What would you say to your younger self from 10 years ago?

[Buttonsy]

What advice, or encouragement, or knowledge, do you know now that you wish your younger self could have known?

I think the three big things I would have said are: 1. Please get into therapy as soon as you can, 2. Your world will feel like it's falling apart dozens of times but it never does, and 3. There is a difference between healthily expressing negative feelings and wallowing in despair in a way that just drags you deeper into it, have space for your negative emotions but don't let it be the centre of your life.

 

[Snowesque]

Be more self-serving I suppose? At times I feel I could of been better off if I was more prepared for things or more active with participating in them. That is the main one that comes to mind, anyhow.

 

[Princess Mipha]

"Don't choose BWR, it will be more than useless in your life.
Choose french instead, trust me."

 

[Bowie]

I have never liked this question because I dislike the idea of saying anything that would make yourself make better choices in life and never suffer or learn hard life lessons. Regrets are a vital asset to your development as an adult. They make you who you are and put you in whatever physical position you find yourself in in the present.

But, if we were to assume this wouldn’t affect your future self significantly, I’d tell my younger self nothing. I was always making the right choices at the right times. I would just like to tell him it is going to get better.

 

[Romaki]

Honestly... ask for help. Speak up, but also don't be afraid to use resources meant to help you.

 

[Tianna]

To not fall in love with the boy in class who ended up absolutely crushing me in high school. He's not worth it.

 

[Hal]

Honestly... ask for help. Speak up, but also don't be afraid to use resources meant to help you.

Literally this. Especially the speak up part.

 

[Midoriya]

Absolutely nothing other than “you’ll be just fine”. I don’t have any regrets in life and I’ve been training and working on things my whole life so that no one has to worry about me. Just working on becoming strong enough to make it so.

 

[KnoxUK]

Nothing. Why would you want to intervene with your past self anyway? By doing so you are removing the life experience from that point to your current self. Essentially making the 10 years of your life pointless.

You can't change the past, however you can work on the current you by learning from your past/current mistakes to make a better more wiser future you.

 

[Nodokana]

Don't take too many classes at once, especially the fast track ones.

 

[Darby]

TMI

 

[Shellzilla_515]

This question is thought provoking, but where would I be now if I didn't have any trials and struggles to help me become a stronger person? There's nothing I want to say to myself from 10 years ago as that time has already passed.

 

[cornimer]

I guess the only thing I would tell myself is "everything that happens in the next ten years will work out, just have faith." Because the times when I felt the worst were the times when I thought things wouldn't get better, not the times when things were happening.

After reading the other responses in this thread I guess I wouldn't try to prevent things from happening because I probably needed to learn from them. Although I'd really, really like to say "don't get involved with That Girl" because that would've saved me two years and a lot of mental breakdowns

 

[Flyffel]

The only thing I'd do/say is teach me some damn fashion sense regarding both clothes and hair cuts so I wouldn't have to cringe looking at some of the older pictures. lmao

 

[Blood Eclipse]

I don't know what I'd tell myself. Ten years isn't that long ago, at least from my perspective, yet a lot has happened. Even now, I'm learning and despite what I've picked up along the way, I still don't have all the answers I'd like. All I can think of telling myself is study even harder, question everything--including what your textbooks claim is factual, don't take anything for granted and please read your bible from beginning to end asap--you'll thank me later.

 

[Hanif1807]

I'd say "You'll still the same kind of person in the next 10 years, but less cringy and less chubby"

 

[brownboy102]

dude youre like seven go play with ur toys and chill its aight

 

[Alienfish]

get the **** out of here and get a job.. sigh..

 

[Imbri]

Ten years ago? My 40-year old self was actually getting her stuff together and doing okay, so I don't know that I'd need to talk to her. My 30-year old self, though? Yeah, she could have used some advice. Mainly to not be so concerned with trying to make everyone else happy at her expense. Anyone who really cares about you is not going to want you to change who you are or walk on eggshells.

 

[dizzy bone]

Stop saying sorry/apologising for things you shouldn’t have to be sorry for.