Why do I miss my childhood so much

Recently this month I've been wanting to go back to my childhood so much. Im a sophomore in high school now and I miss all the simple happy days of my childhood. I remember so many good times that I had when I was a kid like video games, playing with friends, not having to worry about anything, and my parents were actually nice to me. Everything was fresh and exciting.

Now it feels like everyday is the same. It's been like this for the past 2 years. I can hardly remember any memories from these few years because it all just felt like a big blur. Im supposed to be preparing for life but I cant for some reason. I just feel stuck in time trying to be happy. The things I loved doing when I was a kid just dont feel the same anymore. When I try to have fun like I did as a kid it just feels like I'm forcing it.

I know this should be in a blog or w/e, but I really need some help on this. if anyones been through something like this before please respond.

The funny thing is that after a while after finishing high school you'll wish you could re-do that too. And after finishing college your going to wish you could go back, etc.

I may be only 14 but im telling you just live your life and make the best of it, get a group of friends and just chill all night doing fun childish stuff like ding dong ditching or toilet papering. Take the advantage of being able to drive and still at a young age that the possibilities are near endless.

Don't worry, college is just around the corner. Trust me, it's way more fun than being a kid.

Don't worry, college is just around the corner. Trust me, it's way more fun than being a kid.

kussese

Yeah, when I was in high school I sort of felt like that. That and even worse, the girl I REALLY liked thought I was a creeper. We're married now so miracles can happen. :P Cheer up. :)

Yeah, when I was in high school I sort of felt like that. That and even worse, the girl I REALLY liked thought I was a creeper. We're married now so miracles can happen. :P Cheer up. :)

dunl12496

I freaking hated my child hood and I'm convinced everyone just has bad memory and actually hated theirs too. Freaking so glad I'm an adult now.Ace6301

I'm somewhat inclined to believe this. I don't think I hated my childhood, but it wasn't all rainbows and daisies. I've caught myself wanting to go back, but I was bullied for like 4 years, so I'm not sure why I consider those good times...

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]I freaking hated my child hood and I'm convinced everyone just has bad memory and actually hated theirs too. Freaking so glad I'm an adult now.zeldaluff

I'm somewhat inclined to believe this. I don't think I hated my childhood, but it wasn't all rainbows and daisies. I've caught myself wanting to go back, but I was bullied for like 4 years, so I'm not sure why I consider those good times...

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]I freaking hated my child hood and I'm convinced everyone just has bad memory and actually hated theirs too. Freaking so glad I'm an adult now.zeldaluff

I'm somewhat inclined to believe this. I don't think I hated my childhood, but it wasn't all rainbows and daisies. I've caught myself wanting to go back, but I was bullied for like 4 years, so I'm not sure why I consider those good times...

[QUOTE="zeldaluff"]

I'm somewhat inclined to believe this. I don't think I hated my childhood, but it wasn't all rainbows and daisies. I've caught myself wanting to go back, but I was bullied for like 4 years, so I'm not sure why I consider those good times...

dkdk999

It's probably because the person that bullied me was also my best friend, and we did have a lot of fun. Back then the bad overwhelmed the good, but now I guess I mostly choose to remember the good parts.

If each chapter of your life is not as memorable as your last, you've made poor choices. Each tier of education I've gone through has been more liberating than the last. I eagerly await my future I have built with hard work and good choices. IMO, it sounds like you are depressed and you need to find something that interests you or a goal to work toward. It is easy to get caught up in simply play games, drinking, hanging out with friends, etc. After a few years you will look back and have nothing to show for it.

it gets worse :(xfactor19990

Welcome to life.

The longer we live the more we lose as Rocky said.

Live for now

newsflash OP...ur what 15/16? ur still a kid...get over it...lolz...wait till u graduate college and get a REAL job and life...then ull want the old days...as grateful as i was when i was child...given everything...didnt have to worry about money, taxes, love, prejudice, work...it was the life...and i realized it...i was one of the few people in my graduating class who was kinda hesitant to graduate cause life was only gonna get harder...but now...i realize that i was even takin my childhood for granted...but i wouldnt trade my life now for anytihng...i love my wife...i love my job...maybe there are some things i dont like about bein a real adult...but there are so many things that are better about...and lets face it...im on gamespot...so that should tell everyone that i still play games and have fun

You're a sophomore in highschool man, go out and have fun and make friends. I think the reason that people reminisce about the past is because they're stuck in a sort of idle state in the present. Enjoy the rest of your highschool years, and live for today, not yesterday or several years ago.

We all do man. We all do...

The thing is though, you just gotta suck it up and realize that you'll never be a kid again.

This is coming from a fellow sophomore as well. I'll tell you right now, I would KILL to be a little kid again. I know the feeling all too well. It seems like everything was better back then. Less drama, less stress, less pressure to be perfect, better media/entertainment, more free time...I totally sympathize.

Those were the days. And if I could relive them, I totally would. But then I would have to turn 12 again. And then 13, 14. And let me tell you, my life really started going down the **** at 12.

Hell, I'm only 15 and I feel like I'm 40. Tons of family drama, no friends, no going out to parties like every other teenager....I just sit alone at home on my computer. My life is REAL pleasant. :l You feel like your life is a waste now, and you'd rather go back to those old days. Same with me.

Every day I'm alive I can only hope in 5 years my life will be better...all these people saying it doesn't get better...well, my life is already hell. lol

I just hope these next few years will contain more good times than I've ever had since I was 11-12.

Why do you miss your childhood? Because the 90s kicked ass. Plain and simple.Shadow-Elite

What's sad is that you're going to be longing for your high-school days in a few years. It only gets worse.

Why do you miss your childhood? Because the 90s kicked ass. Plain and simple.Shadow-Elite

[QUOTE="dkdk999"][QUOTE="zeldaluff"]

I'm somewhat inclined to believe this. I don't think I hated my childhood, but it wasn't all rainbows and daisies. I've caught myself wanting to go back, but I was bullied for like 4 years, so I'm not sure why I consider those good times...

zeldaluff

It's probably because the person that bullied me was also my best friend, and we did have a lot of fun. Back then the bad overwhelmed the good, but now I guess I mostly choose to remember the good parts.

We all do man. We all do...

The thing is though, you just gotta suck it up and realize that you'll never be a kid again.

This is coming from a fellow sophomore as well. I'll tell you right now, I would KILL to be a little kid again. I know the feeling all too well. It seems like everything was better back then. Less drama, less stress, less pressure to be perfect, better media/entertainment, more free time...I totally sympathize.

Those were the days. And if I could relive them, I totally would. But then I would have to turn 12 again. And then 13, 14. And let me tell you, my life really started going down the **** at 12.

Hell, I'm only 15 and I feel like I'm 40. Tons of family drama, no friends, no going out to parties like every other teenager....I just sit alone at home on my computer. My life is REAL pleasant. :l You feel like your life is a waste now, and you'd rather go back to those old days. Same with me.

Every day I'm alive I can only hope in 5 years my life will be better...all these people saying it doesn't get better...well, my life is already hell. lol

I just hope these next few years will contain more good times than I've ever had since I was 11-12.

marcogamer07

wow...u guys have problems...either that or it just seems like everyone in middleschool/highschool right now has problems...i dont remember highschool being nearly this bad...but everywhere i turn i see some kid complaining about having no kids...yet i bet if u look at their facebook they got aleast 100 friends on there...i think kids make their lives out worse than they really are...everyone has family drama...not every teenager goes out partying...heck u wanna know what i spent all of my highschool and college doing...playing dnd, starcraft, crpgs, quake live, and unreal tournament...i had lan parties, i had 2 or 3 roleplaying nights a week...i was/am a major geek...but u know what...i wasnt popular in highschool but i had a few friends...and just wait...i guarantee when u get to college ull find people who are more or less just like you...im sorry...but im tired of people sayin their lives are horrible...im in the military... i know guys whos lives have been turned upside down in less than a blink of an eye...they lose parts of their bodies and their life completely changes...some of them dont have a family so they only have the guys in the unit to depend on after that...im sorry...but ur still a kid...ur life cant be THAT bad...and ur 15...u cant even work yet...mommy and daddy still buy u everything

[QUOTE="marcogamer07"]

We all do man. We all do...

The thing is though, you just gotta suck it up and realize that you'll never be a kid again.

This is coming from a fellow sophomore as well. I'll tell you right now, I would KILL to be a little kid again. I know the feeling all too well. It seems like everything was better back then. Less drama, less stress, less pressure to be perfect, better media/entertainment, more free time...I totally sympathize.

Those were the days. And if I could relive them, I totally would. But then I would have to turn 12 again. And then 13, 14. And let me tell you, my life really started going down the **** at 12.

Hell, I'm only 15 and I feel like I'm 40. Tons of family drama, no friends, no going out to parties like every other teenager....I just sit alone at home on my computer. My life is REAL pleasant. :l You feel like your life is a waste now, and you'd rather go back to those old days. Same with me.

Every day I'm alive I can only hope in 5 years my life will be better...all these people saying it doesn't get better...well, my life is already hell. lol

I just hope these next few years will contain more good times than I've ever had since I was 11-12.

lpjazzman220

wow...u guys have problems...either that or it just seems like everyone in middleschool/highschool right now has problems...i dont remember highschool being nearly this bad...but everywhere i turn i see some kid complaining about having no kids...yet i bet if u look at their facebook they got aleast 100 friends on there...i think kids make their lives out worse than they really are...everyone has family drama...not every teenager goes out partying...heck u wanna know what i spent all of my highschool and college doing...playing dnd, starcraft, crpgs, quake live, and unreal tournament...i had lan parties, i had 2 or 3 roleplaying nights a week...i was/am a major geek...but u know what...i wasnt popular in highschool but i had a few friends...and just wait...i guarantee when u get to college ull find people who are more or less just like you...im sorry...but im tired of people sayin their lives are horrible...im in the military... i know guys whos lives have been turned upside down in less than a blink of an eye...they lose parts of their bodies and their life completely changes...some of them dont have a family so they only have the guys in the unit to depend on after that...im sorry...but ur still a kid...ur life cant be THAT bad...and ur 15...u cant even work yet...mommy and daddy still buy u everything

I do work, actually. I have a job.

I think a lot of it has to do where we're from and where we live. Where I live, there's really no one out there that's really like me. i guess you and I are just different people.

EDIT: Thought I'd elaborate a little. I had a whole post complaining about why my life sucked, but I deleted it since I found it a little excessive. But where I come from, everyone is either a football jock/skater/prep, or a drug addict. It's pretty hard to find someone like me in my town, I'd say only about 5-10% of all the kids in my town share the same experiences as me.

[QUOTE="zeldaluff"]

It's probably because the person that bullied me was also my best friend, and we did have a lot of fun. Back then the bad overwhelmed the good, but now I guess I mostly choose to remember the good parts.

tocool340

Makes sense :P Definitely agree with the responsibility part, and I loved the cartoons back then too. I'd actually get up early on weekends to watch them...and that's saying something.

[QUOTE="zeldaluff"]

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]I freaking hated my child hood and I'm convinced everyone just has bad memory and actually hated theirs too. Freaking so glad I'm an adult now.dkdk999

I'm somewhat inclined to believe this. I don't think I hated my childhood, but it wasn't all rainbows and daisies. I've caught myself wanting to go back, but I was bullied for like 4 years, so I'm not sure why I consider those good times...

[QUOTE="dkdk999"][QUOTE="zeldaluff"]

I'm somewhat inclined to believe this. I don't think I hated my childhood, but it wasn't all rainbows and daisies. I've caught myself wanting to go back, but I was bullied for like 4 years, so I'm not sure why I consider those good times...

weezyfb

Yeah im surpised of the amount of bad childhoods had in this thread.

Me too man.... me too...

What always helps me is to play some old video games I used to love or watch old tv shows I used to like alot.

We're married now dunl12496