KH made me regret my teenage years

Life almost never goes how we want it to. Sometimes we have friends to eat ice cream with, sometimes we're all alone. Sometimes we can just lay back and watch the sunset, sometimes we have to dive into complete darkness just to have a chance of getting things back to normal again. Its the bitter moments of loneliness that make true friendship seem oh so sweet, the darkness that makes the light so blindingly bright.

Maybe you're alone right now and have nobody to eat ice cream with, maybe you never have. But that doesn't mean you never will. True friendship is out there, somewhere. You'll probably have to look really hard for it. And that's as it should be. If diamonds were as common as grains of sand, they wouldn't be worth anything at all.

This got me right in the feels, OP. Damn. Just know that you can always have those "teenage years" no matter what age you are. It's a really a mindset you get with the people you love, not so much the specific things that teenagers do. So don't regret them. It'll only hurt more. I know it's not that easy though. I hope you're doing okay now.

Fuck man. I felt this. It speaks a lot to the current standards of friendship. Nowadays, sending memes back and forth or playing videogames together for hours is considered a relationship but it's actually much more than that. It's long hours talking about nothing and everything at the same time. It's moments getting ice cream and just enjoying the day together. It's sharing excitement in the other person's hobbies and interests, not because it's gonna do something for you, but because their happiness is enough for you to be a part of the experience.

Things are different now...

There’s a lot of things that make life seem like it should be more than it is.

Tons of teen drama shows make it seem like we’re going to be bouncing in and out of tons of relationships. College movies that make it seem like we’re going to have the most memorable nights of our lives every night and come across the girl of our dreams at a party. Movies about guys who try hard and gain their dream job where they afford everything they need, and are extremely happy as well.

Sadly, these things are mostly fantasy. That’s what sells to us... the fantasy of something better. I once read this article that said some staggering amount of people who listen to music don’t really enjoy the music; they’re actually just imagining themselves performing the song and drawing in the good feelings that come with the stardom.

To me, I think the trick is to always keep one foot grounded in reality. Some call it pessimism. I call it being realistic. Now, don’t go and be a Debby Downer all the time... just understand that many things in life don’t go exactly as we plan, and that has to be alright.

I can understand your feelings very well. Having had access to beaches before I moved I felt a little jealous of these characters and how happy they were when I played those games.

Remember that your life isn't over yet. You can still do great things with friends, if not more than the teens in the KH series could. I can safely say that you don't need a beach or a huge clock tower to build connections with people. You can do the same things at the lake or even the poolside, and you can climb on top of a shed and watch the sun set with ice cream, or you can make your own KH-level of connections with friends by, say, roasting marshmallows around a campfire.

Don't give up, I know one day you're going to have the experience that will make up for the time you feel is lost.

Good luck to you!

Definitely get a tinge of that bittersweetness when recalling memories of playing the older games with friends you no longer speak to or just that of nostalgia. Try to look forward with a positive attitude, connections are out there just waiting to be made, just be ready for them when they show themselves. 👍

Same. My life was never anything like that either. The characters are supposed to be based off of relatable, everyday teenage kids. I guess I was a Nobody during those days. I knew how I was supposed to act, but couldn't find anyone to act it out with, or understand why everyone felt different and acted differently than I did. But Nobodies are pretty cool too so, who cares!

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Persona 5 did the same to me.

Look on the bright side, at least I have some you had some friends, and your childhood hopefully wasn't as bad as Ienzo's, that child had it rough.

This was definitely the place for this post, and I think we all kinda feel it too man. The world is slowly turning cold, people don’t do things like they used to as much, but that isn’t true everywhere. I sound old saying that and I’m only 19, but its never too late to live your life with friends around, never too late to have that cheesy moment on the beach. Hell, I know I didn’t get exactly what I wanted from my teen years.

To let grief and sadness consume you and to think you’ve lost is to give into the darkness, which is part of what I think Kingdom Hearts is trying to convey: don’t fall to the darkness. Keep a little bit of hope in your heart and you’ll always end up back on track. Look at Riku, that boy’s been through hell and back but in the end he’s still Riku.

Maybe this doesn’t help anything or mean anything, but I just felt like it was a good thing to say. Maybe I’m wrong, but I guess I’ll never truly know.

May your heart be your guiding key, stranger

Hell, even when I tried to make sea salt ice cream for myself back then, it tasted horribly.

I might not be remembering correctly, but isn't it a thing in canon where you can only taste the sweetness of sea-salt ice cream with friends? Otherwise, it just tastes salty I think. That might be why it tasted terrible to you at that point.

But it's okay, OP! We'll be your friends!

I just regret being such a prude and drug-averse, and thinking that that somehow made me a good person.

Well I have similar thoughts. I honestly blame KH for my anti social skills. It is almost impossible to have relationships so pure as in KH. Life is more complicated.

I’ve been thinking of this post since I saw it and just wanted to offer support. I wish with all my heart that you find your sea salt summer vacation one day, because it’s not too late. Thinking of you, wherever you are

Thats a reason i feel too old at 17, splatoon 2 did this to me, sadly, i dont have close friends, we sure hangout in the group, but we just walk and buy mangas...

....do you know how it feels when the mind is as strong as the emotions? i cant even listen to both of them, i feel... pain everyday, the only thing i would want to, is to enjoy life, but istead, i cant do that... i wish i could have close friends too...

my social life was all fake, at the daycare, i got bullied(i never had someone fisting me), in every school, since im 4 years younger in my mind, i acted differently, the only friend i had at elementary was the "do what i say" the entite class make fun of me, then after i changed school, the friends i have we're "begged" by the prof.

now yes i have friends, but no one search for me, no one is so close anymore, im stuck with a broken mind fighting a senseless war.

The only place we're i can find rest is my fantasies, i wish one day, they may be real, or something else