teen years everything seems so powerful because you are in a small world-you are stuck in cliques in school and experiencing romantic relationships for the first time-there is magnification of feelings both good and bad because of this...perspectives change as you age-right now I feel better about myself as a person than I did as a teen-I know more about the world and myself and give myself much more of a break than I did then-advice-don't worry so much about your outer shell- give yourself credit for the good in yourself and work to build up your talents and experiences-realize that when you are out of high school that the world opens up incredibly-enjoy your time now