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If you met your 10 year old self, what would you say?

User Profile: YourInternetBuddy
YourInternetBuddy February 17th, 2023

I had a kind of thought provoking question and I would love to hear what you guys have to say.

I think I would tell myself to never lose sight of who I am and who I aspire to be.


Let me know what you would say to lil baby you.

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User Profile: licht
licht February 17th, 2023

don't let go of your innocence

don't let go of your spark


User Profile: LonleyCheese
LonleyCheese February 17th, 2023

I could tell myself about the upcoming pandemic I guess, and possibly scare them because they didn't know they're a boy at that point. Probably. Idk, guess I never will know

User Profile: MonsterPaige95
MonsterPaige95 February 17th, 2023

I would tell myself that it wasn't my fault. That i was abandoned and didn't have the parents I should have or the care a child needed and that I couldn't save everyone and play hero And I would Tell myself that I love myself because at 10 years or and younger I never heard those words!

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User Profile: YourInternetBuddy
YourInternetBuddy OP February 19th, 2023

@MonsterPaige95

That's beautiful. <3

I think giving little you some hope for the future is the way to go.

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User Profile: Creamyyy
Creamyyy February 18th, 2023

I would tell my 10 Yr old self to believe in themselves. Not much different from what I tell my present self. I was always a self doubting worrier.

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User Profile: YourInternetBuddy
YourInternetBuddy OP February 19th, 2023

@Creamyyy

I think hearing something like that from older me would motivate me a ton, because it's not just words from someone who doesn't know me, it's LITERALLY future me so they gotta know what they're talking about!

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User Profile: dancingEnergy1321
dancingEnergy1321 February 18th, 2023

I would say nothing at all. Just meeting the current me would be enough for him to take the hint that everything will eventually turn out fine through the natural selection. So I'll just probably hangout with him and play games I guess.

User Profile: Mellymel7
Mellymel7 February 18th, 2023

I would say don’t settle. Don’t let your fear win and never lose yourself.

User Profile: carefulistener
carefulistener February 18th, 2023

@YourInternetBuddy Buy bitcoins

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User Profile: YourInternetBuddy
YourInternetBuddy OP February 19th, 2023

@carefulistener

This is it right there! 😂

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User Profile: neatTown1325
neatTown1325 February 18th, 2023

I would probably hug and rock them and go to therapy with them but. I got vibid fantasies about going back to past and "fixing everything" but the thing is Im unlearning that now cause that could never happened. Im learning to accept past as something I could never change, as something that just happened. And Im slowly learning to change and do good things in the present instead of escaping into fantasy.

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User Profile: YourInternetBuddy
YourInternetBuddy OP February 19th, 2023

@neatTown1325

Master Oogway said it best:

Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, but Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

(probably one of the best quotes ever in animation history)

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User Profile: ArwenUndomiel10
ArwenUndomiel10 February 18th, 2023

What I would tell my 10 year old self:


  1. It’s normal to feel all that you’re feeling.
  2. You always made sense. People were just too sensitive to figure that out.
  3. You were always brilliant!
  4. Everything happens for a reason
  5. You should’ve been more active in school stuff so you would be able to meet people
  6. The hardships of learning another language really paid off in the end
User Profile: Chill3dcoffee
Chill3dcoffee February 18th, 2023

Don't eat the spicy fish curry on your friend's sister's wedding...



Now, on a serious note, i would tell my younger self to not let his pride come in the way of making friends and that to nurture interests eventhough they are "trendy/sheepish". Staying relatable to most of the people creates easy way to connect to them, and last but not least, having a broad set of friends are far greater than just sticking with a niche group of friends.








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User Profile: YourInternetBuddy
YourInternetBuddy OP February 19th, 2023

@Chill3dcoffee

Saving little you's stomach problems hahahaha.

But yes, I agree branching out is super important and nurturing yourself in anything is better than nothing. I think pride is one of the unhealthiest or the unhealthiest thing you have to let go off, so a valuable lesson indeed.

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