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Originally Posted by maybejane
I'm having a hard time with getting old. I'm 54 and I see my 88 year old father with walking problems and other age related health issues, and my mom with dementia who is in a nursing home (really nice one). I do help them out. I spend more time with my father who lives at home alone and doesn't drive anymore so I have to take him around. I'm not working right now.
I can't seem to find things that I can look forward to except getting old and ill and potentially ending up with dementia. That scares me.
I don't have kids, but do have a husband and dogs. I suppose many people go through this. I don't find that getting over 50 is great as some people claim. It doesn't get better.
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I can say that getting older for has been much better than when I was younger.....having depression in the early 80's in Alaska was horrible.....no comparison with the help...meds...understanding....I can only imagine....and have read about those suffering with mental illnesses back in the "good old days"....I'd never had made it...true..our bodies do change with age....but I think being in my 50's I have better reason to deal with problems that arrive(I too have a type of skin cancer....bad place on the face...) but am dealing with it .....(Plastic surgeon next Friday)....Hope you feel better......and can find things in your life that are positive....they are out there........Artie