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Do you feel like you're dumber now than when you were a teenager?

I do. I can't even read one of my old textbooks now without drifting asleep after a paragraph. It feels pretty terrible.

>> No.9422267

Noo... That just means you have become old.

I personally miss my fire from my teenage years...

>> No.9422269
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9422269

high school was nice,
no, youth was nice

>> No.9422275

>>9422273
Get out highschool Hatate.

>> No.9422276

This idea might not be very popular, but I think it might be because your current lifestyle doesn't give you as much energy as the lifestyle you had when you were young.

>> No.9422277
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>>9422273
And then you don't even know who's reflection that is

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>>9422269
but then you just slowly lose everything

>> No.9422274

it's called neuroplasticity, op; and yeah, when you get to be 20, it starts to taper off. I want to get some 2c-d for 5mg/day psycho-stimulative bumps.

>> No.9422279

I feel smarter than before, but my imagination died. I dug up a bunch of comic books I drew when I was 12 years old, and I was amazed at how funny and great they still are. I could never make something that good again.

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>>9422275

>> No.9422285

>>9422279
Scan and post them

>> No.9422290

I know that feel.

One time, it went away though. For a day I had a strong thirst for knowledge, and the motivation to read. I ended up reading a psychology textbook for no good reason. Learned it all fine, forgot it all a few days later.

>> No.9422302

In my teens, I remember how every year I could look back at myself the previous year and see that I'm better in every aspects than my previous self. I thought to myself that if I grew at this rate, I had to be an absolutely amazing person when I reached adulthood. But it looks like I stopped growing at some point.

>> No.9422316

>>9422302
I've never had that.

But now I've started to feel like I'm deteriorating.

>> No.9422319

>>9422285

I don't have a scanner!

They're not amazing works of art or anything, but still amusing because back then I just drew whatever situation came to mind. If I try to make a story now, I try too hard to plan it out perfectly, and constantly worry, "Is this good enough?"

>> No.9422322

I just lost my attention span thanks to information overload.

>> No.9422328 [DELETED] 

I'm just lazier and less motivated. I guess I should be slower at learning new stuff, but I'm not even trying to learn anything so I don't know. I have equal or greater intellectual capacity than compared to my younger self, but I don't use it for anything.

>> No.9422332

I'm just lazier and less motivated. I guess I should be slower at learning new stuff, but I'm not even trying to learn anything so I don't know. I have equal or greater intellectual capacity compared to my younger self, but I don't use it for anything.

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9422339

My reaction time and general brain processing power has slowed. My drive to excel has been washing down the drain. Like my hair.

>> No.9422342

In recent years I've actually felt like it's gotten better.
Back then I'd never even find the motivation to learn a language completely on my own, or actually do anything at all without being forced to do it.
I was a pretty stupid and lazy kid.

>> No.9422347

>>9422339

I'm 21 and beginning to bald, as well. At least I have a Slavface, so I might look like Lenin if I sculpt facial hair correctly.

>> No.9422359

Ive gotten dumber the more I go to college.

>> No.9422392

I'm feeling smarter but my world doesn't give me a chance.

>> No.9422425

>>9422260
I actually lost much of the "oh fuck, it's black magic, I'll never figure this out" mentality that impeded me in my youth. Plus I have more experience in general, and as a result I can read through my old grade school books and notes and actually understand what's going on.

Pity it took me so long, I could have used that when I was still learning that shit. And unfortunately, I'm also a lot lazier now, and memory gets worse with age, so it's not helping me much, if at all.

>> No.9422457

This thread has reminded me of this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjEwJEPsmQ

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