This will not affect your original timeline.
And lets take take this hypothetical a step further:
Sceanrio 2:
Say, in the alt-timeline, present-you arrive in the year when past alt-you were 10 years old, your original parents/guardians/caretakers dies for some reason on this timeline, would you care enough about your alternate-self help them? Like take on the role of a parent/guardian in place of their now-dead parents? (Basically, its a roundabout way of asking: How much can you tolerate yourself?)
My answer:
I think I could probably remember enough of myself to understand my alt-self enough to become friends. But if their timeline got fucked up, and their parents die, I’m not sure I can actually deal with this kid who, is me, but not me, like… I would probably get so annoyed at this kid, but also, I’d think about myself when I was 10, when I was this kid, and then feel pity. Idk if I could ever abandon an alt-self, because I’ve already feel abandoned (not literally, but like as in terms of the emotional side of parental love that I never gotten), I wouldn’t wanna see someone who is practically me, also go though the same abandonment.
Idk… Time travel is so weird.
This feels like propaganda to get me to want kids.
I would take care of alt timeline me because I know what I would have wanted and how that gets me to here.
I dont like my younger self. Fault of my upbringing, but still.
And 2nd scenario, also no. No matter if its alt me or not, i dont have the patience and mental headspace to raise a kid responsibly.
Yes, definitely. I try not to change some things on my 12 year old animal crossing save file out of respect for my younger self
Eww no, he’s such an autist
Oh no I would hate to meet my young me, because school sucked so bad, my dad died, my mom fell apart, I just don’t think adult me could provide anything that would help with most of what I went through, so no, that is a hard no.
In terms of liking young me? I was selfish, like most kids I guess, interesting enough, trying to remember 10, that’s still elementary, I was bored out of my skull most of the time.
I genuinely don’t like being around kids or teens, they make me uncomfortable, so I wouldn’t like my younger self. Also I was a horrible child, according to my mother throughout my childhood, so… yeah.
I’d help my 10yo self, but I wouldn’t take myself in and raise her or whatever; I’m far too negligent for that (why I’m sterile), and having had a negligent single parent myself, I have no interest in passing that experience down. Alternate me deserves better than I could provide. It would be a more frustrating version of my own shitty childhood if I did it - at least my own mother wasn’t physically disabled. And she only had the ‘tism (undiagnosed but almost certainly where I got it), where I have adhd and the ‘tism, as well as a slew of physical issues (headaches, back pain, digestive issues, bad joints, etc.) that would mean I can’t be fully present for a kid, even myself.
But I could probably mentor myself; I know where we fuck up and why, and if I could prevent that suffering (not necessarily change the way our life shakes out, but take away the negative feelings about it that took me decades to work through and are still a problem sometimes), I would like to. I think if I’d had some sort of supportive role model who wasn’t arms-length (seriously I have no memories of being hugged as a child…), I’d probably have turned out way less of a disaster.
Well I think the main issue would be my lack of income to take my younger self on as a dependent. 10 is a particularly interesting time so I would still be coming out of the introverted kid and in process of just becoming a standard nerd. I would likely see my adult self as something like my older brother who I liked.
lack of income
I mean… you are literally back in time. Like you are being transported into the alternate world. Don’t you remember the stock market stuff? Like literally any info from the future (aka: now-present) could help you get income. I mean its gonna become slightly a different timeline since butterfly effects, but still. Like invest in a tech company you know will succeed.
10 years old me was way smarter than I am now. I’d take that little fucker to the casino.
I think you might need 2 of them from 2 different timelines in a trench coat (casinos dont allow kids lol)
Not at all
Age 10? That’s a completely different person. A person I feel sorry for.
I would steal my younger self from my parents
Same😶🌫️
Aha lolol I felt this.
But then again I’m not sure if my younger self would ever understand what’s happening or end up having even more PTSD, then I try to explain alt-timelines and my alt-self just goes into existential crisis at age 11 and obsessed about time travel. (Because I know I end up obsessing with the idea of time travel, even without an alternate-me intervening)
By the time I was a teenager I had some idea that what was happening to me wasnt “normal” but I didn’t understand just how bad it was until I was an adult. My peers would sometimes stare in shock at what I was complaining about, but I think if an adult had tried to intervene I might have understood the severity of my parent’s actions.
Young me was fairly terrified of everything, but I think we would bond over music. I work with teens that have similar issues now, so I know I’d at least be able to put myself at ease lol
Nah, I don’t think I’d choose to take on a 10-year-old with undiagnosed autism and ADHD, especially with the added pressure that he’s me.
I think this question favours younger readers, and possibly more female readers (more young women are maternal than young men are paternal).
Also, at 46, I don’t think I’d make a good friend to any 10 year old. I’ve been a good uncle to a few of them over the years, but that is not the same thing.
I hope I do not seem to be missing the point. I think I get it, but I’m saying that the logistics of it even if it’s not me, but a kid who is like how I was, that would be challenging enough. But knowing it’s me? That raises the stakes, and I don’t see a good outcome.
No, kids annoy me most of the time.
My 20y.o self cringed at my 15 y.o. self.
At 30 I cringed at how I was at 20.
Now at early 40s I cringe at the thought of 30 y.o. me.In conclusion: I’m probably still cringeworthy to my future self.
Your question really isn’t matching up with your scenario.
Would I care for my ten year old self if my worthless parents and abusive POS brother were removed hell yes.
Does that have anything to do with how much I liked myself? NO.
Now with that said, I look back at myself and I was a really good dude always.
Now did i do all the clumsy stupid stuff that teenagers do? Yes of course. Did I treat anyone like shit or make my world a worse place NO.
