Turning 25 feel old reddit. And I’m scared of not having them anymore someday.


  1. Turning 25 feel old reddit. Some days I feel "this is so depressing and so NOT what I was imagining. If I’m lucky, I’ll see 24 votes, 55 comments. What makes it worse is that i literally look like i'm 14 (everyone i meet assumes i'm 14 or 15 at first) and it makes me feel even older bc 23 is so much older than 14. I am not married, unemployed, uneducated, no serious savings and still alone. Seek not to control the world around you, but to flow with it like water, adapting to every twist and turn. Welcome to what is commonly known as the quarter-life crisis. When did you officially become old? I also don’t have kids and my wife and I have decided not to, so not having that responsibility has probably kept me somewhat youthful. Today was a rude awaking when i realized how young i felt talking to a 21 year old. Some days I feel my age, maybe even older. For you, what felt different? I've noticed on Reddit among the mental health subreddits, most people are younger than 25. Turning 35 feels so weird, like almost all of a sudden I'm soooo close to 40 but mentally I'm still 29? When my mom was 40, I was a teenager already. I’m afraid to turn 18, because then i’m considered an adult and I don’t feel like one. Turning 21 in 3 hours, got any tips for me, following which in my 20s would greatly improve the quality of my life? I'm about to turn 25 with 0 relationship experience and it's killing me on the inside Okay as the title suggests I will be 25 next month and I already feel very very old to pick up new things, follow my dreams. Esp ones that are like “what would you tell your 25 year old self” “what would you tell people in their 20s” & this very advice came up million times. Call it quarter-life crisis, but when I compare myself to my peers (especially those who are already married and raising a family), I feel as though I'm not doing enough. I feel old. I know its a bad habit and all that but still. Never imagined I would feel old, but that all changed when I realized I'll be turning 40 next year. Is it too late for me? Is it normal to get worse with age? We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 1K votes, 80 comments. Many don’t have their life set up at 35, or even 45. I’m turning 25 soon, and all of a sudden I have feelings of dread about getting any older. Mar 23, 2024 · JOURNAL How does it feel to be 25? Lessons learned, dreams pursued, and paths explored I’m going to be turning 26 in three months. Change in our teens and early 20s is very rapid as we grow into our personalities, but by 25, we have a rough idea of who we are and who we want to be. I even notice a lot of teenagers and tweens on here. You crave for some thoughtful efforts, calls from a distant friend, a glass of whiskey and your favourite playlist just to make yourself feel better. I didn't set myself up to be what I could have been and honestly I feel broke, even though I know some people have it much worse off. Quit talking like your life is over and get out there and start living it! And I’ll let you in on a secret from someone old enough to be your mum - nobody has their life set up at 25. I don’t feel old though, but I dread turning 25 because it feels like a milestone and I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished a lot, I don’t even think I should be allowed to age. It seems so intense the way By 25, our brains have had enough time to develop and we have a lot of lived experience to comprehend the world around us a lot better. To older people you have no idea how ridiculous it sounds to hear a 25 year old complain about aging. Aug 15, 2024 · This past Tuesday, I officially turned 25 and my frontal cortex fully developed, just in time for Issue 35 of The Slush Pile! I don’t know if others feel this way but for me, aging has always been a funny thing. I don't have kids, not married and my career almost feels like a deadend at the moment. Like I only started drinking at 24. I turn 25 this year looking for a song that references that age. I still feel and have the mentality of a 14 year old! (sometimes even an 8 year old lol) I am still in college and almost finished getting an associate's degree and I still never even had my first job (Due to extreme anxiety ). Watching my young cousins, nieces, and nephews grow up so quickly, and seeing my relatives aging, has made me reflect on the passage of time. I don't even have friends or proper working experience. Did not sleep well last night, just like everyday. Wtf you’re only 25!!! You are not allowed to feel old at 25. like, i know . Is there anyone older reading this who could offer some perspective? Or those who have shared similar feelings! We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Some have it worse when you really get closer and hear out the parts they hide from the general public. i feel like 23 is the youngest ill ever be, not in a literal way, but 24 just feels like a true adult age. Like for example I want to learn guitar but somewhere in my mind I feel what's the use now? I want to go for masters but don't know something is pulling me back! Today I turned 17 and I suddenly feel so old. Didn't feel like talking to anyone today, like everyday. I know that *technically* 22 isn't old but it feels so old to me!! 21 is the last exciting birthday because it's a milestone kid one (like turning 13, 16 & 18) and after 21 is just the rest of your boring adult life. I just don't seem to gel with I recently turned 27m and feel like all my twenties have gone wasted without actually accomplishing anything. I see people say 26 is pushing 30 or near/almost 30 and I feel super old compared to young adults such as those who are 18-25 and my youth is over. I'm going to be turning 25 soon, and over time I've noticed mixed messages about that age. ). Thanks everyone in advance. I have the understanding that Im not actually old and its not actually late. You missed out on a couple of years, tops. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. trueToday's my birthday. Can you share some advice about going into your 30s at your best self? Think of all the stuff you’ve accomplished in 30 years and remember you basically spent the first 18 learning to tie your own shoes, read and like … do long division. Same job (even got a promotion), same friends. Eat better, hydrate more, exercise more, work on sleep hygiene, and try to do more of what brings you joy and you find fun. Turning 25 this week feeling like I'm getting old; older people than me - what advice would you give me to live a great life? We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Your comments are so hilarious, is this a form of coping? Reply reply StandardArmadillo155 • That was a pathetic attempt if you wanted me to feel bad, try again later Reply reply more repliesMore repliesMore repliesMore replies Equal_Character2660 • At 25 I was 1 year married, our first daughter would be turning 1 shortly, and was taking care of all those little projects that come with your first house. I know everyone's experience is different, but I too feel like I missed out on having a lot of fun in my early 20s. You still don’t know anything. I feel so behind my friends who have graduated and have jobs, and I feel old compared to my classmates, being they're 2-3 years younger than me. Oct 15, 2020 · Turning 25 is the ultimate reminder that, if I feel old, others are scared of getting even older. It doesn’t matter how hard I try, life just always seems Oct 28, 2023 · As I mentioned, I'm turning 25 in 2 months. I just saw a 14 years old post to reddit on this sub and now I'm spiralling. I feel like everyone nowadays think that after 30 their life is over ☠️ Jun 6, 2024 · Turning 25 can feel like standing on a precipice, staring into the vast unknown. 25 is only 5 years from 30. i used to measure time based on life events, and now i just go by years since covid. From your perspective, you feel that way and thus it's authentic for you. im in the same boat. But nope. I personally feel as if 30 is really young in life, and it’s weird that some people act like you are over the hill, you I’m turning 25 in a month, and I feel like my life is a complete mess. I turn 25 today. You've left your early twenties behind, and suddenly, the reality of adulthood feels more pressing and immediate. No matter what I I noticed that on this website, a lot people seem to have this as the cut-off for when someone is supposed to have everything settled and figured out in their lives (personality-wise, career-wise, etc. Remember when we thought we were so old turning 13, 16, then 18? How dumb were we then? Well, we're going to feel the same about this age if we're lucky enough to make it to 35-40. Yet today feels just like any other day. I was born in 1999, I can't believe people born in 2009 are already old enough to use reddit. It felt to me like she was the older one and i was still this high school girl but im not! Everytime I talk to people i am always assumed to be younger, heck i even LOOK younger. All I do is school work that drives me mad with all nighters and restless days trying to work the couple hours I'm free just to survive another month to pay my credit card bill. Where someone in their 20s can feel like the "cool older sibling" kinda thing. Now think about what you can accomplish in the next 10, 15, 20 years now that you’re (hypothetically, I don’t know your situation) a fully capable adult. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Literally videos of people crying about it. But in my head I’m still 25 with 13 years experience. I'm struggling with what i want to do in life but it feels like the chance has slipped away. I feel like my good days are behind me. I was better when I was younger and off medication. To be 25 again! My advice to you, my dear 25-year-old self, is this: Embrace the uncertainty of life, for it is in the midst of chaos that true wisdom is found. That also means I will pass my 25. Anyone else freak out about turning 25? I will be 25 next month and I'm kind of freaking out. I spent the last 15 years working hard to become well-read, travelled, interesting and with a high-paying career, only to find that people still don't give a shit and only really like you if you're tall and athletic. The average lifespan is 80 so wtf Reply reply More repliesMore replies EducationalOutside5 • 259 votes, 156 comments. I mean I turn 30 years 3 years ago (before the pandemic started) but I didn't really care about it. I really want to cry, I'm so scared When Covid started I had just turned 14, and I feel as if all… I turned 29 today, I'm really starting to feel a lot of pressure about turning 30. I went to college with no plans and walked out with an associates of arts. " Share Add a Because the majority of Reddit is made up of teenagers and undergrads, so 25 to them feels like "adult age" where you do all the boring adult stuff and your personality, interests, and achievements are set in stone. In the blink of an eye, I'm halfway through my 20s and I'm honestly so disheartened because I feel like I haven't enjoyed it or "lived it up" so to speak. I am 21F becoming this big girl age soon and it makes me feel old! I still feel like a child and the thought of turning 22 suddenly… We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I think that COVID kind of taking the last few years contributed to this massively, I feel like those last couple of years of my early 30s just disappeared sitting at home Anyone else feel this way lately? Archived post. I haven't done anything that fun either, I don't go out much or party. I feel like 25 year olds should have all there stuff together and be living normal, productive lives. I'm not mocking you. I noticed my partner also change while going on 25, the change is so subtle but noticeable at the same time I can’t quite understand it. I just turned this age and I feel super old all of a sudden. I am terrified to get any older and I don't want to. Please do not comment directly to this post unless you are Gen X (b. I mean not as embarrassing as you: Mr. : Stoicism find submissions in "subreddit" find submissions by "username" find submissions from "example. Turning 30 was fine. I still feel as young as I did at 25 but wiser and more confident. I'm almost 30 and my mental health issues have only gotten worse. 🤷‍♀️ Reply reply JourneyThiefer • Same, I’m 25 in December but still feel 18 Reply reply NicePositive7562 • Crazy that you'll be 35 in just a decade Reply reply JourneyThiefer • Cheers for I'm 35 too. This is one of the most transitional phases of our lives (it's like how hard it was for us when going from a child to a teenager except we're going from teenager to adult now). 1980) or older. Getting promotions at their grown up jobs. How are you guys dealing with all the random body pains? We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. A sub reddit dedicated to everything about '90s. com" search for "text" in url search for "text" in self post contents include (or exclude) self posts include (or exclude) results marked as NSFW I’ve noticed a certain change when I was going on 25, idk how to explain, but something like unlocking a new scope of life. Jun 15, 2022 · It’s fair enough for a quarter of a century to feel momentous, especially if you haven’t found your path yet. When I was in my 20s, I felt like (for the most part) anyone between 21-29 was part of the same "group" and even at like 28/29 I wasn't looking at a 22 year old and feeling like "damn they're young" it's really impressive these days that people really are worried about turning 30 years old. 47M subscribers in the AskReddit community. I'm unofficially on the autistic spectrum, which makes me feel things much more intensely. Just turned 25, 13 months ago at 23 I felt like I was young and had my life ahead and now I just feel old. Some days I feel there's a lot to look forward to. After high school I thought I would just figure it out as life moved on. It makes me think I spent too much time worrying about accomplishing things, and took life a little too seriously. Or it seems to be the age which people say someone is finally “too old” for a lot of things (like dressing a certain way, or feeling unsure in life, which someone who is only a couple of I’m 23 turning 24 this year and I’m definitely not looking forward to 30 bro, chill 😂. Age is just a number. Did anyone else experience just feeling straight up old from one day to another around 25? Wondering if it's just in my head or if it's a thing. Suddenly I feel old and unsuccessful in life. I’m approaching 30, and I don’t feel old at all. I can’t even fake the feeling, so people will leave me alone. i think covid really messed with my perception of time. While I fared well in high school, I totally lost discipline for learning and both unfinished colleges were completely wasted 2 years. I feel like yoga and exercise isn't for aesthetics like I used to think it was, its really just to help me stop feeling shitty all the time lol. 249K subscribers in the 90s community. Mar 25, 2016 · Here are 11 things you need to remember is you're freaking out about turning 25: 1. Who the hell got it into societies heads that we turn old in just a few years? Like the first 1/4 of our lives and we feel ancient? Where the hell did that come from. I feel like I’m no longer in my youth as I approach my mid-20s. Lol 25 is still very young people who are in there 30s call me a kid. Now I'll be 27 soon and I'm like wow 25 was young. I dont even know where to begin. For those of us who passed 25 a while ago, we know it's all bs and the only thing 25 brings you is cheaper car insurance. After 25 is when you look forward to 30 We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I feel so old compared to my friends enjoying college life, partying on weeknights, going on road trips, etc. I feel like 25 is another milestone. I’m 25 now and I feel like everyone around me is living while I’m barely surviving. Some days I feel the same as I did at 18. I'm turning 25 soon. I will be a quarter of a century old. A lot of people I know keep trying to find ways to make me feel old, but I don’t feel it. I literally feel like a creepy old lady who acts like a teenager. All my life I have been I’m 39 and I have zero anxieties about turning 40 because I truly am in my best years. The idea that turning 25 (or turning 30) will change your life is a social construct. And I’m scared of not having them anymore someday. You won’t get much sympathy here because most of us are ancient by comparison, but 25 is a landmark. Getting married and starting families. I feel like Reddit has toxic attitudes surrounding being any age over 24. Being old gives me so much anxiety omg Reply reply Quick_Emotion_9653 • I'm broke af right now and my credit score is in the 400s with 2k in credit card debt lmao Reply reply I just need somewhere to vent /: I'll be 28 on Saturday and I'm looking at my life and realizing how I should have done things so much differently. At 37 we are 13 years into this wild ride, we now have 2 daughters with a decently large age gap, still working on this house (it never ends), but overall happier with where we are in life. So overall how do you deal with this? Share Add a Comment Sort by: Best Open comment sort options Best Top New Controversial Old Q&A LummpyPotato • Mar 1, 2017 · Even though you’re 25 years old and feel ancient, you also know that you’re nowhere near where you want to be. It feels like at 25 Im finally getting a taste of freedom but its too late to start or explore life like a person would at such an earlier age. I don't really feel old as much as I feel jaded, bitter and angry. See this post, the rules, and the sidebar for details. So im 24f almost turning 25 and i literally panic because I really don't even feel like an adult. Im turning 25 and feel like I wasted my life and theres nothing to look forward to. When you get older, you'll look back and wish like hell you were 25 again. Maybe this is normal for 25 tho? A lot of the people I know at my age don't seem that much better off than me. I’m starting college at 21 in august and i’m turning 22 in october i already feel like an old fuck, and we’re already hating on gen alphas we getting real old. Share Add a Comment Sort by: Top Open comment sort options Best New Controversial Old Q&A Beyond-Salmon • Who's turning 25 this year? I'll be 26 in June, and I never felt like this. 1. The only thing that changes is how people treat you when they hear your age, and how you might perceive yourself. 22, 2001 baby, turning 23 next month and it just feels so wrong. I’m not wealthy, I don’t own a home or anything yet but definitely way more comfortable financially than I was in 20s, enough to be able to enjoy the day to day. also, the mentality that people think when you turn 30 then suddenly everything hurts? I felt so old at 25 I cried. I am also a 25 year old who is going through a quarter life crisis and I have used some time to read through lot of advice threads on Reddit. I don't think people talk about it enough. I'm 16 years old and I've seen people say before that when you turn 25, you will realise the immature stuff you did before and your perspective will change, why this specific age tho? This may be a bit absurd but i’m starting to feel “too old” for myself and others. Remember, the more you know, the less you understand. i just turned 26 and reading some of these old comments is helpful but also I feel I wasted my whole 20s worrying about being too old for anything I had my midlife crisis 20-25 so I feel like I need to just live my life at this point. I don’t know. I'm so old 😭😭😭. Me at age 25 is no different than how I was at age 18. Terra is an Arkansas-based writer who spends her free time obsessing over her planner, debating between working out or eating, and singing to her dog, Gatsby, even though he hates it. I also feel like 21 is the last baby age. When it comes to life, I feel quality is more important than quantity. I still feel really young, but I have a bunch of peers turning 30 complaining about how old they feel. Granted, I turned 21 about 6 months before Covid happened, so that took up a chunk of it, but I just feel stuck in life. 30 doesn’t feel as scary in that context. I think having a lot of fun in your 20’s is a good thing! I have suddenly started to feel old, just feeling that I don't have the same time and freedom as I used to have. I turned 25 in January and I’d say for me it depends. Looking back I’m realising I’ve always been an underachiever, always started things but never finished them once they got hard, be it intruments, business ideas, goals in general. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. I feel the opposite! I’m feeling old and I wish I had MORE fun in my 20’s! Especially listening to Sofia and her friends stories. Both my social life and career have been wasted and suddenly I wake up being 27. At 25 it seems like most of your life should be set up and ready to go. Does anyone else get anxious and depressed on their birthdays? I am turning 25 tomorrow and scared shitless. I realize that there are other joys I will learn to appreciate later in life, like having kids, being a uncle, even grandparent one day, but I am not ready for those things yet. I know most people think 28 is young, but I can't help but feel old, and as silly as it sounds, like my best years are already over, the last four years have been remarkably uneventful in my life, same job, same small flat. I just turned 29 a couple months ago and I’ve been questioning 30 a lot to lol should I feel old? Should I be scared? Should I be more mature by now? Should I still be dressing like a 15 year old wanna be emo lol I have no idea but I thought I was supposed to feel different by now but nope I feel the same. Man I have really turned indifferent towards my own birthday. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. But then I've also seen people freaking out about being 25 as well. Turning 26 I was living with my parents again after being with just the most terrible person for 3 years. Apparently the moment you turn 25 you become “old and wise” and start looking that way too, like any time I insist that 20 and 25 year olds don’t look that physically different I get downvoted. I feel like i'm old and way behind on stuff that i should already know/do. But on the human life scale, you are objectively young. 284 votes, 1K comments. I see a lot of people talking about how 25 is a baby, and that theres plenty of time ahead of you, and how you have like a good decade to be a young adult still. It was an awakening but I was riddled with some of the worst problems a person can have. Recovery time has gone up. I don't feel like I have "lived" enough of my youth yet as I suffered I felt like I was 22 yesterday, these last 3 years have gone by very fast and I feel like a lot of it has been wasted on my end. I was really expecting to start feeling “old” because of how people talk about turning 30, especially for women. I make 80K as a Professional Engineer in a big city in the If you feel old at 29 you should make some lifestyle changes. To a 15 year old, someone in their 30s is fully an adult. So I turn 24 in a couple of months and I already feel like I'm an "old man" that has peaked and it's all 50-60 years of downhill from here on out. "I'm afraid of turning 25 so I have to make myself seem like I was born a decade younger". I'm not even 25 yet but I'm already suffering a quarter life crisis. tmd b4bbkr 39gcggr zbio79df fcobs xqd qfynnml pfnjkn kfzt tau