what happened to the happy children we used to be?

well, im woundering, cause most of you are either trying to help or your depressed and looking for answers so to the depressed people, what happened to the happy kids we were back when we were little i dont care what age just tell what happened to them.

That is like asking when are you going to die... No one but God knows...

Rach ♥

You lost your innocence eventually you come to understand what is going on around you and you realise the world isn't as beautiful or simple as you perceived it to once be. Believe me I struggle too, but I still see the carefree happy go lucky not a care in the world attitude my sons have - I wish I enjoyed that time more instead of wanting too and growing up so fast...

Innocence...such a lovely and mysterious thing to have.

You become aware of things as you get older. You make your own opinions about them and the environment.

I was sitting in the pew of the church today, attending a service with my great-grandmother (something i hardly do). A little girl was smiling in front of me, and all i could do was smile back. But what i was really thinking was that she was completely clueless about the possibility that she will be sucked into angst and loss of her faith.

It's a terrible thing to imagine...but that's how growing up is meant to be.

//Ari\\

Ahahaha, you think you're not a kid? You're 13! EVEN I'M A KID AND I'M 17!

And to answer your first question, Culo happened.

you need to realise how valuable life is .. and you never do that untill you come close to death and don't want it..

If you get cancer and you over come it you enjoy life a lot more.. yeah you'll still think bad at times but you'll think about the importance of life and why it's there

When your little, your biggest problem is missing your favorite cartoon or falling off your bike and scrapping your knee, you really have no comprehension of the world and all its crappines. As you grow up you begin to see what life is like, what kind of people there are out there, all the drugs, rapes, murders, etc making this a rather difficult world to live in. I know that just thinking about how much this world sucks can get me down, so it might have the same effect on others. You know, like war, you don't understand how horrific it is until you are a part of it.

-Tainted

A child is still new to the world. Therefore the child finds everything exciting and mysterious, but after the child grows up they start to feel more intune with the strains of society. They learn of the horrers of the world and of how life is never fair. They eventually learn that someone is always cheated in the end. They realize that life is going to end and they are unsure about whether anyone will care if they die. It is alot to realize all at once and some kids just can't take on all of that and their own personal problems. One factor is that kids are often humiliated infront of their peers, they feel as if no one will like them and then they kill themselves and in extreme cases even others.

it just everything was so much easyer... im a still a kid(14) i dont act it i have been through things a 60 year old said no one should ever go through in there life.... ppl just lose there sense of happy when something bad happens to them. things just go way down hill. You know more of what gose on around you. And everything gets over whelming sometimes and depression is a result. i hate what i went through and this is going through i havent been an actual kid in a sense of how i act since i was around 6 when things got bad. And the next thing i know my pearnts are alcoholics and i got abandond for a couple years (still in a foster home) and the little girl i yousto be has been gone for a long time and i dont think its comming back..

my answer to this is when you were a kid life was simple and as you grew it got harder and harder which made those happy kids smiles turn into frowns and now that happy kid is gone.

when you're a little kid, everything is in black and white with no middle ground, and you know that mummy and daddy will hold you when you have a nightmare, and you feel safe and content.
but everyone has to grow up at some point, and evryone sees the shades of the grey, and we realised that no matter how tightly mummy and daddy hold us, no matter how many times they kiss our booboos and tuck us in, it's not safe any more and the wounds are still there, raw, fresh and too big for a plaster or band aid. when you were young your parents told you the mosters weren't real and you had complete faith that they told the truth, but once you grow up you realise that the mosters are real, they're just not the same ones you thought they were when you were little. in a sentance, we grew up and saw the world truthfully.

Forsaken Redeemer
xXx

I'm not writting this for attenion or for someone to make any harsh or mean comments about it. But as a child I was sooooooooooo happy and clueless. But when I hit ten I was force to grow uip and be the adult. So that pretty much smashed my childhood into the groun. And now that I'm older and finally I'm allowed to be the child again, I can't seem to do it.

i guess you start to wonder and realise problems around you as a kid you never had to worry about not fitting in or looking a certin way all i have to say is purberty and adoslessons the pressure of growing up to quik

the happy kids just grew up to see how fucked up the world really is

Sluvious - I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
in agreement with you here.

puberty...lol, brings about emotional turmoil and raging hormones.

More understanding on what other people's opinion's are.

Now that we're older, we should be more capable...responsible for controlling our own happiness. Everybody has ups and downs.

How is it that we have less control? Yes, we have more things to fear, and to worry about. But everybody is responsible for their own behaviors. Sure, there's other people that we can blame, but if we don't let them get to us...well than...you can finish the rest.

that we ever have control at all is a misconception

but the sooner we realize and accept that we cannot and do not have to have control of everything, we can be happy

not that we should just shirk responsibility completely

part of growing up is learning the difference between what we can and can't control

and yeah, lately it seems like kids are learning these things a little too soon..or they only learn the early parts of it..which means they didn't actually learn anything

but I think the fact that any actually learn these things at all is extraordinary

I'm still a child. And I don't get mad when I lose a soccer game. So ha.

most people are forced to grow up to fast one way or another.

right... my mom would always force me to grow up. always said, "you're nine... you should act your age" or, "when i was 5, i did all the household chores!"

i hate it...

the thing is, i know what happened to that kid inside... they were so looked down by their own mother that they shrunk inside of my soul. The small child that remains barely remembers a thing. That's what hurts. my mom and dad ask and yell at me, "what happened to that little girl who used to be nice to everyone?" well guess what mom and dad... you killed that little girl...

i felt so killed... so dreaded.... that's why i act/look so much older than my age... why i have these "problems"... also, my true child is hiding inside and only shows on special occasions (such as parties or rallies) lol... but i always wish i could still be 4. so innocent.

i totally agree, parents unknowingly kill off the young children in us all. hell by the time i was six i was more willing to spend time by myself reading then playing with the other kids. and then they want to know why i've got an attitude just because i didn't want to hang out with people. it's stupid. i would much rather be a lil kid again and deal with the pain of falling over then the pain of broken hearts and s.i

Children, are simple minded. They dont think about the bad, they just want to watch TV and play with their toys. When you grow up, reality checks in. Life isnt easy. Its not always happy either.

-Jennifer.

The last time I was happy was in First grade, after that I kinda lost track of my happy self. Second grade was when it all started happening....