When did you know you were getting old?

My body feels exhausted. My hip has started to hurt for some reason.. Sometimes I forget exactly how old I am I stopped celebrating birthdays for the most part a couple of years ago..

 

That day I didn't realize I double posted.

 

When did you know you were getting old?

When I was in my early 20's...

 

when my body stopped keeping up with my mind.
although come to think of it, i'm not sure it ever could.

my mind was born old, but hasn't gotten any older since, and doesn't intend to.
(by paying attention over the years, it has accumulated a somewhat larger data base)
my body, of course, is the price of having to be born on this planet.

 

When I turned 26 and ended up in the ER, with an autoimmune disease that caused a bunch of issues.
I am 29 now, and haven't felt quite pre-26.

 

Nothing happened all at once or anything. I need more sleep than I used to, I have more aches and pains, and I can't party and recover like I used to. But all of these changes came on slowly, imperceptibly.

 

With me it was exactly a few days before my birthday lol.
I like your way better.

 

I'm breaking down fast now, but that's related to some health issues. I hope I get some good treatment suggestions tomorrow.

 

when i started getting dejavu often

 

When I realized I have already posted in this thread...........

 

Hope it went well.
Health issues suck.

 

I'll find out this afternoon. Doctors are pretty sure they know what it is. Today is more about the 100% certainty of their diagnosis.

Still, I hope they are wrong

 

Damn, I don't like the .

If you don't want to share your diagnosis, that's understandable.
But best of luck to you.

I have a small tumor that needs to be excised from my sexy old body.

We really are a bunch of old ladies with health issues lol.

 

I hope benign!

Anyway, we will see. Literally no one except my fiancé nows right now. I still can't bring myself to say or type it out. I'm weird like that. Like, it's not real if I don't say it...

Yeah...

 

Weakly malignant.
But it should be fine, they just want to cut it out asap while it's still weeeaaak.

I get what you're saying.

 

Good luck, Noserider and Eloise. It's maddening (at least for me) how health is taken for granted until something goes wrong. Such an unpleasant feeling--the sensation of powerlessness when you are diagnosed with some impactful malady.

 

I have some aches and pains I could complain about but compared to more serious illnesses I think i'll bite my tongue and count my blessings instead. Hoping for positive outcomes for anyone facing serious health issues right now

I mostly feel older mentally rather than physically. I'm wound tighter than I once was, its hard for me to destress. I generally choose responsibility over fun nowadays but I am trying to be better about that and to find a better balance. We all know the cliche about all work and no play

 

Wait!

We can have fun?

I musta missed that memo...

 

boxers and sweatpants

and just no fucks in general

 

i've always heard that older people need less sleep. i'm still using that as a measure, because i still need the same 9-10 hours i always have and as much as i want more hours in the day, i prefer to maintain my youthful exhaustion.