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As time passes and technology advances, discoveries from brain imaging studies reveal significant changes in the structure and function of the brain during adolescence. It is known that it is not just the fact that the prefrontal cortex of the brain is only mature in late adolescence, which would explain the immaturity of behaviors at this stage.
For adolescents, the body’s growth, with changes in physiology, hormones, sexual organs, and architectural changes in the brain, can also contribute to understanding adolescence as an essential period of transformation. Changing emotions revolutionizes how we feel as teenagers, making how we process information and our ideas about ourselves and others more complex and even creating major shifts and developmental transitions in the inner sense of who we are and who we can become. This is how a sense of self changes and evolves throughout adolescence.
Adolescence seems challenging, making the teenager think many changes can become overwhelming and even get out of control. Self-knowledge is the most intelligent way to approach this phase and “protect” yourself from side effects. The greater the awareness of one’s own social and emotional life, in addition to a greater understanding of the brain’s various functions, the greater the benefit of the positive effects of the changes of this time.
Know that the hormone increase during this phase does not influence your mood. What does this is the increase in synapses that occurs in your brain, causing it to develop. In addition to growing physically, the search for new experiences, if carried out wisely, will provide growth in values and help in the formation of your character. And this doesn’t necessarily need to be done without the help of parents. However, it is natural for teenagers to want to learn how far they can go on their own and how to help themselves.
On the other hand, take advantage of this energy boom that adolescence offers, full of insights and creative exploration to not just go through adolescence and try to live youth. After all, from 12 to 24 years old, there are 12 years of changes, the search for new things, social engagement, and increased emotional intensity that will turn this teenager into an adult with supportive relationships, open to change, full of energy to perceive the world beyond the obvious.