23 Harsh Truths About Aging That No One Really Talks About

Article created by: Denis Krotovas

One of the things that every single person goes through in life is the process of getting older. No matter how much anyone denies it or tries to delay it – it’s inevitable.

So, we think it’s important not to pretend that such a fact does not exist; it’s better to talk about it straightforwardly. Today, let’s discuss what parts of getting older some folks deem to be the hardest. Interestingly, some netizens claim that at least some of them aren’t being talked about enough, so let’s do the opposite and discuss them with this list, shall we?

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#1

That nobody can see you are exactly the same person you always were, just stuck inside a body that no longer matches.

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#2

That there are more “last times” than “first times.”.

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#3

Everything hurts.

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#4

Everything they don’t tell you about menopause or peri-menopause. Women have so much that starts to go haywire as our reproductive systems start cycling down, and there isn’t much information or support from doctors to help you figure it out.

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#5

Feeling like you are running out of time to do things because the check engine light in my body never goes off now.

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#6

My metabolism is so slow and its getting harder to lose weight.

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#7

Parents getting old and passing away

Miss you Mom.

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#8

Realizing how much you missed and what you could’ve done if you took a different path. For me, I always reflect on how I could’ve been bolder and had a better time if I was just more confident.

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#9

You have fewer and fewer alternative life paths available, and you start to regret the paths that you did take.

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#10

Becoming irrelevant. I work on the same campus I attended 40 years ago, and I feel the looks saying, “You don’t belong here anymore.”.

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#11

Feeling your body fall apart.

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#12

Inability to just do the things you used to do with ease.

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#13

Loneliness. The world can easily just forget you.

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#14

For me its looking back on what i could have done with my time.

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#15

Seeing old pics and videos of yourself and realizing how gradual the change was that you never noticed how much you’ve aged.

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#16

Risk of dementia.

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#17

Gettin ugly in my case gettin uglier.

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#18

You have heard all the songs and stories, everything they come up with now feels like a bad copy.

Also, the amount of things you are doing for the last time, or are never going to do at all, grows and grows.

People you love die. People you love stop loving you back. You stop loving people even though they deserve your love.

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#19

For me, generally, regret builds up. The “could’ve, would’ve, should’ve” syndrome is strong in me.

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#20

Constantly losing friends.

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#21

Your body betrays you.

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#22

Next to losing people, slowly losing your appetite for new things and being bored with the old.

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#23

Calculating what your current age is the halfway point of in your life.

For example, if you’re 60 and expect to live to 80, you’re at the halfway point between 40 and death.

You can start this in your late 30s (based on life expectancy) and unlock a strange combo…a new way to fear death and a new way to start doing stuff on the harsh realization that you’re somewhere on the back 9 of life.

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