The same psychological problems get harder to carry with age. He sees how much harder it is for him to carry the burdens of everyday life at 27 in comparison to 17. But he knows that nothing special happened between these ages, so he concludes that lower energy is the normal aging process. But it’s not. It’s carrying the same sack of shit for a decade that’s doing it. At 37, it’s going to be worse yet if he doesn’t drop the sack of problems he picked up long before age 17.
5 responses to “A Sack of Problems”
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I have to say, it blows my mind that a 27-year-old sounds like they have two years left till retirement. Where’s the energy? I see this extreme lethargy in my students, complete inability to engage with the world with any level of optimism or plans for the future. I understand the world is uncertain now, but in your tiny sphere of interest you can still have friends, you can chase girls/boys (I mean, don’t 27-yo itch to get laid at least? Where is drive to pursue sexual partners?), you can study and work and run and hike, there are seasons and holidays, there’s art and music… I swear I have more energy and joie de vivre in my 50s than a lot of students in my classes. Where is the impetus to make the world your bitch?
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At least 86 for me but 85 is good too.
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I now want to know this person’s entire medical history. Every medication they were on for more than a month (their whole life), every immunization. Have they been tested for thyroid problems? Anemia? Low blood pressure? Diabetes?
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Same. This is just not normal at this age. Even at 57 I’d tell him to go to a doctor ASAP. Maybe it’s an affectation but there has to be a kernel of reality in what he describes. And it’s just not good c
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