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Does anyone feel old and useless with age?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jul 7 12:25pm | Replies (410)Comment receiving replies
A friend of mine gave me a book along time ago entitled, "Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps". I laughed at the tie. I'm not laughing so much at 75. I have had chronic peropheral pain since I fell skiing back in 2016. I've some good years and some not so good years since. You got your bad stuff rather young. Look at it this way, at least all this didn
t befall you when you were 30 or 40. Find a support group. Find a good church to get involved in. My grandkids live not so close, so I see them once or twice a year. Don't let circumstnaces rule your life. You can't control them. Try to imagine your life if you were even worse off. My faith helps keep me going.
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"Don't let circumstances rule your life as you can't control them!" Those are words of wisdom!
A friends told me I had courage & I try to remember that when I just want to hide under the bed.
Thank you for the perceptive outlook!! K
I agree with you 100%. I am in the same situation. We have to try and accept the way we are now and stay in the present moment. Also, there are so many people worth of keep that in mind. Sometimes I watch shows on the Holocaust and then it puts things in perspective for me
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You are sooo young as I just turned eighty. A friend of ours quipped, "my golden years were ten
years ago". Don't give up. I did my knee injuries at age fifteen skiing, was rear ended by a truck at a stop sign age 42. It seems that long Covid brought it all back. The good news an MRI confirmed seriously torn meniscus in both knees and an x-ray of my neck showed serious arthritus (pn). However, I have had no surgery and manage with exercise and heat. YEA! Yes,
faith and meditation are great. Don't give up.