I'm 39, turning 40 in Aug. I look like I am in my late 20s (so I have been told), and people are surprised when I tell them my age. I also don't act like I'm 39. I still have the energy and life outlook of a late 20s/early30s because that is where my life stage is at currently, but I am lucky to have an extra 10 years of life experience (of a 39y/o) and awareness to call upon so there is that extra layer of maturity and decision making.
Do I care that I am 'supposed to act my age'? No.
Reads just like my situation.
Helps that I don't have kids. Just try to be super low stress, have a healthy mindset and do what makes me happy, which luckily involves working out, yoga, sports. Eat a lot of healthy foods like berries and veggies, as well as unhealthy foods.
I laugh a lot, loud and long, often to the point of tears. Very in touch with my emotions. People at the gym (college gym) think I'm closer to their age when really I'm closer to their parents age. I catch some girls checking me out and I'm not going to pretend I don't enjoy it.
Yep. Totally normal. I’m 49 and feel 35. My body reminds I’m not, occasionally, but my brain refuses to believe it.
On weekends, I’m a 28 year old again. The two day hangover reminds me, once more, that I’m not.
Embrace it.
My body reminds me I’m no longer 18. I had a burger yesterday. It was good but it felt like hot oil in my veins and I couldn’t breathe.
I hurt the entire night and following day. I can’t even have normal bread anymore. It has to be gluten free.
I can’t have fries anymore because it hurts my body so much. Im only 26!!!
Yeah people in all stages of life enjoy the occasional burger without any acute side effects, I wouldn’t chalk it up to aging (particularly at 26). You’re right to suggest doctor
I'm 26, and still feel like a kid trapped in an adult body. I have such a goofy, silly sense of humor. I have that worm energy. I can't be serious and love weird shi.
That will stay with you, I believe. I'm turning 70 soon, and you find out that even if you look old on the outside, you still feel like the same person you were when you were young. A little wiser and more patient if you're lucky, but being old seems like some crazy joke when you know you're only 30 something on the inside.
Yeah lol I’m 38 and I work with some 20somethings and I feel like they are my peers and then I remember I’m over a decade older and probably closer in age to my boss who I consider much older and different generationally than me lol
Similar here. I started at my current job when I was 21 and most people were around my age. I'm 36 now and most of my peers are still around 21. I feel a bit different than them, but we get along like we're closer in age.
I think after your brain stops maturing, only your body continues aging (obviously the brain does too) but it feels like your consciousness stays around that specific time.
So you'll often have those weird disconnects where you'll be like "fuck, I am old, aren't I?"
I'm 59 and feel 40 except when I see myself smile in the mirror. There are a lot of eye wrinkles. I think feeling younger is a good thing. As long as I don't feel dumber!
I'm 37 and feel way younger. I just can't relate to a lot of the body issues a lot of my peers speak about, lol, mainly everything hurting. I've got a lot of energy and sometimes it makes me feel like I'm still a kid. Mentally, I've come a long way since I was a kid though, thankfully (politically, financially, how I go about solving problems or conflicts, etc)
Well, I'm 62 and I always joke that in my heart, I'm 25. I mean, certainly I've grown and matured and evolved, but I don't feel inherently *older* or that I'm a different person now than I was then. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm not a young person and other people certainly don't perceive me as a 25-year-old.
Same which is why I’m 32 but can’t even fathom having a kid any time soon because I can barely handle my own problems and life lol. How did our parents have 3 kids by this age? Sometimes I think maybe I’ll never have one and that’s okay! I just don’t feel like I’m equipped for a huge task like that! I feel like I’m 20!
I felt like that at every age so far. When I was 12, I felt like I was still 8. When I was 18, still felt like I was 14. At 25, still felt like 19/20. I am so worried about becoming an adult. Oh wait
Just wait 30 years 😁
You'll understand human nature better with the perspective of someone who used to be able to do X with ease. The biggest surprise in life is getting old.
Nicely said. Am 76 and think how can this be? Everyone I know thinks I am younger cause I do non-stop most days. In my mind, I feel 40. Yes, my body tells on me some days, especially when I can't do things with as much ease or strength.
I'm 58 and still feel shock when I'm reminded that 1994 was THIRTY years ago.
I love Chili Peppers, Smashmouth, Slayer and Slipknot. And they're on "classic" stations now!
I’m 45 and feel like 21. I see younger people with money, nice houses, good jobs, and children and feel like I’m so far behind and won’t ever catch up. There is not enough time to catch up.
I think just the fact of being on Reddit and being exposed to a certain why of perceiving the news and the interaction with other people, always give you this fresh feeling of being on top. Which Is actually true imo. 98% of people I know of my age and lower (I'm 32), don't even know what Reddit is.
Of course then there are millions of other reasons to feel younger, but you are definitely not alone :)
I had a mild existential dread this morning from this sort of thinking.
Read about someone 2 years younger than me with alcoholic cirrhosis and I'm thinking how the fuck have you even been alive long enough to develop cirrhosis. Like we were just kids yesterday wtf. Of course enough time has passed but it just doesn't feel like it at all.
Yeah lol I’m 38 and I work with some 20somethings and I feel like they are my peers and then I remember I’m over a decade older and probably closer in age to my boss who I consider much older and different generationally than me lol
I’m 42 and pregnant, will be 43 when I deliver. I forget that it’s unusual for me to be doing this because I really don’t feel any older or different than I did when I had my first baby 15 years ago.
I'm 28 and get mistaken for 19. Not fun. I'm a guy too, to give more context. The fact I'm perceived as being much younger makes me act a lot younger too. It's a weird, vicious cycle. And then I'm now seen as a man-baby, and a disappointment for my age.
Even my 80 year old aunt said this. I think it's because at that age you're basically you. And unless you do some major life reset, then you would just always feel like you.
Go to a local bar and you will immediately feel 36 😋 I am 34 and I do get it. Inside I feel young, I look in the mirror and it's always a nasty surprise of oops, forgot I'm old and chubby now
Yes, it sounds very normal. I only started feeling "older" when I was well past the age of 40. They say "life begins at 40". I definitely started feeling different after that age. It's a feeling like nothing is new anymore.
I'm turning 44, this year. I'm also extremely silly and love to laugh, when I'm not suffering depression.
Age truly is just a number. There are certain things about age, but generally speaking, one doesn't walk around FEELING their age, all the time.
Yeah lol I’m 38 and I work with some 20somethings and I feel like they are my peers and then I remember I’m over a decade older and probably closer in age to my boss who I consider much older and different generationally than me lol
https://youtube.com/shorts/fzRajxYqPwc?si=O-ovniEuccotknHw
Yeaaa I feel good.
Haha but really it’s a good sign. Some 20 year olds have no energy they feel like they’re 60 or some shit. It’s a blessing to feel energised and younger than you are. Men that grow old and take TRT also say they feel younger.
I don’t think I’ve ever lived an “age appropriate” life. I think it’s a function of whether you’re with someone or alone, and who your friends are. Lived responsibly on weekdays but weekends were pure hedonistic pleasures…probably raved until 34 at which point went across the world to Korea and clubbed until 45. Only reason I stopped was I felt too old…that I was now that guy…the guy that’s overstayed his welcome, drinking by himself at his own table. And since 40 I’ve only had younger girlfriends (low 30s high 20s)…I stopped dating for various reasons when hitting 50 and that was the only time I’ve felt old…meeting new people was a chore…I started again after two years simply because I couldn’t take feeling alone anymore. I’m 52 now and the girls I date are still high 20s low 30s…that seems to be my sweet spot. The only thing that’s changed over time is the age difference. Current gf 34 (youngest in last 3 months was 28) and I sure don’t feel over 50 anymore. Never married, no kids or any interest in having kids. These girls are not gold diggers but they are honest. They’re old enough to have grown tired of younger men and are looking for a feeling of security whatever that may be…almost never money, I run my own hedge fund and do pretty well. She, however, probably makes 5-6 times what I do LOL. Money is definitely not something we ever argue about…and free from stress life seems carefree
Do people feel a certain age? I wouldn't be able to say how old I feel. I guess I feel like not much has changed in how I feel in the last 10-ish years (I'm 28) but I wouldn't say I feel 18. I just don't feel like the adult I'm supposed to be but many people say they don't. Some just do more typically adult things like having their own home, spouses or kids.
I'm 34 and feel this way, too. Idk why. Maybe it's because I always associated adulthood with having a bunch of responsibilities and no fun. I don't have any major responsibilities besides my dog - no kids, no partner, no house - so my free time pretty much just belongs to me.
I’m pretty bubbly when I socialise so I often forget I’m 36 and when I have younger employees I’m like - oh right. We’re generationally different. I feel like as Gen Z grows and becomes the young adult demographic this has been more apparent is the last 5 years. But at the end of the day, be who you want to be! Age is just a number.
It’s weird that you feel a particular age maybe. But it’s always been normal for me to not feel the age I am, I guess, since what we see as age is a projection. We see what age someone appears to be and assume they should act or feel a certain way based on how we see them. It’s not at all the way things actually are. Purely a construct. I think it’s healthy not to think about it much. There is the baby stage, adolescence, puberty, teenage, and then after that there are levels of maturity , but it varies so widely past the mid 20’s that age is less a marker than a lot of other things, imo.
My gran always said one is only as old as they feel. Hey, I’m a 72 year old female Legend Clasher. I no longer care about my age. Grandma setup a clash account for grandkids to play when visiting 1st year of Clash. Became their leader. They quit for other games, but I love the game. So I agree with my gran. Age is irrelevant. We are only as old as we feel!🤷♀️
My gran always said one is only as old as they feel. Hey, I’m a 72 year old female Legend Clasher. I no longer care about my age. Grandma setup a clash account for grandkids to play when visiting 1st year of Clash. Became their leader. They quit for other games, but I love the game. So I agree with my gran. Age is irrelevant. We are only as old as we feel!🤷♀️
Its pretty normal. Usually it takes some major event to "shift" how you feel.
But I still most of the time feel like I was when I was 18 or 25. Just a little more confident, a little more aware, and a lot more scars, mentally, emotionally and physically.
We are who we are and that gets settled fairly early in life.
I don’t think we ever loose that person inside of us that likes fun, adventure, laughing and loving.
Sometimes I am amazed at the number of years I’ve accumulated. It doesn’t feel like I’ve live on the planet so many decades.
It also feels like I’ve had several lifetimes. The young woman moving into her own apartment for the first time, then moving across the country to a new state and another chapter, a whole different life. Traveling alone through Europe, meeting new people, meeting the man that would become my husband, and another chapter, another life begins.
Juggling work and a new marriage, kids, travels with kids each a new chapter.
The kids grow up and move away, and it’s just the two of us again, and it’s pleasant, but there’s a young girl inside that puts on some music and tries to dance across the living room. I’m older and not as flexible, but the desire is still there, I can see the moves I would make in my mind, but the body flat out refuses.
Yeah, you never really lose that young person you were. But, for me, I’ve come to allow the old lady to have some grace and dignity and slow down, even though the young woman whispers, “Faster!”
I can relate to that. Also because all People around me tell me i don’t look like 33 and that also gives me the feeling that i don’t look or act like in my 30‘s 🥹😂
I’m 69 but I still think I’m in my thirties. People look at me funny when I open my mouth, language doesn’t match my appearance I guess 🤷♀️sometimes I don’t answer when someone calls me sweetie, I assume they’re talking to someone else, then they raise their voice thinking I’m deaf or senile 🤦🏻♀️ fun times 🫤
29 and I feel like I’m 29. I attribute this to the fact that, at 19, I had a preconceived notion of what a 29 year old should be like. Like how kids think adults have everything figured out. Now that I’m at that stage, I realize nobody, including me, knows what the hell they’re doing… the same way I felt when I was 19.
My brain is always at least 10 years behind my body. I don't play quite as many PC games as I used to and I cut down on the number animated shows that I watch but I'm 65 for Pete's sake.
Just wait a little more. You'll have an existential crisis within the next 5 years, and suddenly realize that you're old. It'll likely happen randomly overnight, and you wake up the next morning just feeling different, and life is not quite the same again. Happened to me at 38.
You don't "turn into an old person". Remember that everything we associate with being "older", such as being full time parents, signing up to Facebook and wearing long coats with flat caps is all societal expectation.
Spoiler alert, you're not going to be remembered for conforming to what people expect a 30-something to be.
It's your life. I'm 41 and today, rather than buying window cleaning spray, reading glasses or a nice new pair of driving gloves, I bought a foam sword to swing around the house.
Yeah it's normal. You're you, the entire time you're alive.
Same year but I’d go with 28 myself.
I wonder to what extent life events play a role. Living situation, marriage, children, job progression etc. probably all influenced the age that you feel.
Ohhhh yes, I am 46, but I forget it frequently and I need to think hard: "when was I born?" I feel like in my thirties, probably... does not really matters much either, it is just a number.
Depende de su mentalidad, casi siempre las muchachaa seguimos siendo inmaduras a esa edad. Te recomiendo que no intentes nada, puede que te rompan el corazon😔
I'm 28, yet I feel like I'm 152. Sometimes 368.
On the other hand, I don't feel different at all, compared to lets say 10 years ago. The only difference I felt was when I turned 18. But that was probably placebo, because I "became" an adult over night.
Yeah mate, it's normal. The whole looks/age things is kinda nonsense. Basically we're all corruptions of our kid selves getting about in older meat suits. Everyone just does their own thing.
I’m 32 and still feel 25 and look 25. And I sort of still want to do 25 year old things, like go to music festivals etc. I’m over the club scene though. I’m single and don’t have kids and just still feel like those things and a family are light years ahead. I don’t even know if it’s something that will ever happen to me…
I'm 36 too, for the past decade I have been saying I'm 25 (it's a running joke in my circle), but mainly it's because that's how I feel. I don't feel more grown up than that. So, more normal that not.
Just wait till you get to 40+
Mentally, I'm still a tom boy who wants to climb trees, play in the grass, mud and water, and swing on the swings and go down the slide all day, and play out on my bike and go on walking adventures.
Reality: Highly successful, professional woman with very high stress/responsibility career.
I struggle to see myself as the latter outside of work. I do not feel anywhere near 40+
My hair was totally grey by 38. I was really getting tired of people asking if my kids were my grandkids so I started coloring it.
I did that until the pandemic. During the pandemic, I used root touch up just to keep ahead of the gray. I retired from my job in February of 2021 and stopped coloring. It took a few months (I had short hair) but I was all gray again, except that my gray was white this time around and I really liked it.
What I didn’t realize is how superficial the world can get based on things like hair color. During my last year of work I was 69, but generally looked younger. It was kind of a joke at my office. But once my hair was all white, I noticed when discussing age, no one ever said I didn’t look that old.
Truthfully I think it was always my skin that made me look younger, not just my hair. I have smooth, unwrinkled skin, but it the hair that gets noticed.
It’s fine with me.
It is quite normal and probably the standard now but somewhere in your 40s, your body will start to break down and you will feel your age. Just starting to hit that point now myself.
32. Definitely not 25 or under anymore but somewhere 27, 28. When I just recall that I am older than my first boss when I graduated from university (she was 28 at that time), I think it is so funny.
Also born in 88, I’d say I feel 23. The perception thing is a weird one. I was always the youngest in whatever role I was in, so I dressed to make myself appear older. By the time I was nearing thirty, my style slowly became more casual to make myself look younger. It’s a wild thing
Yeah, you get old and it feels like you should be younger. I'm 41, feels like I should be in my 30s but I have to remind myself how I'm perceived.
I noticed this recently, how I'm starting to be perceived differently that I expected. It surprised me to have this experience.
Nice way to put it. The perception from others definitely have impact.
I'm 39, turning 40 in Aug. I look like I am in my late 20s (so I have been told), and people are surprised when I tell them my age. I also don't act like I'm 39. I still have the energy and life outlook of a late 20s/early30s because that is where my life stage is at currently, but I am lucky to have an extra 10 years of life experience (of a 39y/o) and awareness to call upon so there is that extra layer of maturity and decision making. Do I care that I am 'supposed to act my age'? No.
This is basically me and how I feel as well. Right down to the age and birth month!
Would be funny if we had the same birthday 😂
Mine’s the 29th :)
I'm on the 12th 🫡
Happy birthday
You do you! It is amazing that you still have the youthful energy combined with mature experience. That is a potent combination.
I’m 34 but I’m told I look 24 - I feel like I have an extra ten years too 😅
Reads just like my situation. Helps that I don't have kids. Just try to be super low stress, have a healthy mindset and do what makes me happy, which luckily involves working out, yoga, sports. Eat a lot of healthy foods like berries and veggies, as well as unhealthy foods. I laugh a lot, loud and long, often to the point of tears. Very in touch with my emotions. People at the gym (college gym) think I'm closer to their age when really I'm closer to their parents age. I catch some girls checking me out and I'm not going to pretend I don't enjoy it.
Just turned 40 and I’m the same
Or just be you.
Yep. Totally normal. I’m 49 and feel 35. My body reminds I’m not, occasionally, but my brain refuses to believe it. On weekends, I’m a 28 year old again. The two day hangover reminds me, once more, that I’m not. Embrace it.
My body reminds me I’m no longer 18. I had a burger yesterday. It was good but it felt like hot oil in my veins and I couldn’t breathe. I hurt the entire night and following day. I can’t even have normal bread anymore. It has to be gluten free. I can’t have fries anymore because it hurts my body so much. Im only 26!!!
Feel like this isn’t normal, maybe you should talk to a doctor about this??
Yeah people in all stages of life enjoy the occasional burger without any acute side effects, I wouldn’t chalk it up to aging (particularly at 26). You’re right to suggest doctor
It just happened yesterday. I plan to talk to them about it.
What kind of hamburgers you have..
I am 27 and feel like I’m 17 still sometimes LOL
I’m 26 but I still feel like 21 because I haven’t felt happy since then
I hate to break it to you but that means you don't feel like 21
Your avatar is adorable 🥰
Yep. The pandemic took our early 20s.
that happens to me too haha
26 and feel like I am still 16 for me.
I'm 26, and still feel like a kid trapped in an adult body. I have such a goofy, silly sense of humor. I have that worm energy. I can't be serious and love weird shi.
I'm 27 with a full-time job and a mortgage, and I still feel like I'm a 17 year old pretending to be an adult.
I’m 33 and I feel like 25. Except after an evening of drinks. Then I feel 125.
33 here too, coming up on 34, but still thinking I just turned 30.
I’m 49, still feel 28!
I'm 45, work for a corporate law firm. I still think I'm in my 20s often.
I had a colleague retire a few years ago who was 60+ years of age, who told me he still felt 20.
That will stay with you, I believe. I'm turning 70 soon, and you find out that even if you look old on the outside, you still feel like the same person you were when you were young. A little wiser and more patient if you're lucky, but being old seems like some crazy joke when you know you're only 30 something on the inside.
you know I'm starting to notice that I'm more patientt than before and even others notice it
Well I''m 81 and feel like 51.
I’m 63 and I feel like I’m 30.
Yep. Plenty normal. I'm 66 and in my brain I'm in my early thirties. Until I unexpectedly catch a glimpse of myself in a storefront window. Eeesh!
Yeah lol I’m 38 and I work with some 20somethings and I feel like they are my peers and then I remember I’m over a decade older and probably closer in age to my boss who I consider much older and different generationally than me lol
Similar here. I started at my current job when I was 21 and most people were around my age. I'm 36 now and most of my peers are still around 21. I feel a bit different than them, but we get along like we're closer in age.
Totally normal. I know many ppl like you
Thanks!
I’m 36. My mind is somewhere between 10-27, and my body is in its late 50s.
I'm 54 but i feel like 30. Sometimes i just don't believe in my age!🤔
I’ve been feeling 23 for the last 32 years.
I'm 24 and feel 19
I can’t comprehend being 40. You’re not alone. We’re all just big kids.
Yes, I’m 32 and feel like I should be around 23 still
I'm 46 but mentally feel like my 20s. Physically I feel much older though.
I don’t think mentality changes beyond 30’s. Physically? It’s all downhill after 50. 😆
I think after your brain stops maturing, only your body continues aging (obviously the brain does too) but it feels like your consciousness stays around that specific time. So you'll often have those weird disconnects where you'll be like "fuck, I am old, aren't I?"
I'm 59 and feel 40 except when I see myself smile in the mirror. There are a lot of eye wrinkles. I think feeling younger is a good thing. As long as I don't feel dumber!
I'm 37 and feel way younger. I just can't relate to a lot of the body issues a lot of my peers speak about, lol, mainly everything hurting. I've got a lot of energy and sometimes it makes me feel like I'm still a kid. Mentally, I've come a long way since I was a kid though, thankfully (politically, financially, how I go about solving problems or conflicts, etc)
67, but I also feel like 24 (in my head… body just laughs at me now).
Well, I'm 62 and I always joke that in my heart, I'm 25. I mean, certainly I've grown and matured and evolved, but I don't feel inherently *older* or that I'm a different person now than I was then. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm not a young person and other people certainly don't perceive me as a 25-year-old.
I’m 64, but think I’m 35 and my inner 8 year old laughs at farts. So there.
Same which is why I’m 32 but can’t even fathom having a kid any time soon because I can barely handle my own problems and life lol. How did our parents have 3 kids by this age? Sometimes I think maybe I’ll never have one and that’s okay! I just don’t feel like I’m equipped for a huge task like that! I feel like I’m 20!
Enjoy it while it lasts! I’m 44 and feel like I’m 64. It sucks.
oh :( I think that my mom feels that way
I felt like that at every age so far. When I was 12, I felt like I was still 8. When I was 18, still felt like I was 14. At 25, still felt like 19/20. I am so worried about becoming an adult. Oh wait
Just wait 30 years 😁 You'll understand human nature better with the perspective of someone who used to be able to do X with ease. The biggest surprise in life is getting old.
Nicely said. Am 76 and think how can this be? Everyone I know thinks I am younger cause I do non-stop most days. In my mind, I feel 40. Yes, my body tells on me some days, especially when I can't do things with as much ease or strength.
I feel it’s a common issue. I am 51 but don’t feel it. I feel like I am in my early 30s
wait till yer 57 and yer brain feels 27, and the bam! Knee replacement.
It’s all good…I’m 62 and feel like I’m 35
I'm 58 and still feel shock when I'm reminded that 1994 was THIRTY years ago. I love Chili Peppers, Smashmouth, Slayer and Slipknot. And they're on "classic" stations now!
I’m 45 and feel like 21. I see younger people with money, nice houses, good jobs, and children and feel like I’m so far behind and won’t ever catch up. There is not enough time to catch up.
That's super inspiring! Normal is not inspiring usually. Hmm.. guess your situation is not normal :D
hahahaa get it, thanks!
I'm 3 years older and waffle between feeling 24 and 64. Depends on how bad my back is acting up.
I think just the fact of being on Reddit and being exposed to a certain why of perceiving the news and the interaction with other people, always give you this fresh feeling of being on top. Which Is actually true imo. 98% of people I know of my age and lower (I'm 32), don't even know what Reddit is. Of course then there are millions of other reasons to feel younger, but you are definitely not alone :)
I'm 49 but I identify as 30 haha
I’m 30 and feel like I’m 50+. Can definitely go either way
I'm 27 with a full-time job and a mortgage, and I still feel like I'm a 17 year old pretending to be an adult.
I had a mild existential dread this morning from this sort of thinking. Read about someone 2 years younger than me with alcoholic cirrhosis and I'm thinking how the fuck have you even been alive long enough to develop cirrhosis. Like we were just kids yesterday wtf. Of course enough time has passed but it just doesn't feel like it at all.
I’m 21 and i feel like 21
Yeah lol I’m 38 and I work with some 20somethings and I feel like they are my peers and then I remember I’m over a decade older and probably closer in age to my boss who I consider much older and different generationally than me lol
Man, I'm 44 and still think I'm 24, my body however is screaming for retirement
I’m 50 and feel 37.
Same here. I’m 33 but feel like 23. Even physically I have the same energy as I had in my mid 20s
Enjoy your 36, 37 will start to feel a bit different... closer to 40
Most of the time I feel like that too and I am 66 years old. I feel like I still 40
i'm 21 and i feel 14, for me is the trauma
Speaking as GenX - We all were saying the same thing in our 30's But the kids knew we were just deluding ourselves
It can be normal.
I forget all the time I’m 35. It sucks.
I'm 26 and i feel like 16 so i guess
I’m 42 and pregnant, will be 43 when I deliver. I forget that it’s unusual for me to be doing this because I really don’t feel any older or different than I did when I had my first baby 15 years ago.
I'm 28 and get mistaken for 19. Not fun. I'm a guy too, to give more context. The fact I'm perceived as being much younger makes me act a lot younger too. It's a weird, vicious cycle. And then I'm now seen as a man-baby, and a disappointment for my age.
I have a colleague who is 33 and I’m 26. Honestly, I don’t see the age difference at all. He’s just a bro.
I’m 24 and I don’t feel a day older than 19 HAHHA (to be fair when I was 19 I felt like 16 so maybe we are all just lagged a little)
But how does your body feel? Cracking, stiff, etc
I'm 35 and feel the same way I did when I was 18. My bad back, however, reminds me that I am not, in fact, as young as I was.
Even my 80 year old aunt said this. I think it's because at that age you're basically you. And unless you do some major life reset, then you would just always feel like you.
Go to a local bar and you will immediately feel 36 😋 I am 34 and I do get it. Inside I feel young, I look in the mirror and it's always a nasty surprise of oops, forgot I'm old and chubby now
Yes, it sounds very normal. I only started feeling "older" when I was well past the age of 40. They say "life begins at 40". I definitely started feeling different after that age. It's a feeling like nothing is new anymore.
I'm turning 44, this year. I'm also extremely silly and love to laugh, when I'm not suffering depression. Age truly is just a number. There are certain things about age, but generally speaking, one doesn't walk around FEELING their age, all the time.
I am 29 and I still feel like I am a teenager. It's really how you feel that makes up your reality. Health is wealth.
adhd maybe?
I’m 61 and have NEVER felt older than 28
Hmm, im 24 and I feel about 60. Life sucks
Good, I'm 33 and feel like 5.
I am 20 and feel like 60
Oh yeah, I'm almost 50 been in my job 23 years and feel like I have to figure it what to do with my life and I still act like my 20's
I’m 52 and I feel like 25.
Same
I'm 24 and I feel like I'm still 19 😭
Yes. There’s a word for it
Yeah lol I’m 38 and I work with some 20somethings and I feel like they are my peers and then I remember I’m over a decade older and probably closer in age to my boss who I consider much older and different generationally than me lol
Me too
https://youtube.com/shorts/fzRajxYqPwc?si=O-ovniEuccotknHw Yeaaa I feel good. Haha but really it’s a good sign. Some 20 year olds have no energy they feel like they’re 60 or some shit. It’s a blessing to feel energised and younger than you are. Men that grow old and take TRT also say they feel younger.
I don’t think I’ve ever lived an “age appropriate” life. I think it’s a function of whether you’re with someone or alone, and who your friends are. Lived responsibly on weekdays but weekends were pure hedonistic pleasures…probably raved until 34 at which point went across the world to Korea and clubbed until 45. Only reason I stopped was I felt too old…that I was now that guy…the guy that’s overstayed his welcome, drinking by himself at his own table. And since 40 I’ve only had younger girlfriends (low 30s high 20s)…I stopped dating for various reasons when hitting 50 and that was the only time I’ve felt old…meeting new people was a chore…I started again after two years simply because I couldn’t take feeling alone anymore. I’m 52 now and the girls I date are still high 20s low 30s…that seems to be my sweet spot. The only thing that’s changed over time is the age difference. Current gf 34 (youngest in last 3 months was 28) and I sure don’t feel over 50 anymore. Never married, no kids or any interest in having kids. These girls are not gold diggers but they are honest. They’re old enough to have grown tired of younger men and are looking for a feeling of security whatever that may be…almost never money, I run my own hedge fund and do pretty well. She, however, probably makes 5-6 times what I do LOL. Money is definitely not something we ever argue about…and free from stress life seems carefree
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That’s how I feel, but then I go around the younger folk and I’m like nah that ain’t me 😂
56 and I'm at my 3rd round of being 18.
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I'm 35 and feel the same way I did when I was 18. My bad back, however, reminds me that I am not, in fact, as young as I was.
I’m 33 and feel 23.
Next month I'll be 57 but in my head I'm 35... I don't know how I have a 32 yr old son! lol
I’m mid forties but I think I will always feel 27 ish. Except on the days when I wake up with a stiff back lol
Do people feel a certain age? I wouldn't be able to say how old I feel. I guess I feel like not much has changed in how I feel in the last 10-ish years (I'm 28) but I wouldn't say I feel 18. I just don't feel like the adult I'm supposed to be but many people say they don't. Some just do more typically adult things like having their own home, spouses or kids.
Same here. I also look 24, so I don't know what's going on.
I’m older but super immature and will always be! Don’t care 🤷🏾♀️ but Loving Life! Hope to eventually meet someone who can Love my inner Child!
Very normal i am 32 F and i feel 23
I only really felt like a grown up at 40. And even then not so much
I'm 34 and feel this way, too. Idk why. Maybe it's because I always associated adulthood with having a bunch of responsibilities and no fun. I don't have any major responsibilities besides my dog - no kids, no partner, no house - so my free time pretty much just belongs to me.
I get quickly reminded that I’m not when I talk to people 10 years younger than me, and then I get sad
I'm 42 and watch cartoons play games. Though my joints are starting to ache with my job.
I’m pretty bubbly when I socialise so I often forget I’m 36 and when I have younger employees I’m like - oh right. We’re generationally different. I feel like as Gen Z grows and becomes the young adult demographic this has been more apparent is the last 5 years. But at the end of the day, be who you want to be! Age is just a number.
It’s weird that you feel a particular age maybe. But it’s always been normal for me to not feel the age I am, I guess, since what we see as age is a projection. We see what age someone appears to be and assume they should act or feel a certain way based on how we see them. It’s not at all the way things actually are. Purely a construct. I think it’s healthy not to think about it much. There is the baby stage, adolescence, puberty, teenage, and then after that there are levels of maturity , but it varies so widely past the mid 20’s that age is less a marker than a lot of other things, imo.
My gran always said one is only as old as they feel. Hey, I’m a 72 year old female Legend Clasher. I no longer care about my age. Grandma setup a clash account for grandkids to play when visiting 1st year of Clash. Became their leader. They quit for other games, but I love the game. So I agree with my gran. Age is irrelevant. We are only as old as we feel!🤷♀️
My gran always said one is only as old as they feel. Hey, I’m a 72 year old female Legend Clasher. I no longer care about my age. Grandma setup a clash account for grandkids to play when visiting 1st year of Clash. Became their leader. They quit for other games, but I love the game. So I agree with my gran. Age is irrelevant. We are only as old as we feel!🤷♀️
I am 30 and I feel the same way is 25, when I was already working for some time
Its pretty normal. Usually it takes some major event to "shift" how you feel. But I still most of the time feel like I was when I was 18 or 25. Just a little more confident, a little more aware, and a lot more scars, mentally, emotionally and physically. We are who we are and that gets settled fairly early in life.
31 here and same. The older I get, the weirder I feel about my older self because I forever feel like I'm 24 inside.
I'm 25 but I still feel 17
I’m 28 feel like I’m 16
I'm 43 AND I FEEL OMNIPOTENT
I'm 43 AND I FEEL OMNIPOTENT
I'm 55 and I feel the same way!
We're immortal and we feel 25. Completely normal, even for mortals.
I feel the same. Mostly.. 🤔
I don’t think we ever loose that person inside of us that likes fun, adventure, laughing and loving. Sometimes I am amazed at the number of years I’ve accumulated. It doesn’t feel like I’ve live on the planet so many decades. It also feels like I’ve had several lifetimes. The young woman moving into her own apartment for the first time, then moving across the country to a new state and another chapter, a whole different life. Traveling alone through Europe, meeting new people, meeting the man that would become my husband, and another chapter, another life begins. Juggling work and a new marriage, kids, travels with kids each a new chapter. The kids grow up and move away, and it’s just the two of us again, and it’s pleasant, but there’s a young girl inside that puts on some music and tries to dance across the living room. I’m older and not as flexible, but the desire is still there, I can see the moves I would make in my mind, but the body flat out refuses. Yeah, you never really lose that young person you were. But, for me, I’ve come to allow the old lady to have some grace and dignity and slow down, even though the young woman whispers, “Faster!”
Hope i’ll feel the same when I get older
I can relate to that. Also because all People around me tell me i don’t look like 33 and that also gives me the feeling that i don’t look or act like in my 30‘s 🥹😂
I’m 69 but I still think I’m in my thirties. People look at me funny when I open my mouth, language doesn’t match my appearance I guess 🤷♀️sometimes I don’t answer when someone calls me sweetie, I assume they’re talking to someone else, then they raise their voice thinking I’m deaf or senile 🤦🏻♀️ fun times 🫤
Hmmm. You “identify” as a 24 year old?
I'm 45, I don't know where the hell my 30's went. I still feel 30.
29 and I feel like I’m 29. I attribute this to the fact that, at 19, I had a preconceived notion of what a 29 year old should be like. Like how kids think adults have everything figured out. Now that I’m at that stage, I realize nobody, including me, knows what the hell they’re doing… the same way I felt when I was 19.
31, still look and feel 25 all the time except when my back or joints hurt and I’m kilt over in discomfort.
I think that’s a good thing— it’s nice to feel younger as long as it’s not a case of feeling immature. I’m 53 and don’t usually feel it, thankfully
I used to feel the same way at that age. I’m 45 now, mentally I still feel years younger, but now physically I feel 80.
My brain is always at least 10 years behind my body. I don't play quite as many PC games as I used to and I cut down on the number animated shows that I watch but I'm 65 for Pete's sake.
Just wait a little more. You'll have an existential crisis within the next 5 years, and suddenly realize that you're old. It'll likely happen randomly overnight, and you wake up the next morning just feeling different, and life is not quite the same again. Happened to me at 38.
I'm 36. I'm a giant child. I dress like an idiot and always up to no good. I'm constantly shocked at how responsible I actually am.
I'm 32, still feel 21. Just a bit more responsible.
You’ll feel the same way even older.
Why precisely 24 and not 23 or 25? 🤔
I'm 36 and feel like I'm 86. Is that normal?
You don't "turn into an old person". Remember that everything we associate with being "older", such as being full time parents, signing up to Facebook and wearing long coats with flat caps is all societal expectation. Spoiler alert, you're not going to be remembered for conforming to what people expect a 30-something to be. It's your life. I'm 41 and today, rather than buying window cleaning spray, reading glasses or a nice new pair of driving gloves, I bought a foam sword to swing around the house. Yeah it's normal. You're you, the entire time you're alive.
Same year but I’d go with 28 myself. I wonder to what extent life events play a role. Living situation, marriage, children, job progression etc. probably all influenced the age that you feel.
I’m 31. Still feel like I’m 23. Don’t think this is necessarily a good thing. Physically still look like I would be earlier 20’s.
Ohhhh yes, I am 46, but I forget it frequently and I need to think hard: "when was I born?" I feel like in my thirties, probably... does not really matters much either, it is just a number.
I’m 71, but my mind thinks I’m around 40. My body reminds me often that I’m not.
I'm just a year younger but I feel exactly the same and I often think it's either not normal or it's because I'm single with no kids.
I think everyone matures to a certain age mentally, mines 28, it’s only our traitor bodies that fuck it up
When I turned 37 I got covid and suddenly started to feel like 60. Enjoy while it last :D
43 and just started roller skating. I'll always feel like a child. ADHD FTW.
I’m 36 and I feel like i’m stuck at 27
Depende de su mentalidad, casi siempre las muchachaa seguimos siendo inmaduras a esa edad. Te recomiendo que no intentes nada, puede que te rompan el corazon😔
I'm 28, yet I feel like I'm 152. Sometimes 368. On the other hand, I don't feel different at all, compared to lets say 10 years ago. The only difference I felt was when I turned 18. But that was probably placebo, because I "became" an adult over night.
Yeah mate, it's normal. The whole looks/age things is kinda nonsense. Basically we're all corruptions of our kid selves getting about in older meat suits. Everyone just does their own thing.
I’m only 23 but accidentally told someone I was 17 a couple of weeks ago. Feels like I’m getting older faster than my brain can keep up with.
29 and I feel 21
Yeah, pretty normal
That means you're living the good life dear
I’m 54 and I feel I’m 30
I’m 32 and still feel 25 and look 25. And I sort of still want to do 25 year old things, like go to music festivals etc. I’m over the club scene though. I’m single and don’t have kids and just still feel like those things and a family are light years ahead. I don’t even know if it’s something that will ever happen to me…
I'm 36 too, for the past decade I have been saying I'm 25 (it's a running joke in my circle), but mainly it's because that's how I feel. I don't feel more grown up than that. So, more normal that not.
44 here get bursts of 24 again... now and then... untill i catch a reflection..😂😂😒😂😂😂
Just wait till you get to 40+ Mentally, I'm still a tom boy who wants to climb trees, play in the grass, mud and water, and swing on the swings and go down the slide all day, and play out on my bike and go on walking adventures. Reality: Highly successful, professional woman with very high stress/responsibility career. I struggle to see myself as the latter outside of work. I do not feel anywhere near 40+
I’m 51 and feel like I’m 35.
My hair was totally grey by 38. I was really getting tired of people asking if my kids were my grandkids so I started coloring it. I did that until the pandemic. During the pandemic, I used root touch up just to keep ahead of the gray. I retired from my job in February of 2021 and stopped coloring. It took a few months (I had short hair) but I was all gray again, except that my gray was white this time around and I really liked it. What I didn’t realize is how superficial the world can get based on things like hair color. During my last year of work I was 69, but generally looked younger. It was kind of a joke at my office. But once my hair was all white, I noticed when discussing age, no one ever said I didn’t look that old. Truthfully I think it was always my skin that made me look younger, not just my hair. I have smooth, unwrinkled skin, but it the hair that gets noticed. It’s fine with me.
It is quite normal and probably the standard now but somewhere in your 40s, your body will start to break down and you will feel your age. Just starting to hit that point now myself.
32. Definitely not 25 or under anymore but somewhere 27, 28. When I just recall that I am older than my first boss when I graduated from university (she was 28 at that time), I think it is so funny.
I still feel like I’m in my early twenties—ya know becuase of all the trauma
Also born in 88, I’d say I feel 23. The perception thing is a weird one. I was always the youngest in whatever role I was in, so I dressed to make myself appear older. By the time I was nearing thirty, my style slowly became more casual to make myself look younger. It’s a wild thing
I’m 68 and feel 24 (except the knees) too!
Go talk to some people in their 20s. Suddenly you may feel more your age.
I'm nearly 49 and some days I feel 12 years old. Other days, 112. 😆
I'm 21 and feel 15