Talking of your teen and mine

So much said and still untold, the talk of teen is still a voluminous affair and the circles continue to rotate around their common centre. Call it ‘the centre of gravity’, or ‘the centrifuge’, or ‘the centre of centipede’. It is called an age (or should we call it span) that had occurred to us, and must have occurred/be occurring/ about to occur to you. 

Those who have passed this phase aren’t even, in their senses, aware of it. But then, this age is vicious in character and makes itself obvious through different means, it might have happened through T.V., your home, neighbourhood relations, or for that matter anywhere that can strike your imagination. In any case, it does consume a part of your thoughts. Let’s talk about the ‘teen’ then.

Teens are, generally, a different species; in the sense that they are in the process of complex physical and emotional upheaval. When we talk of such upheavals, we are actually talking about changes that eventually decide the ultimate being of the person. As the steering can either deflect or set straight, the direction of the person’s future. Most often than not, the society isn’t much observant of the peculiarities that a teen possesses and they are taken as they are without giving a second thought.

The intensity of any subject is decided by ‘when, what, why, who, where and how?’, and of course, the physical changes. The individual approach is further additive to the intensity of the subject.

Coming first to emotions, the nerve that throbs most as soon as the word hits your ear drum isn’t a nerve at all, it is an artery that pumps straight into your heart. Indeed, we are talking about love. To most teenagers, the distinction between love and attraction isn’t much obvious and the two things are taken to have branched out from each other. Moreover, emotional hangover is the other most often observed phenomena among the ‘teen community’. 

Although this thing can’t be helped, it is always possible to minimise the aftermaths, and the best way to do so is a talk that ‘involves’. Next in emotion, comes the emotional jeopardy. It can be out of emotional insecurity or the surrounding effects and can have its impact in the form of various mental and physical disorders with complex psychological terminology, both of mild and grave consequences.

Busy parents, empty houses and a lot of unknown feelings are enough to make a teen feel like ‘an outcaste’.  A lot of distractions constantly work to evade the teen from his/her path.

‘Career’ is another word that echoes in the circles of teen. Young graduates and undergraduates are always uncertain about their career and ever tensed for it.

The other most intriguing aspect of ‘teen-hood’ is physical in nature. Teenage is characterised by reshuffling of the hormonal levels, leading to the changes in the physical state of the individual. The general sense of attraction towards the person of opposite sex is a consequence attributed to the ‘hormone bank’ of the person concerned

Lack of proper guidance and moral support results in multiple numbers of suicide (attempts at least!) cases. Emotional depression engulfs the conscious brains of the teen and they ultimately lose hold of their self control. Jealousy, envy, hatred, malice and more of such unpleasant emotions pile up when a teen encounters his public and personal drag-downs.

A lot of cases regarding methods of unfair competition have been put in to ‘topple over and trod’ theory.

A clearer understanding of the personal interest right from the early childhood and its constant boosting through the teen can surely help in doing away with undesirable happenings.

Nonetheless, you only begin somewhere to end somewhere, from where another thing begins. But all said and done the matter remains the same. ‘Teen-ache’ doesn’t really ache with sound; it lies hidden and needs care and cure.