What do you think is still true about yourself even though it isnt?

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For example do you still yourself as a 21 year old even though you"'re 47

Yes 100 % OP

I still see myself in as good nick physically as when I was 18 - I’m 56

I think of myself as selfish.

My mum always told me I was as a kid, then I grew up being a typical selfish teen.

I grew out of it and actually I’m probably quite selfless now, but I’m always checking myself and I’m mindful of how I come across.

I still think of myself as half of a couple, even though h died 15 months ago

I still think I’m 18 in my head. Sadly my 2 oldest children are now older than 18 so I know it can’t be true 😂

I still see myself as around 25, I’m past 60
DM 86 says she stuck at 21

I still think of myself as pretty fit and active. I’m really not.

I still think of myself as one of the young ones at work. Whilst I’m not ‘old’ (I’m 44), there’s people a lot younger than me who talk about things I haven’t got a clue about 😢 😢 I comfort myself with the fact that I’ll be retired whilst they’re still working… (Oh dear, I really am old!!)

That I’m still an 80s dolly bird. I’m 63 😱

I've never needed to wear glasses and I still think of myself as having good eyesight. Whereas in fact I'm massively in denial about the way I'm squinting at stuff. I feel a trip to the optician is overdue.

I believe myself to be quiet and introverted. Everyone I know disagrees with this.

I still think I can eat whatever I like and not put on weight.

It's sadly no longer true as I'm post menopause.

I sometimes find it hard to get my head round the fact I’m 40! I know it’s not old and I’m not bothered about aging, I feel very grateful, it’s just I still feel the same as I did when I was in my early 20s.

It sometimes feels like an event or period of my life happened 5 years ago, then I’m like ‘oh, that was at uni, 20 years ago’ 🤭

How did 20 years go by so quickly!?

In my head I am thin

I’m also incredibly annoying and don’t want to burden /bother anyone so just keep myself to myself

That I'm still physically strong. I might still be average+ strength for a sedentary 56 year old but no more than that. I used to be unusually strong.

That I’m a fancy-free, footloose, rebelling-against-it-all hippy type.

I’m absolutely not. I’m senior management in financial services. I have a nice house in the London ‘burbs. I’ve started caring about the composite material of my kitchen worktops, and the variety of grape in my wine. I returned to Burning Man last year and finally realised, “Shit. I AM ‘The Man’ that this entire concept was created in counterculture towards.”

But that’s alright, so are most of the other attendees 😂

That I'm massively Avant garde and rock n roll. I think I have arrested development from aged 15?! 🤣

I'm very nearly 50 but 25 in my head and always think the 'couple with a toddler' in holiday ads are older than me, I just don't identify with that at all.

I also think I'm still thin, and still worry about unwanted male attention (tbf that happens at every age but nowhere near as often now).

That I'm not good enough and don't deserve any better. Was told this consistently for 20 years whilst in an abusive relationship. I'm now free and with an absolutely wonderful man, but that voice in the back of my head still pops up pretty regularly and tells me I don't deserve him.

That people will be willing to listen to me singing. They really, really aren't.

That I'm a monster.

That I’m cool as a cucumber and independent as hell whereas really I am too needy when it comes to relationships. So I’ve decided to not be in one.