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Recently, in my social psychology class, our professor had us watch the new Netflix series, Adolescence. I had no idea of it when she started it, but as I watched it, I was HOOKED. I’m not someone who would willingly watch crime and thriller, but this show displays the complications of modern teenagers, especially from a psychological point of view. The story revolves around a 13-year-old boy, Jamie Miller , who is accused of murdering his classmate Katie Leonard. What makes this show so compelling, however, isn't the crime mystery that has been committed but the figuring out of Jamie's world. Because as the series progresses, it becomes clear that this isn’t just about violence or guilt, it's about emotional disconnection, identity confusion, and the dangerous spaces some adolescents fall into when they’re left unseen. Now, I am NOT defending Jamie by any means, but the psychology involved in this series tells the reader why he acted the way he did. The series discusses t...

One thing I have learnt over the past few years is that the word “romanticize” doesn’t mean just making grand gestures or living luxuriously. But what it does mean is to find beauty in the ordinary, embracing small joys, and making everyday moments feel special. It took me a while to understand this. Looking at the lives of people on social media who were always on the go, outside, and living their lives to the fullest, while I was in my bed, in a tank top and shorts, wondering if I will ever be able to experience what they were doing. Being a teenager with all those insecurities made it even worse. But it was always the idea of laying in bed and doing nothing that held me back, because what's better than staying in, watching a show and getting the best sleep ever? I know it sounds tempting, and trust me there’s nothing wrong with that. What makes it wrong is the process of comparing yourself and diving into misery along with it. And I’m still the same person, well, not completely ...