Two years ago I was reading a post here on this sub, someone here posted about how they still felt like the teenager they were in 1991. He pretty much explained how he felt like he had just stepped out a time machine, now 46 years old but still a teen under it all. His feelings and thoughts really struck a cord with me because I felt similar, I felt like I was reading a post from myself 20 years from now. It scared me.

But it was in the comments I read a reply from u/neversaynever2 that assured the OP that a mature version of himself is within somewhere, "I think he's in there, but maybe in a cocoon of some kind. I predict that metamorphosis must be inevitable!" Now I know this comes off kinda silly but GENUINELY this quote has sat in brain since the day I read it. It's giving me hope that I'll get out of this cocoon of mine and grow into the version of myself I want to be, I know he's in there somewhere..