I have always thought that in my late teens, and early twenties I made stupid decisions. With hindsight I was convinced my brain wasn’t formed properly.
“You are right, our brains ability to make cognitive decisions isn’t fully developed until our mid to late twenties. The frontal lobes take a long time to develop.” The Dr I met with yesterday enlightened me.
Hoo-rah! I can get over any angst regretting decisions I made. I just wasn’t grown up yet! (ie. student loan).
It is interesting because in our late teens and early twenties we are often faced with big decisions, be it marriage, student loans, career, travels and so on, yet physiologically we aren’t really ready to make them. I wish that was readily known then there would not be so much cultural pressure to make such life altering decisions.
