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I should have talked more back then. When you're that young, I don't think it matters as much that what you say is stupid because no one's mind is that developed and you have plenty of time to grow as a person. You should be a kid and not worry so much what other people think of you at such a young age. There's plenty of time for that later on. Even though when you're young you can feel like your emotions have a very powerful effect, whereas now I think you have slightly more ability to control them, or at least feel the urgency to if you give a damn about maturity, which most of us do as we realize we have to grow up in the areas we're sufficiently lacking in. It's good to be yourself though and not care so much about what others think, so long as you're happy and not doing any harm towards anyone. Which, the point of my rambling is, perhaps if I had adopted this mentality in the past I would've felt more inclined and eager to explore areas I didn't, such as the video game world...rather than feeling I needed to adopt a "What's right?" adult mentality which, although helpful sometimes, didn't get me where I needed to go and led me to be paranoid and have real issues later. The point isss........it's good to be social when possible (if you desire), mature....yet also be yourself. When you have all three of these elements come together, you experience powerful emotions that are more likely to guide you down the right path.