• feedum_sneedsonEnglish
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    It’s more of an American thing I think. A 20-year-old child, I’ve literally seen that phrase used. Mental.

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      with modern science, we have learned that the prefrontal cortex hasn’t fully developed until around age 25. does that mean you’re a child at 24? no. but you are adolescent, and we should have some cognizance about that

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        I have ADHD, I don’t think mine will ever fully develop.

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        If you cannot behave like an adult by the age of 24 there’s something more wrong with you than your prefrontal cortex.

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          This is not about behaviour, it’s about brain functions. Humans brains under the age of 25 function in a different way, because they are not fully developed, no matter what behaviour people learnt to show.

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            I was 24 years old. I was the same person I am now that I’m over 50.