Aging (29)

Mar 21, 2011 6:42 AM CST Aging
bluejay2011
bluejay2011bluejay2011SE, Queensland Australia5 Threads 1,421 Posts
akaRALF: I want to know, is it just me or do people generally get more emotional as they age? I used to be hard as nails, now I get all soppy watching movies that I wouldn't have bat an eyelid at before. I ask because when my sister had her baby yesterday, I was all choked up with tears (tears of happiness of course) but it was all I could do not to burst out crying in front of her!! I am particularly exhausted at the moment that may have contributed but in general, I have found the last couple of years I have been getting worse at being able to control my emotions. I don't really get PMS and I think, at 36 (ok, nearly 37), I am too young for Menopause yet.


I've always been a sook. You cry, I cry. You do get worse as you get older, but I think we have all seen so much devastation lately on the news. Floods, cyclone, earthquakes, tsunami all that raw emotion 24/7. It depresses you without you realising it. I don't think it's a weakness. I think it's a strength to show emotion.

teddybear
Mar 21, 2011 6:45 AM CST Aging
normalguy68
normalguy68normalguy68Wonthaggi, Victoria Australia62 Threads 15 Polls 1,829 Posts
akaRALF: I want to know, is it just me or do people generally get more emotional as they age? I used to be hard as nails, now I get all soppy watching movies that I wouldn't have bat an eyelid at before. I ask because when my sister had her baby yesterday, I was all choked up with tears (tears of happiness of course) but it was all I could do not to burst out crying in front of her!! I am particularly exhausted at the moment that may have contributed but in general, I have found the last couple of years I have been getting worse at being able to control my emotions. I don't really get PMS and I think, at 36 (ok, nearly 37), I am too young for Menopause yet.
Try watching ET, Not Without My Daughter, Song For A Raggy Boy, these should give you some tears.
Mar 21, 2011 7:03 AM CST Aging
Blizzard14u
Blizzard14uBlizzard14uGosnells, Western Australia Australia67 Threads 2 Polls 1,430 Posts
akaRALF: I want to know, is it just me or do people generally get more emotional as they age? I used to be hard as nails, now I get all soppy watching movies that I wouldn't have bat an eyelid at before. I ask because when my sister had her baby yesterday, I was all choked up with tears (tears of happiness of course) but it was all I could do not to burst out crying in front of her!! I am particularly exhausted at the moment that may have contributed but in general, I have found the last couple of years I have been getting worse at being able to control my emotions. I don't really get PMS and I think, at 36 (ok, nearly 37), I am too young for Menopause yet.


Looking back I have had five near death experiences, the last one was 2007 an industrial accident,

I find that life now is really special, I have a lot more time for others and their problems, a little empathy in age is a good thing I think, I now just tend to fight for what really matters rather than everything!

I think with age comes understanding and experience, if you think about it there is nothing that you can experience that others have not in the past! that’s where chat rooms like this let you share and sometimes help understand or even help solve some of your problems,

Its ok to have a cry, its just human,
crying cheers
Mar 21, 2011 7:06 AM CST Aging
akaRALF
akaRALFakaRALFBacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia11 Threads 1,360 Posts
Shell225: Its called empathy Ralf, as you age and have more life experiences to draw from you develop more empathy for people and their situations.

Its just the way it is... Ya big softie...


I have always been empathetic, to the point I can see both sides of the fence so clearly that I cannot choose which side to take. I am not overly sympathetic, and I don't think that has got any better, in fact probably worse because my tolerance isn't getting any better. mumbling

Maybe I am simply pathetic?? dunno laugh
Mar 21, 2011 7:08 AM CST Aging
thouroughbred
thouroughbredthouroughbredgympie, Queensland Australia7 Threads 989 Posts
kizzy27: You need to get laid



scold scold scold kizzy, play nicely now scold

laugh rolling on the floor laughing
Mar 21, 2011 7:26 AM CST Aging
akaRALF
akaRALFakaRALFBacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia11 Threads 1,360 Posts
Darkhorseman: I thought you had a main squeeze ... Don't worry about emotion, just hide it or suffer as the pack drags you down as a weak member.

And other posters are probably right. More exposure to experiences like child rearing makes you vulnerable to empathy for other parents ... that's a good thing isn't it?


laugh I will go down kicking and screaming!!

The squeeze is still overseas crying so maybe i do just need a good hard ......devil

Is it a good thing? hmmm Being an emotionally challenged has worked for me. I have never been nor want to be the sort of person that needs to rely on others for emotional support, I am usually that person who gives it. It is probably a pride thing, I don't want to be weak, needy, vulnerable...it just isn't me. I am not sure how I would function if I was an emotional wreck. dunno
Mar 21, 2011 7:27 AM CST Aging
Wysterious
WysteriousWysteriousPerth, Western Australia Australia6 Threads 1,707 Posts
akaRALF: I will go down kicking and screaming!!

The squeeze is still overseas so maybe i do just need a good hard ......

Is it a good thing? Being an emotionally challenged has worked for me. I have never been nor want to be the sort of person that needs to rely on others for emotional support, I am usually that person who gives it. It is probably a pride thing, I don't want to be weak, needy, vulnerable...it just isn't me. I am not sure how I would function if I was an emotional wreck.

The trick is to grow old disgracefully
Mar 21, 2011 7:29 AM CST Aging
akaRALF
akaRALFakaRALFBacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia11 Threads 1,360 Posts
Wysterious: The trick is to grow old disgracefully


laugh I am working on that devil
Mar 21, 2011 7:33 AM CST Aging
akaRALF
akaRALFakaRALFBacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia11 Threads 1,360 Posts
RobertGill: Welcome to the aging zone,
Can only give u a male take on this one,
Think its got heaps to do with becoming mature,having kid's makes one see different, growing out of thing that were so very important, clothing is now different, hair style different, the must-have car, the must-have figure, the must have ...look !!!, how do others see ME !!!,
Now its about where one is in life,how do I see ME !! am I healthy,do I eat right, is the house I live in where I want to be, do I have good close friend that REALLY matter,
The materialization has gone out the window, now at 37, close to 40....only 10 yrs & its the big 50,
The big shift is, you now can see what really matters in your life, & that can make u cry.

ps: u going to make yarra junction ?


yeah I have heard after 35 you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. mumbling

Have a great time at Yarra Junction, don't think I will make it but live it up and get some pics to post. grin
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