Is it normal that i'm 22 but still feel like a child?
I just want to know if I'm the only one that feels this way... hope I don't sound like a b*tch... But this is something that has truly been eating me alive for years && is driving me insane... I'm 22 years old, but I don't at all feel like a man... I still feel like a young boy... When I look at myself in the mirror and I still see the same kid from when I was still in highschool.... But I look at all my gradmates and they all look older and more mature, like they're in their older 30's... When I go to bars, sometimes I get carded, but sometimes when I'm at a bar, I feel like I don't belong, like I'm trying to be something I'm not... I try to dress & carry myself like my age... But I still feel like I'm a kid trying to be an adult... When I look at pictures of myself with groups of people I always look like I'm the youngest person in the picture, even if I'm the oldest... I spoke to my mother about it once, and she said it was because my father was never here, I was raised by my mother & grandmother... And woman can't teach you to be a man... so I believe its from growing up for 22 years without any kind of father figure in my life... I guess its just the self feeling of validation I'm longing for.... But it's seriously tearing me apart inside everyday... Why do I feel this way? Is it Normal?;?