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When they say that teenagers believe they are invincible, they don't literally mean that. What they mean is something like "Teenagers are hopeless dreamers who believe that they have a better chance than average of achieving great things."
If you had told me that at age 18, I would've disagreed with it, but only because it didn't seem particularly optimistic to me at the time. Not being optimistic about my chances would've crushed me.
Young people have a need to feel special; that their life has a narrative; a destiny. When you're young, all you want is to grow up so you can go out there and do all the awesome things your parents wouldn't understand.
@thor Ah, boundless optimism is not a given for many folks. It wasn't for me. I grew up poor in a racist place; I worked very hard just to be mediocre.