The Danica Naz Blog

Monday 30th March 2026 

This blog dives a bit deeper into the ocean of emotions… 

When somebody tells you, “you are so mature for your age!”, how are you expected to respond? 

Typically, I smile and play it off like the kid inside me doesn’t want to just escape, at least for a few minutes. It kills me inside whenever I hear someone say that to me. 

Sure, I guess being “too mature” is good and beneficial to a certain extend. For example, when handling arguments or situations that require me to act up as an adult, even though I’m not. 

I remember my first relationship vividly, because it forced me to become mature. Even at the ripe age of 13 (yes, I was young), I was in love with someone who did not understand what communication at all. Telling my significant other about my feelings would lead to arguments. I eventually figured that communication needed to be emphasised in order to avoid these arguments. 

By then, I was already “psychoanalysing” everything he did, from his words to his tone, even through text. It was draining. 

Next, I started taking “be in their shoes” a little too seriously, becoming emotionally invested in someone else’s story and putting myself in their position. 

Eventually, I stopped listening to people’s vents. I started to become emotionally distant because I became aware of my emotional state, that is, dependent on the other person’s emotional state. Or to make this easier to understand, I was borrowing their emotional states. 

I guess you could say I’ve now become desensitised. 

I stopped becoming emotionally invested in things and people, because it would just drain me. But there is an exception. For the people I love, my mom, my aunts, my brothers Nivreh and Jerry, and my pet Bailey, I would get as emotionally invested as I have to in order to understand what they are going through in order to help them the best that I can. 

So in conclusion, being mature comes with its good parts. But, I’d rather be childish. If I act like a child around you, congratulations, you are that important to me that you bring out my inner child.