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I really miss being a child.

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It hurts so much that I'll never be young again. I want to be a kid again, cuddling up to my dad in bed for stories. I want to believe in Santa Claus again and rush downstairs in the early hours of Christmas morning to unwrap my presents under the tree. I want to go to school and be a tiny year 1 pupil looking up at the sixth formers in awe. I want to cycle around the estate on my bicycle and play hide and seek in the woods and buy treats from the corner shop. I'll never be able to do all this and it hurts so much :frown:

Does anyone ever feel this way?

Reply 1

User129003

11

me too

Reply 2

magicmint

4

Yep, trust me I know all the exitement just fades away. I go to the woods on my own with my dog and play hide and seek with him. I still enjoy climbing, doing acrobats while my old friends look after their babies.

Reply 3

afua12

15

yeh, I miss the highlight of my day being after school when we'd all go outside and play on the street and in the trees...

And I'm really not impressed by the massive let down that sixth form has been. It hasn't of course, it's been a lot better than lower school, but I always looked at the huuge sixth formers and seeing them as actual adults. They were always doing such adult things. I don't feel like much of an adult...

Reply 4

JC.

19

I'm clearly still a child. :biggrin:

Reply 5

xxJazxx

15

I know how you feel, its so terribly sad, isn't it? :frown:

The sweetest and most upsetting thing is when you see little kids playing out in the street on some hot summer afternoon and you just wish you could grab your little bicycle and join them. Its such a simple time, childhood, and it really upsets me when I see 10 year olds wearing 'grown up' clothes and make up etc trying to act older. Its sad that they want to escape innocence. Aw, I cant wait for my little niece to get a few years older, so that I can relive the Barbie days with her. :smile:

Reply 6

Rutter knows best!

12

just tragic

Reply 7

Heartbroken9

OP

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xxJazxx

I know how you feel, its so terribly sad, isn't it? :frown:

The sweetest and most upsetting thing is when you see little kids playing out in the street on some hot summer afternoon and you just wish you could grab your little bicycle and join them. Its such a simple time, childhood, and it really upsets me when I see 10 year olds wearing 'grown up' clothes and make up etc trying to act older. Its sad that they want to escape innocence. Aw, I cant wait for my little niece to get a few years older, so that I can relive the Barbie days with her. :smile:

Kids grow up so quickly these days. I want to turn back the clock to a time when I was innocent, optimistic and without a care in the world, just a little kid with an open heart.

Reply 8

Absurd

16

Oh.

Reply 9

*AllyBaba

12

I don't miss being a child at all. Much prefer life now!

Reply 10

Anonymous #1

Me too.

However, I've found as I'm growing up, the feeling of missing my childhood is being mingled with the urge to have my own kids and let them have a fantastic childhood.

Reply 11

xxJazxx

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Anonymous

Me too.

However, I've found as I'm growing up, the feeling of missing my childhood is being mingled with the urge to have my own kids and let them have a fantastic childhood.

Hmm, ditto. I did work experience in a nursery and still think about those little kids; hope they're growing up nicely. Lol that sounds incredibly lame. :rolleyes:

I know its sort of typical teen angsty-ness to feel like this but I really feel as though my childhood was sort of snatched away too early because of family circumstances and although i wasn't 'forced' to grow up too fast, I never made the transition to adulthood properly. (doubt that makes sense, but hey its like 4am!) Probably why I miss it so much now. =/

Reply 12

Heartbroken9

OP

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Anonymous

Me too.

However, I've found as I'm growing up, the feeling of missing my childhood is being mingled with the urge to have my own kids and let them have a fantastic childhood.

I still don't have the urge to have kids, don't feel grown up enough yet.

Reply 13

*Passion*Fruit*

12

Me too.

Reply 14

Anonymous #2

And times seemed so good back then compared to now. Life seems to be one big struggle now! Back then I had no worries and so many good things in my life. It chokes me to think I'll never have that happiness again. :frown:

Reply 15

Rugar

1

I do, but I realise that it is negative to want that childhood to continue. While there is nothing wrong with childhood aspirations, to willingly repeat a sense of immaturity and comfort about adults taking care of you I think is unhealthy. I still have a teddy bear btw :smile:

Reply 16

Heartbroken9

OP

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Anonymous

And times seemed so good back then compared to now. Life seems to be one big struggle now! Back then I had no worries and so many good things in my life. It chokes me to think I'll never have that happiness again. :frown:

Me too. I know there are things to look forward to at every stage of life, but the one thing I can never get back is the feeling of hope I had when I was young. Everything seemed so distant and exciting and fresh. Now I'm actually where I apparently should be for my age, life has lost its sense of meaning and wonder.

Reply 17

Ascient

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xxJazxx

Hmm, ditto. I did work experience in a nursery and still think about those little kids; hope they're growing up nicely. Lol that sounds incredibly lame. :rolleyes:

I get that all the time- wondering how people I've tried to help are getting on (not think about nursery kids :/).

Just stuff like people you've mentored or helped out at Summer Schools etc. and built a strong and fond relationship with :frown:

Reply 18

eugenius 8

19

aww me tooo back in thw dys :_

Reply 19

Heartbroken9

OP

14

Rugar

I do, but I realise that it is negative to want that childhood to continue. While there is nothing wrong with childhood aspirations, to willingly repeat a sense of immaturity and comfort about adults taking care of you I think is unhealthy. I still have a teddy bear btw :smile:

I can't help it. It's not on my mind all the time, more so at certain times of the year, like early September when memories of rushing round town stationary shopping and trying on new school uniforms flood back. Or Christmas, when I listen to songs like White Christmas or Silent Night and remember school nativity plays and the thrill I used to feel as a child when Christmas eve came round. I just don't think I'll ever get that same feeling back and it does really upset me.

I really miss being a child.

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