[AnAmericanMother]

I write for a living.

This was written by an adult masquerading as a child. The language veers back and forth between adult psychobabble ("influenced", "specialness", "addictive") and what an adult thinks a teenager should sound like - using "me" for "I", "really bad", "stuff like," etc.

It's also internally inconsistent in its reasoning as well as its language.

It's a fraud, guys.

[wingster]

DING..DING..DING..DING!!!

"I became addicted to the feeling of being loved because I wasn’t getting enough love from my family."

HELLO!!!

Hello divorced parents, two income families not at home for their own kids, parents more interested in the amenities of life than in their own kids welfare!!!!!!

[af_vet_1981]

A teen resident in a crisis intervention group home would easily pick up the adult psychobabble you complain about. You have the opinion that it was written by an adult but no external evidence to prove it.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Or a teen who has been seeing a therapist. (not mentioned)

[international american]

You are correct. Any professor of english, or professional writer could have spotted this.