Anyone just done with life at middle age

[HadEnoughNow1]

Anyone else feel in their forties feel they’ve just had enough of life? I feel it’s all such an effort for such a mediocre life. Constant drudgery and daily grind for the occasional joy such as holidays. If I was told tomorrow I only have 6 months to live I think I’d feel relieved.

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Considering your insight, you’re particularly well qualified to make that decision.

Yep. I was just thinking earlier that if I found out I had something seriously wrong with me, I'd say my goodbyes and such, and then I'd go out on my own terms. Life has been awful, I've nothing to look forward to. I don't see the point.

No, you're not qualified to diagnose @ClarathecrosseyedLioness and quite frankly it's disgraceful you're here again posting back down thread arguing with different posters again, especially given the content. You're putting people off posting for support and being very unhelpful at best.

I ought to have reported you last time really. It's not really in the spirit as guidelines go.

Ditto.

Many of us are just existing day to day.

In addition, if you know anything about British social history, you know what's coming down the track and you don't want to return to those days, or even watch it happen from the sidelines.

A thousand years, and nothing ever changes, so what's the point?

I get it but hoping hrt will help. Started today !

@MissWired What’s coming down the line?

Rising rents are a disgrace and life is getting much harder.
But the people with the highest suicide rate is first men then women who are middle-aged.

Oh for goodness sake. Just take your squabble off the thread, the two of you.

Or, actually, just carry on. You’ve killed the thread with your derailing and no one is going to post now, which is a shame as it could have been a supportive and useful thread for many women who are clearly feeling the same way.

Chronic illness since the age of 16, I'm 42 now and utterly exhausted. I actually don't know how I've got this far.

I could have happily spent Xmas under the duvet but actually faking enthusiasm over the past 2 days has made me feel better. I ended up genuinely enjoying myself. Of course its now followed by trying to recover physically.

I completely understand OP.

Never felt that way - despite life being tough at times.
do you have low level depression? Is there something you need to change in your life?

Oh yes, 40, hormones balanced but feel this way! I think I have for a lot of adult life, poverty stricken childhood, mentally ill mother, life has been a slog since day 1. ExDP didn't want kids, by the time I met DP, started ttc at 37, it was too late! 13 miscarriages in 2.5 years, 4 IVF banking rounds in 12 months. Looking like a future with no kids awaits and honestly I’m struggling to see the point of that! If it wasn’t for my dog, I’m not sure I’d bother. Oh and add late diagnosed ADHD and chronic fatigue and aching joints into the mix, feeling decrepit already! It’s all downhill to the liberation of death from here…

More resources here www.mumsnet.com/i/mental-health-webguide

I’m fed up too. Life is nothing but drudgery. Cleaning, laundry, driving kids to school. Stuck with their father for financial reasons even though we aren’t in love. Struggling with the state of my body after childbirth. Then if I’m lucky I get to escape mentally for an hour by watching tv and imagining I have the kind of life and body that the characters have.