Which phase of life do you think is the hardest?

Question

personally now i think it's teen years because of all the emotional things, stress and confusion... how about you, wat do u think?

Answer 1

I agree, the teens were very difficult years for me, trying to find myself, etc. I'm so glad it's over.

Answer 2

Just a few years ago in the 8-9th grade(I'm a senior now) I had no real friends, I was really shy, didn't talk much and no one seemed to really like me. I was rather lonely and in most situations where I did try and fit in, I would be ignored for the most part; and sometimes they would even forget about me when I went to go do something real quick. I mainly just played games on my xbox and computer and lived a very quiet lifestyle, hardly ever coming out of my room even on weekends. I was for the most part sad and was becoming unhealthy and gaining weight too(Which ive lost or turned into muscle for the most part) However all that changed in the 10th grade when i made good friends with a girl in my class, and through her I became more outgoing and gained confidence and improved overall. I'll always love her, and she'll always be a best friend=)

Answer 3

My first thought was kind of automatically to say the teen years, and I haven't yet reached the final years of life, so maybe I don't know, but I think the last years of life may be the most difficult.

Elderly people may or may not have achieved financial stability (some have real struggles), but they are losing their health and independence. I've been told that many sharp elderly people feel exactly the same as they did when they were younger but have to deal with a body that won't work as it once did.

Elderly people face losing their siblings and friends at a high rate, and they don't have left in their lives to really get over the grief (which can take a full five years). They sometimes must face getting rid of their homes, and they always have live with knowing that their life is close to an end.

They are often not treated with respect, or they're treated as if they're children. Depression is common in elderly people, and being stressed and/or depressed can make even a sharp elderly person forgetful or have difficult concentrating.

Many of them have relatively minor ailments that turn complicated as a result of age, so the person may never quite return to being ok once even a minor health problem occurs.

Although many elderly people have reached a point where they have found a certain type of peace with life, and although many don't have the responsibilities of having young children and not being able to spend time as they'd like; elderly people must deal with having so many memories that are very sad or else happy memories that make the person sad now that things have changed.

Some elderly people must live with chronic pain. Other must deal with side effects of medications.

I don't mean to guess or assume that all elderly people are miserable, but I think its safe to say that the final years of a person's life present far more challenges and things to deal with than any other time in life.

I don't mean to be a big, giant, "downer", but I think it would be good if teenagers realized how fortunate they are in so many ways and saw the growing pains that make their lives difficult as nothing more than transient challenges.

There is something to be said for having one's whole life ahead of him/her. There is, though, I suppose, a certain amount of calm in knowing that one's life is just about neatly wrapped up and whole and that most of the losses one will suffer are behind him/her.

Life has a way of making us ready for whatever phase we're in, but if any of us who have decades ahead of us start to think we're in the most difficult time of our lives I think we need to remember the too-often forgotten elderly people for whom so much about so many days is often such a challenge.

Answer 4

Teen years is a good choice. Immature kids at that age are very mean to each other and is an emotional time that affects their young adult life. Those mean situations can develop into self esteem issues or relational issues that some people never get over. Then to mask that pain food,sex,drugs and alcohol is the next stage in their college circle of peers. It is a tough society we live in.

Answer 5

I loved the teen years, just hated school. Got hang out with friends all day. Had no bills. Had time to play all the computer games. But I suppose I get a lot more sex now with only a minor reduction in the other categories. A step in the right direction I do believe.

Answer 6

I am 36 years old and my teen years were wonderful compared to being a husband and father.You think having to follow your parents rules are hard.Wait till you are the one making them.Like you must be home by a certain time.Now for example you want to talk about stress?when you are a hour late and your parents are at home worrying about their child who just 4 years ago was playing with dolls or tonka toys.Now that's stress.or when you get a call from school telling you that your 10th grade teenager is failing math.You know how important education is but you can't get your teenager to see it.So no your teen aged years are the easiest time of your life.Remember all the crap you put your parents through you will be put through by your children.................good luck

Answer 7

Life definitely becomes more of a challenge as you get older. Whatever hump your struggling with always seems harder than the last. Happiness comes from within. Everybody has it, but it's not always easy to find because there are many factors to be discovered as well as unfolded. Whatever way you view life is what you're going to get back from it.

Answer 8

The teen years.

Answer 9

Altho the teen years are hard...at least you dont have to work yet and worry about bills etc....i would say 20's are worse, because you have to face reality, usually with very little money.

Answer 10

Well, each stage of life is characterized with its hardships, but I would definitely agree with you. Adolescence (and early adulthood) is the point in everyone's life where you are going through neurological and physical changes. You are trying to determine the person you actually are, and the person you want to be. I'm just glad I made it through those years alive! (And I didn't kill my parents either!) :)