why do most teenagers or middle schoolers go through one of those “awkward” phases? What is it about the age and physiological place they’re in?
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It’s the difference between being a child and an adult, Caterpillar/Butterfly. It’s a transitional phase in how one presents to the world. Do I arrive as a child or as an adult and what are the implications of each? It’s a massive transition.
I’m not totally clear on what your question is, assuming you’re a human, but basically it’s just a very big transition that takes some “getting used to” like learning to drive a manual transmission or learning to walk, it’s awkward.
From what I’m reading in my developmental psychology book is they body is growing and maturing at at different rates. Their corpus callosum (the part that joins the two parts of your brain together) is thickening and becoming better at moving info. Their amygdala( emotional processing home base ) and limbic(emotions feel good spot) develops much quicker then their prefrontal cortex( judgment and wise decisions section). The part of their brain that helps them make proper decisions literally isn’t developed yet but the part of the brain that makes them irrationally emotional is fully developed . So they are usually bat shit crazy lol.i think rapid growth.
A rapid amount of growth in a short period of time is difficult to adjust to
I hope this helps
In simplest terms, I’d say it has to do with the large amount of changes they go through. Puberty points to a lot of physiological and hormonal changes in and of itself – this is by and large a process that teenagers don’t get a say in, and even if they understand what to expect it is not the same as experiencing firsthand.
All of these changes within them affect how they look at themselves, how they look at their peers, how they look at their family, and how they feel others look at them. Even though what they feel is more often than not a normal experience that many can relate to, a teenager’s perspective is shifting in such a way that they can often feel as if they’re the only one who has gone through this.
During puberty, we get an acceleration of “synaptic pruning”, which is kinda like where the brain cuts away old things it doesn’t think we need anymore to make space for new growth and better efficiency. This often leads to teenagers seeming clumsy, tired, forgetful, and just plain daft as neurological connections that they once relied on are dying off, but the new ones aren’t in place yet.
It’s about the age where you stop being a child and start being an adult. The thing is you’ve spent your whole life up to that point being a kid so you’re pretty good at it, but you’ve never been an adult before so it takes a long time to figure out how the hell that works.
There is a trade off in neurogenesis where the brain is overly active in certain areas and underactive in others. The brain will grow heavily requiring more sleep. Teenagers simply have less controls over their inhibitions, stress response and temper because the necessary areas are not active enough.
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