Live Changed

Transition comes from the Latin word “Transire”, which means crossing. Transition often refers to the process, not the end result. So transition is the act of making a change, moving from one set of characteristics or circumstances to another.

Children aged 20 and over must have passed childhood. It can be said that this period was a time of fun, full of laughter, and joy that will never be repeated. When I first entered elementary school I felt very happy because I had many friends in class. The childhood that I experienced in class was that there were many groups of friends based on hobbies, ethnicity, beliefs, and so on. Basically, the age of children who are in elementary school is the age of groups, a period when a child's first attention is focused on wanting to be accepted by their peers as members of a group, especially groups that are prestigious in the eyes of their peers. Childhood is also a creative period, a period in the life span which will determine whether children will become creators of new and original works.

When entering the puberty phase we will experience a transition from childhood to adolescence. Every child will experience puberty at different ages. Early adolescence lasts approximately from the age of 13 – 16 years, while the end of adolescence lasts from the age of 16 – 18 years. Even if you don't go through puberty with your friends, don't worry, don't panic, you're not wrong and there's nothing strange about you. When entering puberty, many changes occur to us, both physical, emotional and social changes.

The physical changes that happened to me include:

When I was in grade 5 elementary school or around the age of 10, I had experienced itching and pain in my breasts, I also began to feel that my breasts were getting bigger. So, because I felt strange, I felt I had to tell my mother about the changes that had occurred and my mother asked me to use a mini set so that my breast growth would be good. Then, when I was in 6th grade, around the age of 11, in the morning I felt stomach and waist pain. I thought it was normal pain, but after coming home from school, when I was going to take a shower, I noticed that there was blood on my underwear. I felt panic, confused, and scared. I told the incident to my mother and then my mother gave me pads and told me how to use them and educated me to maintain cleanliness around the vaginal area. Mother said that I had officially become a teenager and was in puberty which was marked by the maturity of my sexual organs, namely menstruation. Not only that, my face also has pimples because during puberty the production of oil glands increases and it makes me insecure when dealing with crowds.

Boys and girls alike go through emotional changes when we are in puberty. Have you ever been when you were feeling happy, then a moment later you felt sad? Or do you really like to get angry for no apparent reason? it's called mood swing. Mood-swing means rapid emotional changes. Teenagers like us experience unstable and tumultuous emotional changes. According to experts, these mood swings occur because teenagers are experiencing hormonal maturity in their bodies. The rest, in my opinion, the stress experienced by teenagers is also a result of the physical changes that occur so quickly and widely in our bodies without complete and correct knowledge about the changes that occur. Well this is also what makes our mood changes happen more often. In our teens, we are required to be emotionally mature by our parents and other adults who can make us rebellious teenagers at home. These turbulent emotions, if not managed properly, can get us into fights, or actions that have a bad impact not only on us but also on our families and society.

Finally, there are changes related to social relations. When we start to be in puberty you will start to be attracted to the opposite sex. I'm sure you've heard your friends or even yourself say,

"Eh, look at that big brother, he's really handsome." Or,

"How come A is so good to me, I'm so nervous."

Anyway, if you start to be interested in the opposite sex, congratulations! It means you are in puberty. As teenagers we must be prepared to build relationships with the opposite sex.

In addition, we will also start choosing friends in groups. We will start to be picky about which ones are of the same nature or hobby as us, and start hanging out with the group. We will really need peers to get to know the world outside together besides family. But if we are not careful, in socializing, teenagers often experience pressure to follow their peers or what experts often call a very strong conformity. Conformity arises when individuals imitate the attitudes or behavior of others because there is pressure from the group. This conformity itself has positive and negative aspects. Most teenagers feel "uncomfortable" or "not sociable", if they don't behave the same way as their friends in their group so they join in in deviant behavior such as making trouble, watching porn together, and so on. If you are asked to do something that will have bad consequences, you must have the courage to say "NO" firmly and loudly.

So, I've shared my knowledge and life experience when I was going through puberty. So, can transitions change our lives? The answer is YES! Like the story I told earlier, friends. We are experiencing a transition from childhood to adolescence. I'm sure you also must have your own way to go through this transitional period… HEHEHE