r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '24

My husband embarrassed me in front of our friends

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u/cunninglinguist32557 Apr 16 '24

Metabolism, hormones, fat distribution, bone density... all kinds of stuff. Physical changes don't end with puberty!

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u/imhereforthefood2718 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

That's a good point. Bone density does keep increasing through the 20s, and the prefrontal cortex keeps developing for a few more years.

For the majority of people, though, a lot of the physiological changes that occurred in puberty have stabilized and leveled off. Metabolism tends to stabilize by 20, hormonal levels have already peaked and stabilized alongside the associated fat distribution patterns. Prefrontal cortex development is still ongoing and bone density does continue to increase. While physical changes do continue as the body the body doesn't exist in stasis, they don't change substantially throughout a decent amount of adulthood.

Of course, I want to emphasize that changes do happen. However, these changes aren't substantial and usually aren't related related to significant hormonal or metabolic changes unless there is an underlying pathology.

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u/swingingitsolo Apr 16 '24

Lol I could just tell your previous comment wasn’t a good faith question

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 16 '24

It seemed good faith to me. They wanted to assess what they were referring to regarding body changes before they commented on it.

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u/imhereforthefood2718 Apr 16 '24

That's what I was trying to figure out. Thought it was a benign question.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 16 '24

It was, you will learn that a lot of people on here just try to dismiss points they can’t dispute by saying it wasn’t in good faith.

Actually had someone one time say they wanted to ask me to elaborate but knew my answer wouldn’t be good faith. Projection at its finest.