People Born Before 1980 Share The Struggles Of Their Age And Here Are 30 Of Them

This!!!!!

When asked about my health, my reply is, "The motor's running fine but the wheels keep falling off!"

This is the first of Buddhism's 4 basic truths: existence is suffering.

There isn't a day that I'm not putting up with some random pain for no apparent reason

The rich are laughing at you

Helps if you were no oil painting to start with.

I look older in the mirror than I do in my head. I've had a laugh at myself more than once by situations like - see an older person walking across the parking lot and casually think they are old - then realize, actually they look like they are about the same age as me.

I noticed the change after maybe age 43. Suddenly everyone kind of ignored me, looked right through me, like I don't even exist. Wherever I go, people stopped being nice (I wasn't even aware they were nice because I used to be very pretty), and not really rude but more like ignoring me. It's really worse than people being rude to you, when they act like you don't even exist.

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What if you are 44, feel inside like you're 64, but pass as looks like 34? My insides haven't been as kind to me as my outsides.

Love this old thing; by Anthony Euwer As a beauty I'm not a great star, There are others more handsome by far. —But my face—I don't mind it, —Because I'm behind it— It's the people in front that I jar.

Been on a strict diet for the last three months. In the first few weeks I lost 30lb - not an ounce since.

Yeah, my metabolism packed its bags and left me.

If you're over 50 the hormonal change does you in!

This is so much harder for women.

Or you lose it, keep up the healthy habit, but it comes back anyway!

Arthrisis hit me with my thyroid going out of window at 33. Fun times, nobody believes you, "young people do not get so sick"

I love your cranky, you hang in there.

This relates a lot.. and I i am not even 40..

So much of this is all do to hormonal change in men and women. Seek expert help.

Upvote for all of this.

For many of us, this dream is not being homeless. We will never afford homes

If you're not dead don't let go

You find new dreams, or you revise old ones. I went through a divorce that turned my life upside down, leading to a depression, that I tried to cure with whiskey, that led me to a different level of hell. One night I just knew that if I didn't change, I was going to die. I had lost weight, never left the house, lived in my ratty pajamas. I remembered the me that I used to be, and I was determined to be her again. Only better. I am writing things that I send out for publication. I am working on a book that I will self publish if necessary, selling it on street corners. I challenge myself every day. I am stepping into social media, even, because I am good company, so why keep me all to myself? I will be 64 years old in December. I feel more like a kid just getting started in life. You can only really die if you let yourself die. Keep busy. Keep moving forward.

This may be the most painful thing. After 60 years old, even if you want to make a change and do something else, you cannot easily do it because of decreasing physical strength, decreasing income, and decreasing amount of time left in life. The only option is to do things that will not require a long building time. Society also sets up roadblocks like mandatory retirement and undervaluing of older people.

Someone I know is in his 80s and has greatly reduced stamina. When he's resting he can get up and move around for a while. However, soon he has to move slowly and rest often. It turns out his aortic valve is mostly calcified. This means it doesn't open as far as it should. This means he can't replenish the oxygen in his blood fast enough when he's moving around. A heart surgeon measured his valve (everyone is different) and it should open as far as 4 square centimeters. Currently it can only open as far as 0.9 centimeters, so they are planning surgery.

Have your testosterone checked. Mine was destroyed by chemo. My dad had a thyroid issue that destroyed his. There is testosterone therapy, not steroids, to get you back in the normal zone. It took years to diagnose but I feel sooooo much better now.

This is actually scary.

This happens to me as well. Very often I'll think about something and

Any and all changes in memory function, long or short term memory, are a major cause for concern and NEED to be discussed with your doctor, OP! Now, I'm not talking about the occasional brain fritz where you know what you're trying to say, but the right word or phrase has just seemingly evaporated from your vocabulary, cuz literally everyone gets that from time to time. However, if those fritzes start happening more frequently than you're used to (like you used to have maybe 3/year and now it's 1-2/month) or on a regular basis (minimum of 1/week), it needs to be addressed with your doctor, cuz it could be an early warning sign of something very serious.

It's weird to look down and you don't even recognize your own hands.

Spots! WTF?

I don't care about wrinkles or crepe skin, but the muscle and bone loss is horrible.

I've been wearing bifocals for about 15 years. The only "Glasses on, glasses off" I do is when I'm at the computer. I have a second pair (that aren't bifocals) set for my vision at arms length so I'm not straining my neck looking at the monitors through my bifocals.

Ah the joys of buying reading glasses from WalMart

I have to enlarge the computer screen to read Bored Panda articles!!

I went from never wearing glasses to having to wear v. Expensive varifocals when I hit 50, now I'm 56 and have to get new glasses because my eyesight has improved, go figure

I used to volunteer at a sanctuary with over 700 cats. Many of them came from elderly folks in that exact situation.

My best friend's landlord is in her early 70's, and while she is healthy for now, she asked me if I would take her cat if something happens to her. I'm honored she would ask me, and I adore her cat (kitty and I get along very well), and I will take her in if anything happens. I know a lot of animals aren't so lucky.

I am considering an elderly pet instead of a young one.