Not too concerned. My DC said something similar in late high school. They are stuck in the sameness of things at that age. DC is now 22 graduated college and I said to her recently - ‘could your 16 year old self ever believe that things work out, that being a young adult with your own money feels good and life is fun.’

Teens don't always know life well enough so take her ideas with few grains of salt. Just always be supportive of her mental health. That's all you can do. Parents have their limitations.

I shocked one of mother's friends when I told her, as a young adult, that I did not expect to live past 40. She was past 40.

It's one of those things that immature youngsters say, OP. Don't read too much into it. It's not that I didn't enjoy my life. At that age, it just seemed like the years stretched ahead of me endlessly.

Now I'm 46 and I feel that the years fly by. I tell this to my kids: soon enough, the passage of time will accelerate.

Happy Mother's Day in advance, y'all!!

Now...OP will come back with -

-Oh but she is already in a T3 college,
-Olympic gold medalist in figure skating,
-She has endorsement deals,
-We have very good relationship, and she was just being a teenager
-Her dye job is her look and brand

...Everything is peachy.

3...2...1
GO!!

Did she say it with vocal fry?

Anonymous wrote:For a teenager who get her roots touched up, sounds like a case of affluenza.

Hmmm... I agree.

OP, is she sexually active? Does she have a boyfriend? How is her academic performance? What ECs? What Math level? Do you have an intact family or a blended family? Are you a single mom? Is she planning to go to college?

Frankly, she does not sound like any regular teenager I know in my circles and you do not sound like any educated DMV mom I know.

Anonymous wrote:So today, I took my daughter to the salon to get her roots touched up, and we had a conversation. She told me something quite odd: she isn’t looking forward to living a very long life, over age 60 (even that would be a drag). She did say she’s generally happy, but that life feels repetitive and like a drag. She’s generally excited about her big milestones in life, but regular everyday life, not so much, and would rather sleep. She’s almost 18.

Is this within the realms of normal or a sign of a problem?

It's the chemical in her hair dye that is making her severely depressed. Can you shave off her hair and let her go chemical free?

For a teenager who get her roots touched up, sounds like a case of affluenza.

Anonymous wrote:I dunno I might look at one of those depression screening questionaires/checklists. Wanting to sleep instead of living life seems like it could be a warning sign. Does she get regular exercise?

+1

I dunno I might look at one of those depression screening questionaires/checklists. Wanting to sleep instead of living life seems like it could be a warning sign. Does she get regular exercise?

Normal.

But she needs to make more social goals and add an interest or two (activity, travel plans, boom club, pickleball, alumni club, annual girls trips).

I think when you're 18, 60 feels very far away and ancient. And yeah, most of life is repetitive, which is kind of sad because we spend so much of our limited time in required BS.

She will change her mind every 5 years as she will see that life is something different than she imagines.

So today, I took my daughter to the salon to get her roots touched up, and we had a conversation. She told me something quite odd: she isn’t looking forward to living a very long life, over age 60 (even that would be a drag). She did say she’s generally happy, but that life feels repetitive and like a drag. She’s generally excited about her big milestones in life, but regular everyday life, not so much, and would rather sleep. She’s almost 18.

Is this within the realms of normal or a sign of a problem?