Do you ever feel like you might be too old to recover?

[dewasrite]

I feel like all the years I would have actually had a chance to enjoy are gone. What would I even recover for now??

 

[fuzzypeach]

im sorry... this sounds like an awful feeling. but idk, i think you in the present matters just as much

 

[YourLocalSadGirly]

I'm still young (21) but sometimes it does feel that way. It feels as if both my dreams and my best love are behind me. I'm sorry you feel this way. I hope you're able to recover you may not be as happy is you could have possibly been years ago but there's still joy in life that you're able to experience in the present and future.

 

[Sewing]

I feel the same way but that thinking just traps me in a cycle where the "window" that includes my best years includes more of my life, so I try to go with the mentality of a late start still being a start. And as some others have put it, you're still worth it even in the present. I hope you can find things to enjoy,

 

[pelicanportal]

I feel the same. Sorry OP.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

The way I see it, the fact that I'm this old and without any active plans means I pretty much already have recovered even though it was through complete inaction and almost entirely against my will.

 

[Spite]

I've definitely started to feel that way lately. I think it's too late for me to start over or otherwise see anything change in my life that would make me happy. I'm upset because I exist, and I don't like this dog-eat-dog reality. The only way I could ever be truly happy is if the fundamentals of life itself were to change, which will never happen, therefore I will always be depressed.

 

[Luna223]

for me it is like metronome, some days it looks like im too old, some days it looks there is plenty of time infront of me

 

[_Gollum_]

As one of my favourite songs says: there's just too much that time cannot erase.

 

[unloveable27]

Yes. I'm 27 and haven't passed most of the proper social milestones. I haven't even kissed. It's one of if not the main reason I want to CTB because I already missed out on the fun part of life being depressed and a drug addict alone

 

[decafcheeseburger]

I'm 35 and never left school (or a lab). Feel the same. I honestly miss the old days where I wasn't really in the moment but inside my head for most of the time.

 

[underairpressure]

Sort of, though for me it's less about my actual age, and more the sheer length of time I've been mentally ill. It feels too deeply ingrained in me to ever be "fixed".

 

[naughtyNaughtyBear]

I'm 27 and I think you can always recover and lead a great life