Your describtion sounds like old age + depression
old age=depression. There’s absolutely nothing that isn’t depressing about aging. I’ve watched my parents age to almost 100 and it’s something that makes me want to blow out my brains daily.
Where’s the anti-aging research? Can we stop with the pro-aging propaganda?
Unfortunately, anti aging is exercise(even light calisthenics like yoga and walking outside) , eating healthy(preferably as vegetarian as possible for heart health) , never stop learning and socializing.
Pro aging is modern living: sedentary, eating highly processed foods, being a shut in just consuming content.
From my experience, both are positive feed back loops. Being sedentary makes you tired. You are too tired to cook, so you eat what’s easy. It’s easier to stay home than going out. You dont sleep well from stress so you’re tired all day, over eating, and drinking as much caffeine as you’re body can handle.
Exercise gives you energy, better mood, reduces stress, helps you sleep better, which means you’re more likely to cook healthy, go out and socialize etc, etc.
It sucks because there’s inertia and, even when I was working out 3 or 4 times a week, I never felt happy about going to exercise until about halfway through or coming home.
I work in a hospital and see people with really bad quality of life. I know that obviously people in hospitals are sick, but with dementia in their 50s and 60 year olds that are just strong enough to walk to the bathroom with assistance I hope I die before any serious problems come up.
Why must life be so hard!
(preferably as vegetarian as possible for heart health)
If I remember this study correctly, that benefit was offset by increased chance of stroke.
As always, the best overall diet is low-processed food, moderation of portion size, preferring local season-appropriate vegetables, fish and meats and low plant-based oil intake.
Sounds like you still confuse old age with depression. My family doesn’t suffer from old age depression.
I’m not confusing anything. If you’re old, you have every reason to be depressed. If you’re depressed it doesn’t mean you’re old.
If you aren’t depressed about losing everything as you age, you have Middle Aged Delusional Syndrome or something even worse.
If you aren’t depressed about losing everything as you age, you have Middle Aged Delusional Syndrome or something even worse.
But nothing is permanent in life and loosing things is just part of life. Accepting the inevitable makes life easier. Why cry over somethong you cannot do anything about.
https://www.lifespan.io/annual-reports/
It’s too bad the field has so much snake oil.
idk I had some of these before even reaching adulthood
- rather sleep than go out
- comfort before style
- always annoyed (if anything this was worse when I was younger)
Damn…
I feel personally attacked.
Yeah that’s accurate.
The spatula one hits home.
I had people over for thanksgiving and we had a conversation about my silicone spatula set and how much I like it. That felt more adult than a conversation about escrow.For me it’s more about some spatulas having more comfortable shapes.
Unfortunately my ex hit me with my favourite one and broke it against my arm. That might honestly be the one thing I’ll never forgive her, in the midst of all kinds of persistent abuse.
Coming on 34 and i feel stronger than ever. Im an ectomorph and exercise for an hour every day though. I reckon exercise is the answer if you can do it!
Yeah begrudgingly I stared exercising last year (mid thirties too) and damn if I don’t feel much much better. Easier to get around, less creaks and groans, less heartburn, it does make me feel better. I hate doing it though
It’s crazy how you hurt less if you exercise all the time
Mature age student here where my classmates are half my age:
The ones who have authority/inferiority complexes are awful but it’s so easy to just push them aside. For the most part, they’re inquisitive and sweet, and i adore them.
I get it’s a joke but, dude, being an adult is knowing how to look after yourself both physically and mentally. Also, I don’t have a favourite spatula; it’s a very expensive commercial grade pot. I love that thing.
At least half of that list applied to me when I was like 16.
They make emo spatulas?
“This one’s black, like my soul”
Actually, I was told that everybody hurts, and everybody cries
Sometimes everything is wrong.
Don’t do this. I’m 19 and check most of those boxes.
I think the biggest change is when I stopped giving a shit. My tolerance level dropped.
Interesting enough, when I stopped caring about work, my work started promoting me. It was almost exactly like the movie “Office Space”.
Threw my back out while unloading the dishwasher, while listening to quietly playing triphop, and wearing my comfy cardigan.
us as old fucks will no doubt be so much cooler than any old fucks before us. blasting the coolest musics, replaying the best video games, sneaking weed into everything.
no, no bias here
That sounds like me…
I feel like this could be turned into a haiku:
I threw my back out
while loading the dishwasher
wearing my sweater
Do not touch my spatula
Constantly thinking of finances
- how much is it?
- do I need it?
- can I afford it?
- should I just forget about it? … yeah forget about it
• do I need it?
Start there. If it’s not clearly a no, repeat multiple times over several weeks and one can quickly learn when to spent time thinking about these things.
A neat trick is to wait ten minutes … or walk away from something and go back to it later. If you truly need it, you’ll still want it. If you didn’t need it, you’ll forget about it.
Being an adult doesn’t mean you’re only entitled to buy stuff you need. Don’t forget to treat yourself or others once in a while if you can afford it and it’s something you really want.
Don’t forget
- Why did I buy this?
You weren’t supposed to buy and then forget it. You were supposed to forget about it before buying.
This is really more about financial stress rather than adulthood. I was constantly on the verge of being broke until I became an adult and started working and (eventually) got a well paid job. Somewhat pedantic, I know, but financial stress is not an integral part of adulthood.
I have enough that I shouldn’t have to worry. The issue is that I grew up poor so not having enough is a constant worry that has followed me all my life.
It’s not thinking of finances because you don’t have enough … it’s thinking of finances because you want to be more responsible and thoughtful of how you use your money.
I have a friend who joked with me and said … ‘You aren’t cheap … you’re frugal’
