Does anyone feel old and useless with age?

Tell me about it--74 and have same issues--although grandkids who live near me are adults they are same and my adult kids ? ppphhffft
Friends from long ago either deceased or 1/2 a couple & seem afraid to do anything without their "other"

I find gardening helps --a pet if you like an animal & dont travel much--and the old adage--volunteer where there are chatty people.
No one knows you are alone --its hard to start but only cure is to make yourself go where people are --talk to strangers ( in safe places)
Good Luck xxx
i'm in australia-same worldwide

To @karinkb
From @dorothy1914
I am in a similar situation as you. The last two years have been terrible. I am now 78 and this has been the worst year of my life. I went off my antidepressant after 45 years (Effexor). I don’t even know what possessed me to do it. After numerous attempts to reinstate the Effexor (at least 4 times), I and my short-term therapists gave up. Every day is a struggle for me. I have aged terribly in these two years (wrinkled skin, hair loss). I lost 55 pounds in a matter of 3 months. My doctor described me as malnourished. I think I look like a monster. My best feature was always my curly strawberry blonde hair. It’s mostly gone now and I have resorted to wearing baseball caps. Sometimes I feel as if I can’t go on but I try because of financial reasons.