CONCERNING TOPIC: Judgement based on Impressions

CONCERNING TOPIC: Judgement based on Impressions

A big question that runs through my mind is “why do people have first impressions of others and what makes the human mind and soul judge another’s lifestyle and existence.

I always catch myself thinking in my daily life, asking myself “what is my existence and why was I meant to be here”. I have experienced more downs than ups in my life and I always remind myself of this quote, “if it was easy anyone can do it”.

So what factor(s) help young adults and people in general to not give up on life when experiences are hard? I believe that every human being in this world has a purpose. For some, it just takes more time and learning to figure it out. For some, they question “why me”? The reason this happens is because the human body goes through a lot of trauma due to the anxiety teens and adults experience. For adults, it is bills, stable living conditions, self care, family responsibilities, and adjusting through hard transitional periods. For teens, anxiety can be brought on from overwhelming school work, depression, self-hate or comparison, working after school, attending school events, bad friend groups, drugs, bad grades, etc. As teens we don’t necessarily know how to talk about our problems because we don’t want to inflict the same feelings, we feel onto someone else. We understand that everyone is experiencing their own issues and that we are not the only one. We see our parent’s experiencing anxiety & stress and we don’t want to “add” another situation for them to solve. We know that our parent’s love and support us, it just our way of learning how to handle our emotions and situations on our own.

I am the type of person that stays to myself. It doesn’t help me when feeling anxiety because I don’t feel like I have that person to communicate with about my thoughts and problems. I understand how other’s can feel this way too. I can relate with other’s and try to communicate and listen to them. Sometimes that is just what teens need, someone to listen to them.

Judging others is a mindset rather than voicing your opinion or giving advice. Sometimes people just want to use their voice and have you listen, rather than giving your opinion or advice. We are all the same, experiencing similar issues and if we can connect on a level of acceptance and understanding, we could all listen and learn from one another, and get through this thing called “life”.