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Teens feel more complex feelings more deeply
Once puberty has started, the characters that make up Riley’s emotions find that pressing
any buttons gets a bigger reaction. And psychologically, that makes sense.
“One of the main features of emotional development in adolescence is this easy arousability
of both positive and negative emotions,” Steinberg said. Their feelings are stronger than those of
either children or adults.
And in adolescence, the brain has developed more of a capacity for abstract thought,
bringing with it more complex emotions, said Damour, author of “The Emotional Lives of
Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents.”
They have more anxiety because they can more easily imagine future problems. They
become more embarrassed because they better understand what others may be thinking of them. They become envious because they can see comparisons better between themselves and others, she
added.
And ennui isn’t just a funny side effect. Acting like they don’t care is often an important
escape hatch for teens in a social conundrum, Damour said.
“These are sophisticated emotions that require neurological development to come on the
scene,” she said.
Available at: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/15/entertainment/teen-emotions-inside-out-wellness/index.html.
Accessed: July 23, 2024.
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