Inside The Teenage Brain Chapter 1 Analysis

In Inside The Teenage Brain you see scientists try to make sense of the adolescent brain. My favorite of the 5 chapters that I watched were chapters 3- 5 Mood Swings, You just don't understand, and from Zzzz's to A's. Those three chapters where the ones that identified with the most when I think back to my teen years and also the ones that I found to be the most interesting. I felt very much connected to the 3rd chapter in the series. I was titled mood swings. In my earlier teenage years I remember all the mood swings I would have. I don't think that anybody went through adolescent without being moody and weird. Any little thing that my mother would say would set me off much like how the girl acted with her brother in the beginning when they had a fight. I thought it was very interesting how they explained why teenagers act that way. From what I understood their brains simply can't regulate all of their emotions just yet. their feelings are so strong at that age that they just can't seem to get a hold of themselves. I honestly felt like not enough of this chapter was dedicated to the science of mood swings. There were only about 30 seconds dedicated to an explanation that I had to

It's called you just don't understand. As a teen I also thought I was very misunderstood. My mom didn't understand why I dressed the way I dressed or did the things I did but according to the video it was me who didn't understand. Looking back it seems so obvious. I saw my mother as being a lot more upset with me then she ever really was. If I talk about a certain fight that we had I thought she was mad at me one day when I wore jeans that where very ripped but if you ask her about that same morning shell tell you that she was making a joke that I took the wrong way. I would always blame her for the tension that was in our relationship but the entire time it was me who was being too sensitive or taking things the wrong