I’m annoyed that mental illness took away my best years

Where are you now, are you working?

I’m so frustrated bc I’m 23 now and I feel like I missed out on important stages in my life because of mental health issues. I never got to be a wild teen and make mistakes and enjoy that period where I could just enjoy no responsibilities and have reckless fun, or just fun in general. I’m now in a place where I’m expected to get my **** together and be a little more mature, and everyone else around my age is prioritising that- actually trying to adult whilst I’m still here grieving my teenage years and just wanting to live as an 18 year old- definitely coming across as less mature than others. I’m still struggling with mental health problems and struggle to achieve the things I want to, I’m just worried that it’ll eat away my whole youth and before I know it I’ll be 40 grieving that too.