Reflecting on My Emotional Development During My Adolescent Stage

Adolescence can be seen as a transition stage from dependence to interdependence. Adolescence can also be classified as growth and development between adulthood and childhood. My emotional Intelligence adolescent journey defined a lot of views about life which made me upgrade myself to gain a route to independence in society or everywhere around me. A lot of changes came in the way I think and express myself socially, mentally, emotionally, or in another complex stage of life.

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During my early childhood days, I can vividly remember how my dad swung me up with a smile on his face and how my mom sang for me at night even though it was not always frequently, These experiences are unforgettable feelings I felt back then, but during my adolescents stage a lot changed, it was like I was never noticed at all again, all attention and feelings was passed to my little ones and my cousins.

During my early childhood, I had no idea about emotion or feelings, I classified my mood and feelings as either happy or sad because it was like a direct means my mom used to communicate with me, then after I got to my adolescence stage, I started noticing and giving more attention to my feelings and emotions. What spoils my childhood mood was sleep or food. I can remember the day there was an emergency at home and everyone was running, I was just 7 years old, and my mood was not spoilt because of the emergency but because I hadn’t eaten then, I know this might sound funny but it is the truth.

My first discovery of the definition of my emotions and feelings was through a friend who was in love, and that friend was my best friend. There was this girl then named Jessica, daniel loved Jessica so much that he didn’t mind going the extra mile to get her, we were just 13/14 years little did we know about feelings. I know myself too well to be someone who doesn’t care about a lot of things, but Daniel was my close friend I could not neglect him. Watching how he journeyed himself to get her and the experience and struggle we had before getting her made me understand the importance of emotions and feelings.

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In My country, we were never given a formal education about emotions and feelings these are experiences we discovered on our own, and maturity made me understand that experience undergoes this aspect of life, but no one wishes to see the negativity around it.

My journey throughout my adolescence stage, taught me a lot about emotions and feelings, I remember I had 3 heartbreaks then from different ladies, which made me react to playing 8 ladies back, but this thought was wrong, no one advised me about it, it was like everyone and every friend around me supported my playboy attitude, except my mom and dad, because they did not know that part of life existed within me.

It is true of the fact that life is the biggest teacher of emotions and feelings because we will always tend to experience this aspect of life everywhere but we must understand that everyone has feelings and emotional responses from different life experiences and understanding of life. Some feelings can’t be overlooked but we must understand ourselves well so as not to be overwhelmed by these feelings negatively as they could cause damage to us.

Presently, I won't say I am very experienced but looking at my past emotional response and my present lifestyle I know there is a huge positive influence on me.

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