Would you like to be a kid again?

[Ghost1986]

i dont remember too much about the past and i try to forget most of what i do remember. iam not really sure if ive had a bad life or i just think i do. any how that does not matter. back to the main idea. i have been told that as a small child i was very happy and i do remember that to some extent. and now at 22 i some times wish i could back to then, when i was compleetly obvlivous to the world and had no major problems and life was enjoyable.

what about you?

 

[Jennywocky]

It depend on what my environment was.

My childhood was not happy, not unless I was alone... but being alone brought pain of its own.

I enjoyed the freedom to have my time to myself when young, and dreaming my dreams while still thinking some of them might come true -- anticipation is a wonderful thing -- but I don't relish the loss of power to take care of myself, nor do I want to be that particular person I was at that time in my life. I was very very unhappy in many many fundamental ways.

Maybe if I could be who I am now, retaining my knowledge and sense of self, but living out my childhood and teen years again? Maybe.

 

[zephryi]

I had a relatively unsettled childhood, but was rather happy. If I could change a few aspects here and there- get rid of my ridiculous fears of plagues, nightmare figures, etc, for example- I think I'd enjoy being a kid again with a million bajillion possibilities seeming to lay just ahead, and a good book being practically the sole requirement to be happy. I'd hate to lose the small bits of control over my life that I've gained, but there has to be some trade off for blissful innocence~ XD

However, I would never want to remain a kid forever- there's something to be said for becoming aware of the bigger picture and learning how things work. Being a kid for an extended amount of time, though, would be nice.

 

[echoplex]

The phrase "youth is wasted on the young" seems to ring true for me. While I often think of how nice it would be to go back to being a kid, if I were to truly go back, I'm sure I would squander it because after all, I'd be too immature to realize just how lucky I am.

I think what we really want is to be an adult with the carefree perspective of a kid. We want innocence without ignorance, which doesn't seem possible.

 

[Ermine]

I assume that would be going back to childhood without amnesia? Perhaps it's because I'm still young and am totally able to change right now, but no.

 

[loveofreason]

Would I like to be a kid again?

Yes.

I could remember what it's like to be me. I could have my anger back.

 

[Artifice Orisit]

I may have been a child, but I never was a child.

Were I to go back I would gain nothing and loose much.

 

[chocolate]

No. But I sort of never grew up, so I kind of feel like a kid now but with (some) wisdom. The trick is to keep exploring and discovering I think.

 

[Artifice Orisit]

What he said ... what she said.

Damn-it choc your avatar is confusing me.

 

[Deleted member 1424]

Only if I could keep my current mind. I could really use the free time + extra time to the lifespan.

 

[Red Mage]

Hell. No.

 

[sagewolf]

No- I'd rather look forward then long after what has been, and I definitely don't want to go back to being dependent on everyone around me. I would like to recapture some of the playfulness I had when I was younger, though--it would probably help me with talking to people.

 

[Tyria]

I wish I could return to those days again. But with my current mental capacities and rose colored glasses to block those harmful rays. I miss being able to sleep like a child most of all.

 

[Prof_Pointless]

Sure I'd take another shot at it if I could keep my current knowledge

 

[kchikage]

i feel more like a child than last time.. except the cognition more matured...
perhaps yes, if i keep my current mind..
maybe i'll be more matured!

 

[The Fury]

Hell. No.

Hah, that was the first thing that came to my mind the moment I read the title.

My childhood wasn't especially bad, but I can't see any valid reason for going back. That sort of thinking seems more like an escape to me, from your present circumstances.

 

[XIII]

No, definitely not. I don't like pain.

 

[thebarran]

Without the knowledge what would be the point of going back and with the knowledge i wouldnt have the innocence and dreams i had then so no im happy with my childhood.

But i will take the extra 20 or 30 years of youthfulness if they are going. Preferably in my early to mid 20's over and over before i found out what a real hangover was or began aching due to physical exersion.

 

[Ermine]

I'd like to think that I am a "child" and always will be. At least at heart.

 

[thebarran]

I'd like to think that I am a "child" and always will be. At least at heart.

If your male you will be as none of us ever truly grow up contrary to whatever anyone else tells you, but the only way you can keep the childish innocence is by being oblivious and ignorant to all around.

 

[Ermine]

If your male you will be as none of us ever truly grow up contrary to whatever anyone else tells you, but the only way you can keep the childish innocence is by being oblivious and ignorant to all around.

I'm actually female. I'm not looking for innocence though. Just being whimsical, a perpetual student, flexible, humble, etc. I'm looking for childlike not childish.

 

[sagewolf]

To see the world around me with a perpetual sense of discovery and wonder, and never lose the curiosity I was born with-- to always, forever, see the world as something new, remarkable, and amazing...

Yes, that is something I would like to recapture and retain too.

 

[Felan]

I had a dream. Dream became a daydream. Pondering on the daydream evoked it as a dream again. The cycle repeats. In this dream I am myself, but sickening. Alarmed I go to the hospital and my symptoms defy explanation. I start to crash and as the docters move to revive a child starts to emerge from the frame of my expired body. Unbeknowst the those gathered the child is myself with my full memories.

As ridiculous as it the situation is I am fascinated with pondering it. Would I confess that I am the same person that expired? Would I conceal that from the world? In either case how the world respond to that? If I had a spouse and professed that I was the same person, how could that relationship continue?

I often think on being a child again, usually with my full memories in place. I think of how wonderous childhood could be with a bit more wisdom and infinitely more confidence.

 

[LucasM]

To not know, and to not care. To be satisfied with what is, and to play carefree without thought. No sense of self-consciousness. That is what is nice to be a kid.

But with what you know now, to return to that state then... would you like to be a kid again?

I am sorry. I posted before reading all the previous comments. I'll do so now.

 

[Prof_Pointless]

To not know, and to not care. To be satisfied with what is, and to play carefree without thought. No sense of self-consciousness. That is what is nice to be a kid.

But with what you know now, to return to that state then... would you like to be a kid again?

I am sorry. I posted before reading all the previous comments. I'll do so now.

I'm sure most here read all the comments, but I can assure you that from other forums I've visited that it isn't always a necessary prerequisite to posting.

Good point on being carefree without thought, it certainly is tempting. Of course when given the choice I'd have to take the path of painful knowledge over ignorant bliss. Even if it does suck sometimes.

 

[Cryss Winters]

It depend on what my environment was.

My childhood was not happy, not unless I was alone... but being alone brought pain of its own.

I enjoyed the freedom to have my time to myself when young, and dreaming my dreams while still thinking some of them might come true -- anticipation is a wonderful thing -- but I don't relish the loss of power to take care of myself, nor do I want to be that particular person I was at that time in my life. I was very very unhappy in many many fundamental ways.

Maybe if I could be who I am now, retaining my knowledge and sense of self, but living out my childhood and teen years again? Maybe.

Perfectly put.