Of course there are exceptions but because of different brain processing of risk and reward between pre and post adolescence, you are pretty much fine if you resist the shit during that horrible period of life
Of course there are exceptions but because of different brain processing of risk and reward between pre and post adolescence, you are pretty much fine if you resist the shit during that horrible period of life
However, from what I've noticed, people are generally pretty weak minded. Most of the time they can't fight with some problems and see the escape in such things. Whether it's a family issue, divorce, loss of somebody, seeing a cartoon drawn etc.
Of course there are exceptions but because of different brain processing of risk and reward between pre and post adolescence, you are pretty much fine if you resist the shit during that horrible period of life
Move that 21 to 18 and it's a different story, though. I know a lot of people who were messed up simply because their parents/families militantly forbade them to ever touch alcohol, a cigarette, pot, etc. Those people went apeshit the first time they entered society without adult supervision and ended up unconscious under a dorm bathroom sink ready to have their stomach pumped.
There's something to be said for controlled exposure in youth and demystifying it so that it never takes on these forbidden, totem powers.
Of course there are exceptions but because of different brain processing of risk and reward between pre and post adolescence, you are pretty much fine if you resist the shit during that horrible period of life