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>how much psychological damage occurs in the young mind in never experiencing love when it was supposed to.
There's no such thing as "supposed to".

>Especially when said individuals are constantly bombarded by images and media of people having lived their best life
Do you mean the absurdity of social media where people either outright lie or only present the most most positive details?
Or do you mean the stories of unlikely chance or complete fiction that entertain precisely because they're so ideal or atypical?
It's entirely possible to choose *not* to be bombarded by these things.

>they missed out and can never experience, ever. Because time is only linearly forward.
>pic related
Complete bullshit. High school SUCKS. Young love is hormones, infatuation, limerence, and ignorance. It rarely ends well and isn't what you're painting it as.

Yes, young men in mutual love are more energetic and enthusiastic. I was the same whenever I fell in love later on, infinitely better when it was mutual.
It's not exclusively the realm of the young.
And when I was young and alone, rather than just wallow in my depression, I learned how to socialize, improved, and embraced all the beauty and wonder in the world that I could.
I've done things that many people who enjoyed successful young love will never imagine. I strive to do more, to learn more, and be more every day.

Stop romanticizing young love and dramatizing the pain and trauma that can just as easily launch a positive life journey.
Nothing is over. Not even after you long ago decided that you've lost.
Make tomorrow better than today. That's it.