At what age would you or did you start feeling old?

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im 39 and in the space of 4 years and 2 pregnancies I’ve gone from someone agile and young looking/feeling to things hurting when I sit up too fast. when I tried to show my daughter a bridge, well my wrists were about to snap.

my weight is fine.

But I suddenly feel like my mind is decades younger than my body.

anyone out there feel physically young into their 40s/50s/60s etc

Nearly 47 and bones starting to feel achy
no grey hairs yet !! But do need to get fitter and more active

Around mid to late 40s.

About 8 weeks ago when I injured my back, I’m 58.

I turned 60 this year. My brain is having trouble computing what my birth certificate tells me. I know I don't look it, not a boast but I know I don't. I have very few lines and haven't gone grey yet. I am starting to feel it physically though, with weight gain and aches and pains, and I don't like it, at all. In my head I'm still 25 <sigh>

Mid-late 40s I noticed a marked decrease in strength, endurance and energy. My joints seized up and my hands got all weak and I couldn’t open jam jars anymore. Plus I started getting long-lasting soft tissue injuries in the course of everyday activities, which then makes it harder to keep up with exercise, which then means I get weaker and more tired. If I were a wild animal I’d have tripped over my own hooves and been eaten by lions about 3 years ago.

In my head I’m still so young, and could easily swap clothes with my daughter. I finally started feeling old this year, thanks to running the marathon - I damaged a hip, couldn’t go to the gym and everything ached, with pain waking me in the night. Still fighting against it and worried it will take forever to be fit again. I’m not depressed about aging as such, but it’s niggling at me. Not far off 60.

Early 40’s when I had decided that now was a great time to have a baby. I have definitely aged in the last few years.

I'm an 56 year old academic. 2 years ago I'd have happily walked or cycled the mile and a half to work, delivered three hours of lectures, met half a dozen dissertation students, and walked or cycled the mile and a half home. Nowadays, if I walk the mile and a half in I don't have the energy to get through the day. I run out of batteries an hour into the teaching. I drive in now (EV car). It's not ideal, but I'm very conscious how much our students are paying for their education and need to be at the top of my game for them. I'm going to invest in a battery assisted bike and I think that could be a game changer.

I'm almost 60. No aches and pains but suddenly think that everything I look at to buy is expensive. My parents were like this so I now feel old.

I always say if I were a dog they would do me the kindness of putting me down.....I'm 41.

Early 40s, which is the age I am now. Things just start falling off.

This year, at 43. But I do blame having a second baby at 41, with a horrendous pregnancy. He’s about to turn two, and everything from 18 months to 3.5 is, as I dimly recall through the peri brain fog and his rascallyness, pure devilry.

I look and feel like a dishrag, my knee aches and “sticks”, my brain is sluggish, skin is wan. Some of its age; some it's circumstance – no time to exercise, not eating properly, fuelled by caffeine and sugar. Need to make changes but so tiiiiired. I hope when he’s a bit older and easier and I’m able to fit in more exercise and make changes I’ll feel rejuvenated! I felt wonderful immediately postpartum, full of zest. But DP was on leave too dealing with DC1 and the house so I just slept and hormoned. It’s tempting to have another just for a repeat of that, and the hair.

Age, work, children, age of children, what support you have, finances, all play a part.

45. Not yet!

I’m in my mid thirties, I’m very active, but on Tuesday I put my back out when I shoo’d a fly away from my food with my hand/arm. I now make that sound when I get up from a low bed or chair.

I went out on a Saturday night recently, came home relatively early, like 10pm, and my kids (11 and 13( were still up).

For some reason that gave me a 'fuck, I'm old!' moment!

That'll be the cost of living crisis surely?

I'm about to turn 47. Physically, I feel fine! I exercise 4-5 times per week - HIIT and light weights and eat fairly well. Periods still regular. Skin is decent. I have a few grey hairs which I occasionally cover but generally just ignore 😬

I'm TIRED by 10pm though. And totally agree that everything is too expensive! I'm also more anxious than I was 5 years ago.

Now - am also 39. Had a hospital admission in July for SVT, awaiting cardiology but likely due to stress, and since then I feel I've aged dramatically. I've gone from taking no medications to taking several and barely leave the house. My eldest is 18 and it's hit me that 40 is not all that long away!

Same. Once age related eye loss happened I realised I was old.

@crazyday24
I'm the same as you - 39 with an 18 year old and I feel ancient all of a sudden 😭
Although I also have a 3 year old, and my decline into feeling absolutely exhausted and old began after she was born in my mid 30s so for me it's that second baby! I have so much less energy now than I did with my eldest in my early 20s. And yes, the big 4-0 is looming next year 😱

Mid-40s. Needed varifocals. Noticeable loss of muscle strength. Face started to look like it is melting. Thickening around the middle.

Ageing sucks but it is better than the alternative.

not feeling it yet. I’m 48

I was 20 when my disability flared up to the point I couldn't walk for 2 years. I also realised I hated clubs and parties and most socialising. At that point I felt quite aged!

Don’t feel old at all. 54. I’m post menopause and have grey hair and my back tells me off if I don’t stretch it and move enough. Am really fit. I think feeling old is actually about health challenges and can happen at any age. So far I’ve been lucky. I’m hoping not to feel old until at least mid-80s. My mum is mid-80s and is scandalised if anyone suggests she is old.

Maybe this is just a blip and all the energy will return? 🫣😂 Obviously she's much older but I feel the same with my 11 year old, she's my youngest (of three) with a five year age gap and I have nowhere near the amount of energy now as I did with two elder ones. The gap has a lot to answer for!