The childhood you. You think it's gonna disappear as an adult but you're left dealing with your childhood more than you had to during your actual childhood. Generally speaking of course.

Well some do, but I don't feel my parents really prepared me for life. I needed a mentor so badly. However, I lived and learned and made it through.

Dealing with coworkers and bosses

Taxes. We're told that we will work to earn money but nobody prepares us for how much of it will be taken away from us again by the state. That earning more doesn't mean your personal profit. You earn more just to be plucked like a chicken.

Adulting

How to deal with my mental issues and tourette's

How overwhelming and cumbersome it really can be. It's really a LOT 😔

Getting our heart broken, not only by people but by life.

Financial freedom

The swiftness of technological change. No-one could have foreseen in the 1960s just how much connectivity, personal tech and the rise of the mega international corporations would change our work and family life.

The pain of love

Being a parent

Bereavement. I was blindsided.

Having other people leave you.

Conflict resolution.
Whistle blowing.
What to do when your 'betters' abuse, despite your following the rules.

Hundreds of them

That others were not as prepared for it as you were.

Growing old!

Back pain arrives uninvited and refuses to leave.

Adulting.

Just figuring it all out. Finding your niche.

For me it was adulthood.

Betrayal, covert abuse

That you basically have to figure it out yourself

The complete and utter dead stop, upon retirement.

Betrayal

Bills