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Does anyone feel old and useless with age?
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Yes dear. I know how you feel. I am 66 and have some of the same feelings. I don't struggle with the physical problems yo have fortunately but the isolation, low self esteem and loneliness are unbearable at times.
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So sorry, but know you are not alone!
Hello!
If you find this isolation, low self-esteem and loneliness unbearable then please how are you bearing it since I cannot but for living on survival instinct?
This rips me apart daily (64 years old) with only the need to breathe keeping me trying.
Never in my life have I lived alone before, probably making things worse. Reality is too real.
If you do reply, do not worry if you are depressed also.
Sorry this post is such a downer, but it is...
Best of health, Edward
I do know how you feel. I spent 4 years isolating myself because of depression exacerbated by that loneliness. I was able to pull out of it for the most part with help from my therapist. She recommended that I get a caseworker from a local organization. Because the caseworker worked hard to get me out on occasion to a group he hosts, I got much better. It has helped me feel like myself again, and I'm on over 20 medications for health problems. All you can do is try.
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It is so hard, when our bodies don't meet up to our expectations. Our minds as well. One day I was youthful and it seems the next. I'm assigning things over to my son. Home, property etc. My CVSD is chronic , I can tell my mind is going downward. Of course stress makes it worse . It's always on my mind of what's to come.