Growing up I had a pretty strict mom, and I missed out on so many things in elementary and middle school that everyone else did. For example I wasn’t allowed to have gluten, or install tiktok. The worst was probably not being allowed to play video games though, all my friends did and I just felt so left out. Becuase of missing out on so much I know have really bad fomo. Like if somebody offered me heroin I literally don’t think I could say no.

Now that I’m 17 (hypothetically), my mom is still strict, and already I’ve had to quit vaping nic , gotten addicted to smoking weed, and if it wasn’t for running out I’d be addicted to oxys right now, since I found some in the medicine cabinet and just kept taking them. I even started snorting them lol. I’m wondering how screwed I am when I grow up (hypothetically), since I’m really scared I’ll become a drug addict because of my fomo combined with addictive personality.

Edit: I wanted to clarify that becoming a drug addict is NOT the goal. I don’t think addiction is silly and personally am terrified of it. The main reason driving me is curiousity but mainly FOMO (fear of missing out) it’s like a really strong anxiety of missing out on stuff other ppl do, it’s like being peer pressured without your peers having to pressure you.