<p>Hey is it just me or do any of you guys ever still feel like a kid even though you're in college and does it bother you? Does it bother any of you if you still feel like the same person you were in High School and fear that you may never change as a person?</p>
<p>The shocking thing is that although you will grow incredibly in wisdom and maturity (at least we all hope so :-), you will always feel like yourself. I don't feel any different inside than I did when I was that awkward kid in the 6th grade or that super-outgoing college freshman or that young adult afraid of turning 30. I'm in my mid-40s -- and I've found out you'll always be you :-)</p>
<p>Huguenot Mom</p>
<p>People never change.</p>
<p>I'm struggling with that in grad school. Even though I'm the youngest in my cohort (at 23), somehow I come off as quite mature and I pretty much have to in order to swim along the currents. But inside, at the end of the day, when I leave classes and my professors' sight, all I want to do is act like a kid and watch tv, play, etc. :) And that leads to my questioning why I'm in grad school...</p>
<p>Yah...I've always felt the same, and I suspect most everyone is like that to a point. There's no real feeling of sudden, miraculous realization of transformation or anything - It's just you drifting through a growing..and eventually aging body. Something like that.</p>
<p>yeah the day I turned 18 I suddenly felt so adult like and found everything I used to do quite boring. I also felt instantly mature enough to participate in and view vulgar material, intelligent enough to vote for a president, and responsible enough to hypothetically get a job and move out of my parent's house.</p>
<p>"fear that you may never change as a person?"</p>
<p>You'll change. Just wait and see. You'll change and you won't even realize it unless you pause and reflect.</p>