagers want you to know that their problems, like the ones of children, adults, and the elderly alike, are deeper than a 5 sentence paragraph, a 3 page multiple choice test, or anything you can write on a college application

hi

3y↑2

@billy osullivan Ah yes because the crazy expectations everyone puts on you, the lack of any freedom in your life, the crippling depression and anxiety and dysfunctional families are just soo easy to deal with am I right?

(im being sarcastic.)

Orion Songhand

@Better Eggs never better spoken

Orion Songhand

@billy osullivan no you

Stefon Rader

3y↑1

@billy osullivan I'm an emancipated 15 year old living on my own, I do have issues but truly it's possible to overcome it all. Isn't too hard for me 🤷‍♂️

Serai Resana

My parents would always tease me about being in my room all the time and would call me a hermit or a shudden but that always made it harder to actually get out of my room

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Logan Oglesby

I speak for myself and all other teenagers when I say that the work your doing, Roy, is immensely appreciated.

Berkand Kartal

5y↑5

I once told me that i was bullied in school while crying in my room, my mom came in and asked me what happened. She just made jokes about it, and didnt even take me seriously. I cried even more at that point.

Creepy_ Glitcher

5y↑471

Mom: youre anti social
Me: sees my mum on the phone every single day

suhrit kanumuru

if people or talking on discord or playing a multiplayer game they making friends with absolute strangers.

mcplumpkin

@Dat_bois1 sociopathy isnt even an actual medical term. asocial means you're not social. a- is a prefix for "negative" or "lack of", so asocial

Dat_bois1

@mcplumpkin their is a difference between being anti social and having an anti social disorder. Being anti social means you aren’t a very social person/ doesn’t like to be social. Antisocial personality disorder is sociopathy (when you show little to no regard for right and wrong and ignores the feelings of others).

MINI LAMMA

3y↑2

@mcplumpkin I mean, being anti-social isn't really a bad thing right? How does that make people psychopaths

mcplumpkin

@MINI LAMMA ...antisocial personality disorder. people who have it are called psycho/sociopaths. asocial is the right word

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Xander Marron

When he said what was in the bag, I cried. That was so sweet and kind and showed exactly what kind of man that kid will grow up to be, and it made me so happy for him

It's Casey Bot

I just want to say thank you to this man. We have similar stories and I'm in tears. Thank you for making an effort for us. We're grateful, even if we don't seem it

Katie Emery

4y↑55

My parents tune out of my conversation when they're not interested. Now I don't talk to them as much. And they say I'm antisocial.

Johnlocked the impala

4y↑2

This Ted talk made me cry like a baby. It hurts so much to hear him talk about these things. It touched me so deeply, to hear someone talk about the emotions I held so deeply as a teen.

Johan Hooley

3y↑2

I find the way he speaks very captivating and poetic. Good ted talk!

Matthew

7y↑9.2K

When asked if bullying was a problem in my school, I would always say no, we mostly ignore each other. We all have our circles and the ones who don't have a circle are just left to wander.

Athletic Nerd

Exactly like everyone in my school has someone else and if you don’t like someone you just avoid them and their circle... no one cares enough to bully people 😂

Xx_SomeSceneCath0lic_xX

Matthew At my school, this doesn't happen

Healthy A

Im kinda like a wanderer in my school, but I have a good relationship with a few circles there

GC

4y↑2

Yes! This is what so many don't understand! Adults tend to try and counteract bullying, this avoids many other very real issues. We know how to stand up against a bully. Now teach us how to find the outcast, break social boundaries, and help the silent, smiling victims of the immense social pressures on teens today.

Person Undercover

@Emma Norfleet I know this is a year old comment but same

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Senvia

5y↑14

I felt alone until I read these comments and watched this video. I’m going to leave my house for the first time in three years and not just go in my backyard or up and down the alley. I’m going to approach as many people as it takes to have a conversation with one. Fml this is necessary.

Allen L

Thank U ROY! The young adults don’t know how good they have it with you in their lives! God BLESS U and all the lives you impacted!

Laura Hamdi

3y↑1

"Teenagers are experience-rich but language-poor." I'm taking this with me<3

Anthony

5y↑1

It’s crazy how his story happened so close to me. I live in New Orleans and although I don’t attend Holy Cross, a couple of my friends do. Some of which are carrying their own family legacy at the school.

Eli Midd

5y↑5.1K

Teenagers are expected to act like adults but are still treated like children. Even being 18 and living with my parents I didnt magically get the attention society deems worthy of Adults Only. I had a talk with my mom a few months ago about saying thank you to Me for simply doing the dishes or setting the table and she got upset with me, making me feel like I wasnt worthy of the simple act of being thanked. Later once I'd calmed down and she was driving me to a meet up with friends I said to her "you expect me to say 'thank you' after this car ride right? Cause that's the decent thing to do" and she said yes and I said "all I was saying is that I wish you'd extend the same courtesy to me" and she apologized, saying sometimes she guessed she forgot her pleases and thank you's.

I wish I could have more moments like that with my parents, where they would actually listen to what I'm trying to say rather than immediately jumping on the grumpy sullen teenager train, as he said: we are experience rich and vocabulary poor and we need people, Especially adults to reach out to us cause sometimes we dont know how, or its misconstrued as something that's just a "teenager problem"

hi

3y↑1

@Colton Krum the fact you think someone who is still practically a child shouldn't be living with their parents is astounding. It's a very western(American) concept for kids to leave when they turn 18. In most Asian countries kids stay with their parents until they finish college and/or can financially support themselves

Maddison

3y↑1

Generally I don't mind that I don't get a thank you. Like yea, it's just chores I should do them. It annoys me when Mum goes on about how no one ever does anything and I'm like, ah yes I feel appreciated here thank you

Miraculous: Tales of Obliviousness

3y↑2

E X A C T L Y
they automatically assume i don't want to do smth that they ask me to do, or that i have a bad attitude about it, when really, the thing they are asking me to do i dont mind doing, i just hate that they ask me in a rude way or say things in a condescending way. it drives me crazy when my mom assumes i ignore her on purpose, when i really just do forget.

Sage George

3y↑1

Valid point. I might bring it up to my parents...

Wolfgang Rodemich

Just wanna thank everybody for their thoughts.

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SalvadorAlvarez

4y↑1

This speech hit so hard emotionally. Me personally am always pushing people away and saying I want to be by myself. But what I really want is people. I really do want to be seen. Roy I want you to know, that we all see you

Gabriel Kerne

5y↑22

Our whole lives we wait for the moment a person sitting across us says: "I see you."

Menos Problemos

3y↑1

I love the sensitivity. It rings in my heart. So beautiful to be touched by a mere recording <3

Geet

You have gone through really hard times! You have tried your best man! Just have a good life man! Loved your Ted talk!

Sounds Great, Greg

7y↑3.6K

"i dont know how to not avoid them but i dont want them to avoid me"

this made me cry. Im a 17 year old girl too and ive never known how exactly to express it but i feel this exact way about adults. i wish i could talk to this guy he sounds incredible.

Hamilton Hargreeves At a dam Disco

4y↑1

I see Lin-Manuel Miranda, and your message made me so happy.

Reid S

5y↑1

I was crying through it too. Very powerful speech.

Ben O'Shea

5y↑1

R/im14andthisissodeep

floop

5y↑3

@Roy Petitfils dude I'm dying you sound like such a boomer

yazzer

ok edgelord

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Analicia T

3y↑4

I am a 16 year old girl and I can say that this is so true. I'm crying from how true it is especially now in 2020 and 2021.

Guyver Mutronics

3y↑2

My heart reaches out to you, in every genuine meaning of the sentence. Stay strong girl. From a fellow 17 y.o. :)

mayathebee

By the end of this, I was tearing up. He managed to put all of my feelings into words. This is something that I’ve never been able to explain but I’ve been dealing with for what feels like forever

Hyper Knight200

i didn't cry because i already have so much pain that i feel nothing but pain

Alexa

4y↑1

This is so inspirational, look how far he has come this is just prove that you can do anything you set your mind to

Marc Salmo

4y↑2

You made a tear drop . I can relate to this . I was about to commit suicide because I was that moody , unrespecting teen in my parents eyes . I told them that I wanted to leave this life with them , suddenly they took my advice on the things I love ... tried to be more open-minded ... And this helps a lot . This makes me a person not just a teenager

wink wonk

6y↑2.4K

when his voice cracked when he said "my wife" i teared up

Christopher Lewallen

3y↑5

@PenguTheOfficial 7:57

Occasional Fan-Content

4y↑13

I teared up at the last story, he’s an amazing voice actor!

Nithyasree Sathyanarayanan

5y↑17

I felt the same way 😢

Badboyifier

5y↑25

He overcame the impossible

Emily Harrington

4y↑1

Thank you so much for this. Thank you for tearing up during your presentation. Vulnerability is true strength. You are truly evolved. Keep up the good work. You're making the world better.