More sensitive to as you get older

[Jazzy1]

What are you finding yourself more sensitive to as you get older?

 

[IrishEyes]

My biggest one is snagging my skin. I peel like an onion skin if I barely snag myself against a rough object. What should be just a normal scrape peels back into a large triangle of the top layer of skin. My son's say I need clothes made of bubble wrap. My arms rarely are bare of some sort of bandage.

 

[Ronni]

I’m more sensitive to environmental allergens than I used to be.

I’m more emotionally attuned to other folks’ moods and emotions, even when they try to hide them.

 

[officerripley]

Any death.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Yes! I’m much more sensitive than I was when I was a child. More emotionally sensitive AND physically sensitive .

 

[MACKTEXAS]

It used to be that whenever I noticed anything new or different about my health, like a spot that shouldn't be there, or a new ache or sensitivity in my body, I didn't give it much thought - I just applied some OTC medication, or took Ibuprofen and in a few days it would be okay.

Since getting older, I'm more prone to think it may be a sign of something major developing and I should get a dermatology or PCP appointment. I usually wait a reasonable time before doing that, but it hangs like a cloud over my head until it's resolved.

 

[Nathan]

My biggest one is snagging my skin. I peel like an onion skin if I barely snag myself against a rough object.

Yep, that's me my arms always look like I've been attacked by the hatchet murderer.

 

[Oldeagle66]

It used to be that whenever I noticed anything new or different about my health, like a spot that shouldn't be there, or a new ache or sensitivity in my body, I didn't give it much thought - I just applied some OTC medication, or took Ibuprofen and in a few days it would be okay.

Since getting older, I'm more prone to think it may be a sign of something major developing and I should get a dermatology or PCP appointment. I usually wait a reasonable time before doing that, but it hangs like a cloud over my head until it's resolved.

Same since I found things. A few weeks ago I noticed a large lump under my armpit that freaked me out. Turned out to be a cyst that went away with amoxicillin......I rushed to the doctor.....lol

 

[Imogene]

I mostly ignore my own health and hope for the best

I am more sensitive to the environment, the critters that live in it, and how we are slowly stealing from them.

 

[JustBonee]

I’m finding that old saying .. ‘Less is More’ applies to my lifestyle more than ever ... speaking of both food and medicine.

I don’t take any prescription drugs, and treating any pain or heart concerns is an ongoing challenge … with the good side comes the bad in pretty much everything.

 

[Veronica]

Heat. The heat just does me in anymore.

I was okay before I had surgery in my 20's that threw me into early menopause.
I never got the hot flashes or the night sweats but my whole metabolism shifted to the hot side.
Now Im just hot. All the time. I was kinda looking forward to being one of those cold old ladies
but its probably not going to happen.

 

[Muskrat]

My allergies are certainly worse. I go outside and wonder what beautiful plant is my nemesis…so many choices…

 

[Judycat]

The suffering that goes on continually in the world gets me down. I have to turn off media sometimes because of it. People killing animals for sport really turns me. I even feel bad for the chicken I'm about to cook. Gah.

 

[DebraMae]

I had to think a while about this one. I hate to say it but I think I am more sensitive about everything. I think it is a matter of overload and I just want to retreat. The most visible sign would be my skin. Every little thing seems to irritate or bruise it.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I'm much more likely to tear up at things now.
And I hate spiders. I get these small black spiders in the house. I found one sitting on my bed and freaked out. So, I want to swat any black spot, and do you know how many black spots there are in a house????