40 Adult Problems That People Were Not Ready For

Being an adult, or adulting as they say, is extremely difficult. We know it's not new, and you've probably heard people complaining about it all your life, but it's the hard truth.

Just because you can earn your own money or make decisions without parental guidance doesn't mean that life gets easier. In fact, having all the responsibility for yourself is actually frustrating and hard.

Frankly, schools should have courses or lessons on how to be an adult. We, for one, would have gladly attended these lessons or gone to every single seminar about it because there are tons of things we really have no clue about, like how to properly pay taxes or how looking for a job really works.

Living day to day, dealing with everything we're expected to handle as adults, is stressful, and it can sometimes be so overwhelming that you just want to hide away in a cave forever, or at least for a little while. Think about it.

We have to feed ourselves, pay our bills, work for money, be healthy by exercising, maintain our social lives, and work for our dreams. Isn't that a little too much for one person to handle?

Then, we have the problems that we weren't actually prepared for before we became fully-fledged adults. Redditors have been sharing their experiences, and let us tell you, it makes us cringe how much we can relate to a lot of these.

Keep reading for the best ones. bathtub_seizure

You're lucky if you still have one or two buddies you can call up from time to time

eternalrefuge86

We were definitely not prepared for that sinking feeling of disappointment

choadally

They should've prepared us on how to deal with them so we wouldn't be so shocked

ohiojeepdad

And as kids, we already thought the chores our parents made us do were too much

DecadenceXO

Nothing can ever really prepare us for the reality of this

dabocake

Plus, they will be everywhere you go

pulpexploder

We're not really aware of the signs until they hit us full in the face, sadly

caelosentire

The older we grow, the more losses we have to learn to deal with

BlackCaaaaat

It's one of those little everyday stresses

coltonious

Generally, body pains and how permanent they can become

badninj4

It's nice to be needed, but there is also a limit to how much you can handle

smolspooderfriend

Add this to the toll it takes on your mental and physical health

curiousnaomi

This here is the kind of painful growth nobody tells us about

swampy13

In adulthood, you get to see all the politics and hierarchy at play

DiddlyDoRight

Is it because we're the ones buying them now?

sea_ewe_in_tea

There is no way to prepare you for the loss of the person you thought you'd spend your life with

Shortcult

You'll just never know when you'll meet 'the one,' so you just have to cherish every moment you have with them

NightMgr

Yes, no one ever really prepares us for the loneliness that adulthood can bring for some

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We should have been taught to beat the system, not let it beat us

Go_J

When we were kids, we thought all adults acted like adults, but that was just a lie

rchaw

Being social as an adult isn't as easy as they portray in the movies

Poka_poke

Time seems to speed up as you keep growing older

QuarantineTitans

Even sleep is not the easiest part of adulting

JonnyWax

One of the most difficult parts of adulting is the compromises you have to make

Qjfomentl

Nothing could really prepare you for the shock of this

Aperture_T

It's one of the most difficult things to actually see our parents growing old

LG0110

Beyond 20, you'll already be going to war with your body

DeathSpiral321

It's worse when you know you're too young to have pains like that

porcelina99

It's getting yourself together in a whole other way

LizLemonSpaceman

Some people only grow up physically

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They tell you to do well in school so you can get somewhere in life, but after school, it's just wide open fields with no path

jcpearce

Insurances are just messed up

scarlett_o_o

When we were younger, we thought becoming an adult would mean more time for ourselves, but it's actually the opposite

HawaiianShirtsOR

A lot of us realize that we don't actually want to spend time with many of our family members for various reasons

bebebaker

Just because it's a full-time job doesn't mean that it pays well enough

TheHarperValleyPTA

People expect so much more out of you in adult socializations

My_reddit101

The first thing a lot of us say is 'Excuse the mess'

slothbarns7

It's not really easy to learn how to support others without exhausting yourself

[deleted]

It's such a small part of our body, and yet it costs us so much

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The anxiety of it stresses out a lot of us even more

DeathBat92

When we were young, older people always told us that life as an adult would be hard, especially without our parents being the safety net for us. We'd have to learn how to take care of ourselves and everything around us on our own.

What we didn't realize then, however, was that there were so many things people couldn't exactly prepare us for. We just have to experience them and learn on the go.

Here's to hoping we can continue to deal with them as well as we have up until this point.