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Junk posted:i feel it. therapy has also been a part of it, but like anything external it can only take you so far, you have to really believe for yourself that poo poo can get better absolutely. my left arm fell out of socket on its own so many times, that by 17 the socket was described in an MRI as, "it looks like he fell off a motorcycle going 50 and rolled on a dislocated shoulder," and that's just my body trying to kill me. gotta get kinda hippie with it at that point, start doing yoga and posture stuff and also doing therapy and dealing with the reality of the fact that it's never gonna get better. being angry at the world isn't gonna make your shoulder, your joints, your connective tissues or your life better.
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MrQwerty posted:absolutely. My man.
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Are full body cybernetics available yet? Asking for a friend.
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I've enjoyed getting slightly smarter and more realistic but now every time I get a stomach or head ache I get convinced I'm going to die.
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weg posted:Are full body cybernetics available yet? Check out Elon's "NueralLink"
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I enjoy seeing my body and mind age like I enjoy watching the seasons pass, there's always something happening, it's inevitable so may as well accept it. I also enjoy fightng against it though. At 42 I've cultivated a cardio routine to the point my heart rate is in the low thirties, it feels like a super power to be able to wake up and run a half marathon or more on any given day just cos you feel like it.
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Late 30s, I still go in the pit at shows, gym numbers are higher than ever. Feel a little slower overall, but at this point in life "slow" makes more sense.
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I don't mind being older I just hate my life experiences and they keep piling up
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Im 34 and life seems to get better every year. I have to be more aware of taking care of my body, but then i do and I’m like “hey I feel good.” I still drink a lot of wine but I dont plan on ever giving that up. I get better perspectives on life and my work. i keep getting better at everything except for moving fast. I still feel healthy and energetic, but life is stable instead of completely chaotic like my 20s were. People respect me and often look to me as someone who knows they they’re doing, and i get along with almost everyone because I have learned how to stop being judgmental and moody. I feel like I’m approaching my prime.
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If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devil's are really angels freeing you from the earth.
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:Im 34 and life seems to get better every year. I have to be more aware of taking care of my body, but then i do and I’m like “hey I feel good.” I still drink a lot of wine but I dont plan on ever giving that up. I get better perspectives on life and my work. i keep getting better at everything except for moving fast. I still feel healthy and energetic, but life is stable instead of completely chaotic like my 20s were. People respect me and often look to me as someone who knows they they’re doing, and i get along with almost everyone because I have learned how to stop being judgmental and moody. I feel like I’m approaching my prime. gently caress yeah. Don't sweat moving fast, that shits for the birds. I'm a few years older and your post makes me pumped for you..it's gonna be awesome.
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Can't recommend daily stretching enough. Like 5 - 10 minutes. Do it regularly and give yourself a great shot at a healthy old age.
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:Im 34 and life seems to get better every year. I have to be more aware of taking care of my body, but then i do and I’m like “hey I feel good.” I still drink a lot of wine but I dont plan on ever giving that up. I get better perspectives on life and my work. i keep getting better at everything except for moving fast. I still feel healthy and energetic, but life is stable instead of completely chaotic like my 20s were. People respect me and often look to me as someone who knows they they’re doing, and i get along with almost everyone because I have learned how to stop being judgmental and moody. I feel like I’m approaching my prime. Cool story bro. 
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Fitter Happier More Productive
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No. 6 posted:I don't mind being older I just hate my life experiences and they keep piling up I feel this.
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My late teens and early twenties (maybe even most of my twenties) were so uncertain, just from a general “what am I going to do with my life?” and “will I be able to make this work?” perspective. My thirties are definitely less “exciting”, but I think if I had the level of uncertainty that I had during the last years of university and the first years of trying to start something like a career, it’d give me a nervous breakdown at this point. I really don’t envy young adults.
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My first post-50 passport photo looks better than the last one, so I’m happy about that. I need reading glasses and take blood pressure medication, but I drink less and I’m going in a generally positive direction which is a nice change. I guess I’d say I’m aging fairly gracefully because I don’t feel especially old at all. It’s shocking to me that I could technically retire in 15 years or so. On my deathbed I’ll probably be very confused about how this has come to pass.
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No. I feel old AF, got drunk and posted a dumb thread in GBS generally about being old and nostalgia, but left a ton of details that would surely incur flaming. Got myself some probation for that. Anyone even use the forum slang "flame" anymore?
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MackAddie posted:Well... I turned 50 yesterday. Got my AARP invitation last month. Guess I'll just wait for the reaper. I turned 40 like six months ago. Thought I was the old man.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I turned 40 like six months ago. Thought I was the old man. Come back to the thread in say…. five years?
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Snowy posted:Come back to the thread in say…. five years? maybe, I don't know what the future holds
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Have I enjoyed the aging process? Not tremendously, but like everybody else says, it beats the alternative. And I’m not saying that completely flippantly, I’m 56 and people all around me who have lived more dissolute lifestyles(and some who were just unlucky) are dropping like flies and it’s sad as hell. A ton of old punk-rock buddies have OD’d. Several old female friends of mine have been brought down by breast cancer. My ex-wife died of ovarian cancer. My best friend, we’ve been buddies since we were 13 has MS really bad and the future is uncertain. My cousin, who got in all sorts of trouble with me when we were wild kids, died last year from heart failure, I’m sure because he was a long-term meth user. My dad died a couple weeks ago. My son died 7 years ago, an early victim of fentanyl. But I’m still here and I’m lucky. I finally have a decent job with good medical and an actual pension(yay government employment), I have a small but tidy house, a nice-but-boring car that I don’t have to make payments on anymore, a couple of motorcycles that I also own outright. My partner and I get along well, without all the drama and arguments of past relationships. I still go to punk shows, but my pit days are over, now I’m the guy at the edge of the pit bouncing people back into the fray. Semiretirement, I guess. Sometimes I kinda miss the excitement of my younger days, but once I think about it awhile, I really don’t. There was a LOT of time I was lonely, I was scared of the future, I was broke, I would drive around all night searching for something I didn’t even know like an old Springsteen song. I was rudderless, just sort of ping-ponging from crisis to crisis with no clear destination. I don’t feel that way anymore. My right shoulder is hosed and I’m going to need to have it fixed, and I’m still kinda recovering from oropharyngeal(back of the tongue) cancer - cancer’s in remission but recovering from the 36 radiation treatments and all the chemo is a bitch. And I lost my sense of taste, which is sad, because I loved to eat, but maybe it’s for the best, because I’m down to my high-school weight and can wear all my old clothes. Of course they all look absurd on a 56-year-old, but I could if I wanted. So as Steve Earle would say ‘I feel alright’.
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JnnyThndrs posted:Have I enjoyed the aging process? Not tremendously, but like everybody else says, it beats the alternative. 56? old man
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MrQwerty posted:absolutely. But neither is being happy so..
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:Im 34 and life seems to get better every year. I have to be more aware of taking care of my body, but then i do and I’m like “hey I feel good.” I still drink a lot of wine but I dont plan on ever giving that up. I get better perspectives on life and my work. i keep getting better at everything except for moving fast. I still feel healthy and energetic, but life is stable instead of completely chaotic like my 20s were. People respect me and often look to me as someone who knows they they’re doing, and i get along with almost everyone because I have learned how to stop being judgmental and moody. I feel like I’m approaching my prime. ... are we the same person? Are your joints suspiciously lovely but you're in way better health than before because you started taking care of that?
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JnnyThndrs posted:So as Steve Earle would say ‘I feel alright’. Great write-up, thanks for sharing.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:56? old man
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Give me 5 Old Coots over 10 Young Bucks
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JnnyThndrs posted:Get off my gawd-drat lawn. where the hell else am I supposed to meat your daughter
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In the toolshed, do I have to teach you everything? Watch out for the spiders though.
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JnnyThndrs posted:In the toolshed, do I have to teach you everything? aww man. now she gonna be mad at me
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I watch people around me literally sweat as they're eating a meal, huffing and puffing after a minute or two of physical labor, hear people complain about the poo poo that's wrong with their body. And it's all because of being sedentary. 5 years ago I was headed for a heart attack by the age of 45. Lost 40 pounds and got in shape and now don't feel like my heart is on the verge of exploding constantly. I only feel aging in the sense of looking at anyone more than 10 years younger and thinking they're literal children and other standard stuff like not following the lingo and media as closely anymore.
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Peggy Edson posted:I watch people around me literally sweat as they're eating a meal, huffing and puffing after a minute or two of physical labor, hear people complain about the poo poo that's wrong with their body. And it's all because of being sedentary. 5 years ago I was headed for a heart attack by the age of 45. Lost 40 pounds and got in shape and now don't feel like my heart is on the verge of exploding constantly. I only feel aging in the sense of looking at anyone more than 10 years younger and thinking they're literal children and other standard stuff like not following the lingo and media as closely anymore. everything is bullshit. Glad you dont have to watch children work themselfs to death anymore
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Getting old sucks. I hate my gray (silver) hair, my shoulder is in constant pain, taxes (bureaucracy in general) stress me out; I'm afraid I'm always one missed form or deadline from owing the government a shitton of money. I sweat buckets in my sleep half the time and the doctor used the word "peri-menopausal" and I told him to shove it right back down his throat. I'm not quite 40 yet. But the worst part about getting older is my parents (and in-laws) getting old old. Seeing the things they ignore and let go of that they never would have when I was younger makes me sad. It's getting hard for them to take care of themselves and even harder to take care of each other and they never tell me or my brothers or husband that they need help and I just feel awful for them. They refuse to move anywhere near where we can help them, though. It's an absolute struggle to convince them they need to slow down. When the pandemic hit, I told my dad he needs to stay home because he's got diabetes, a stroke disorder, and he's elderly. He said, "I'm not elderly, I think of my parents as elderly." And I had to remind him, "your parents aren't elderly, dad, they're dead. You need to stay home." After every time I go visit them, I start writing their eulogies in my head because it very well may be the last time I see them. On top of all of that, I am no care taker, but they wouldn't have me even if I was.
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Here's my "Don't Get Old before you are really freaking old" recipe: Daily stretching. Only takes 5-10 minutes a day. Every day. Active lifestyle. However you choose. Healthy diet. Moisturizing. Good sleep. Obvious, right? Yeah! Do it!
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