# Growing older thoughts

**URL:** <https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/growing-older-thoughts/4312>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/growing-older-thoughts/4312 "2026-04-07T21:33:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Daydreamer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/daydreamer/32/3042_2.png) [@Daydreamer](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Daydreamer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/growing-older-thoughts/4312/1 "2026-04-07T21:33:56Z")

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I’m coming up for 44 and I feel like I have aged so much since turning 40, the last year I seem to look like a 60 year old some times and I am questioning what I am wearing because I think as people age they can’t wear certain clothes anymore.

I am trying to ignore it but my own mortality seems to be creeping up on me and its unsettling, Mental health wise its ok though, I think this is just normal growing older stress.

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**Author:** ![tarnishedLotus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/tarnishedlotus/32/9331_2.png) [@tarnishedLotus](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/tarnishedLotus)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/growing-older-thoughts/4312/2 "2026-04-07T21:54:08Z")

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I am of the nature to grow old

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**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/growing-older-thoughts/4312/3 "2026-04-08T00:57:36Z")

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oh you’re still young…44 is very young…I’m 64 and feeling great.

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**Author:** ![firemonkey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/firemonkey/32/1229_2.png) [@firemonkey](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/firemonkey)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/growing-older-thoughts/4312/4 "2026-04-08T17:02:32Z")

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I’ll be 70 next January. Cognitively, mentally, and physically- it’s a mixed bag. Adjusting for age, I’m doing as well as ever cognitively. Mentally, I’d have to go back over 55 years for a time when I was doing better than I am now. Physically- multiple conditions etc. Not as healthy as I was pre COVID.(timespan, not COVID effect)

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**Author:** ![Relaxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Relaxe](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Relaxe)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/growing-older-thoughts/4312/5 "2026-04-10T01:15:06Z")

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oh junior you got long to go before the END is there. I’m 56M soon to pass according the statistics.