Does anyone feel old and useless with age?

I was having a terrible struggle with this, it came on suddenly, like overwhelming grief. I realized I had not been eating enough. I started taking vitamin B and protien shakes. I forced myself to volunteer at church even though I don't attend and also at a community event. I am hear to chat because I suffered for 3 months, hard, i think there were planetary influences too, i know that may sound crazy but I talked to at least 10 people feeling the same. I'm here to help. It has been a rough world, not near as nice as when I grew up..family was evwrything, now it seems devices are everything. It is sad!

So sorry, but know you are not alone!

Thank you hopefaith

Yes, I feel the same. Remember when the grammar knew everything and treasured. Remember when when we were actually important and mattered. My children all in there 30s spend so much time on there computers and cell phones. It's like I'm not in the room. I have said to them with age comes poor health and uncertainty..some day you will look back on today and wish it could come again...

That's a tough one. Tougher for you than for me because I'm 80. I'm supposed to be old and useless (on average. )
But I'm not worth very much primarily because of a post-covid problem. You are younger, but due to health concerns and problems, you are, you feel, "useless." It sounds as if you spent decades taking care of people and being useful, and most likely, used occasionally, as well. If you did your best and had some success, that should be enough to give you mental peace and solace. Maybe you should put your brain to work on studying something of interest to you. Maybe one of the Founding Fathers. (I am fascinated with them. ) Or macrame. Whatever interests you. My aim is to narrowly focus on a couple guys so that one day I could teach a class on them, not just read a couple books. You have time to really develop knowledge on something. Just a suggestion to try to address a real problem. Work with what you can control.

For sure! They are in for a rude awakening!

We can all talk ourselves into anything we want…if we tell ourselves we are old and feel old, how exactly are we getting out of that vortex of futility?? Tuesday I am turning 65 and I am grateful I have made it this far. I am also grateful that my god gives me strength and hope for what happens next. Hope this helps! Flip & reverse your thinking process. Best, M

Thank you for the comment. I believe that's what gets us thro the day, God...And in the end it's just you and him. Without his strength and the strong belief I have I wouldn't get thro any day.

My adult children do not have anything to do with my husband and I. They have turned their backs on us. They don't come help after surgeries, they don't invite us to holidays or acknowledge us at all. I feel so abandoned, and rejected. I cry a lot. They were raised to be kind and caring but they aren't. They are awful and it make m we feel old and abandoned.

Great advice, @irinig, and A Big Happy Birthday to You 🥳🎈🎂