Resentment toward stereotypes.

I wasn't sure where this would fit in, but hopefully I got it right.

I am a 16 year old female, and for some reason, I have always had a problem with being associated with stereotypes involving teenagers and girls.

For example, if I have to take longer than men do to get ready (put on makeup, do my hair, etc.) and one of my friends asks me why I can't meet right away, I have to lie and say I'm eating breakfast with my mom or something. I absolutely cannot have them think that I do something every morning that most teenage girls do.

Also, I know I probably have raging hormones somewhere, considering that I am 16 and all, but I express anger less than most adults do. It's become unnaturally important to me to suppress all anger and depression that isn't highly reasonable, and I don't think this is affecting me in a good way.

Thoughts?

I think that it's not uncommon for someone to feel like this.

I just have a couple of questions:

Do you have any ideas as to why you dont want to be associated with stereotypes?

Is it stereotypes you dont wish to be like or is it just that you dont want to be like everyone else?

I dont think that stereotypes actually exist. I think that certainly people can be grouped together in some ways, but no matter what, in the end, everyone is an individual, everyone is unique, even though I know it sounds cliched, its true.

I have no clue why it's so weird for me to be associated with stereotypes. I mean, taking an hour to get ready isn't making the little children in Africa starve or anything, so it just doesn't make sense to me logically why I would hate it so much.