Getting old...what it feels like and what it's about

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Violet62

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Hello All!

I realized a few months ago that I wanted to talk discuss aging with other people who are also aging, i.e. growing older. I'm not seeking therapy, or grief counseling...I just want to talk about what it's like to grow older every day and realize that I now have fewer years ahead of me than behind me. I want to talk about what changes personally, socially, economically, intellectually, and emotionally for me as I grow older each day. I wonder how other people experience this process? How does this process change others? What insights and epiphanies do others have as they get older? Basically, I just want to talk about getting old...what it feels like and what it's about.
 

Everyone is different so you won't be getting one consistent story. I don't consider myself "old"and l never will. My parents never talked about old peoples' aches and pains so l'm not going to be helpful. My dad passed away at 95 and my mom at 76 but she worked at cutting fabrics and breathed in nasty stuff in the air and developed a terrible lung disease which she died from. Now workers wear masks.

Welcome to Senior Forums, Violet62!
 
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All I know is just all of a sudden I am O L D! It happened so cotton picken fast that I didn't notice it until I was old! Like where did all those years go?
 

They’re called the golden years for a reason. Getting older has its perks. For one, you’re good at using what you’ve learned. You’ll probably get more agreeable in old age, older people control their emotions better, and focus more on how to make the most of life.

A study called the Longevity Project found that people who enjoy their job and are happy at work, that, along with having good friends and a good marriage, could be the key to keeping the grim reaper at bay..

Self esteem soars in old age and life has taught us how to deal with stress. That doesn’t mean, it goes away, health and money problems still crop up but oldies have had a lifetime learning how to deal with it.

Old age is not some rosy glow period, there are many issues us oldies don't like but don't let them spoil life. We deal with everything from arthritis to a diminishing libido and still remain positive. My wife is one for the witty quip and on old age she has an accurate observation: "Don't worry about it," she says, "it doesn't last long!"
 
Feeling old often is very personal. I know a physician (owner of a clinic) who got a candle on his 60th birthday. He at once lit it and let the candle burn down until the number 60 had vanished.

And he dumped his wife for a very young doctor. This relationship failed after some years as the woman had made enough profit from his medical experience and his vast medical library.
 
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The most noticeable thing about being old to me--and it only occurred to me a few years ago--is that, especially the longer you live, there will be things (both good and bad) that are never going to happen to you ever again. And of course, the longer you live, it becomes more and more likely: there are more than a few of us for whom the last good thing to happen already did; it's downhill from here.
 

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