I'm learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I'm not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times.
Teen movies often have an unspoken underlying premise in which high school is seen as less serious than the adult world. But when your head is encased in that microcosm it's the most serious time of your life.
I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.