jacvanek | were you an emotionally stable teenager

Anonymous asked: were you an emotionally stable teenager

I actually was, which is funny when I look back at it. I found that my emotional instability came during the years following high school. I think it had to do with a growing self-awareness within myself. It’s almost as if I was seeing the world through a naive and happy cloud during my teenage years. Once this cloud started to dissipate, I had a sense of insecurity, and anxiety, and general worry about life brewing in my soul. So this all lead to emotional instability. But I think you have to let the fog clear, and I think you have to see yourself completely naked with all your flaws exposed to be able to pick yourself back up. It’s a road of learning, growing, and self-acceptance, but I finally feel like I’m on my way back up.