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[–] HeyJoe 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Agreed, but wait until your 40's... going out at all just feels weird now and it makes me sad.

[–] Orbituary 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HeyJoe 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're probably right, I am just in that awkward phase and have 2 small children. I hope to bounce back once I'm 50 and they are more independent. My situation is obviously different from others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm in my mid forties with no children and being asleep again is pretty much my daily goal. I can't imagine how you cope with small kids.

[–] rottingleaf 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some of us are autistic in our 20s, were autistic in our teens, will be autistic in our 30s ... I think you get the general idea.

[–] Psythik 3 points 1 month ago

Which is why you desperately need to go out more than ever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tell me you’re lying

So there’s hope, @[email protected]!

[–] Bluefruit 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

30s?

Feel like I've been like this all my life tbh.

[–] Anticorp 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's unfortunate. I basically had unlimited energy until my mid-thirties.

[–] Bluefruit 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't the H stand for Hyper?

[–] Bluefruit 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kinda, its hyperactivity, but ADHD isn't just bouncing off the walls with the inability to focus. It can manifest in other ways. Theres a variety of symptoms that come with it.

I'm not exactly the classic example but a lot of the symptoms like hyper focus, making split second decisions, executive dysfunction, fidgeting, etc. I have along with co-morbid anxiety and depression from it being untreated for so long. Medication helps but your brain being in overdrive constantly is exhausting.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, thanks for the explanation. I have all of those behaviors except for executive dysfunction, anxiety, and depression. I keep 4 different toys on my desk to fidget with during meetings. I get bored and need something to entertain me while people take way too long to explain things. The Rubik's cube works best, but I get bored with that too, so I have a few others.

[–] Bluefruit 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel that. Messing with stuff can actually help me focus sometimes but usually im just bored lol.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My coworkers thought I wasn't listening to them at first and were surprised when I was able to repeat everything they said word for word, despite the fact that I was solving a Rubik's Cube. They seemed pretty amazed when I was the one talking about complex subjects while still solving the Cube. I've always been able to split my attention like that. When I was younger I used to be able to hold a verbal conversation while typing a letter and not mess up either of them. Unfortunately 20 years of barely, hops, and bong resin affected that skill.

[–] Bluefruit 1 points 1 month ago

Hey at least you could do it. Ive been barely able to hold a conversation with people, let alone do two things at once like that. Half the time i had to cobble together what the other person said from context clues because my mind started wandering while they were talking.

That said, when the hyper focus really kicks in, im a god damn machine. But i dont control when it happens and i forget to eat and drink so its a shitty super power at best lol.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

This must me a younger person.

[–] NocturnalMorning 11 points 1 month ago

But I'm still young at heart, as long as I'm still in bed by 11:30pm on weekends.

[–] dalakkin 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I go out about two times a week and I'm almost 40. I don't get why you people are so tired.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

30? Man I was still burning the midnight oil.

Didn't feel any kind of slowdown till many years later.

[–] Anticorp 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah dude, at 30 I'd be out drinking until 2 am, and be at work in a shirt and tie, freshly shaved, and ready to go at 7:30 am.

[–] Donkter 1 points 1 month ago

I think it's just a numbers game. As you get older certain things just break down. Injuries, chronic illness etc. not everyone gets it, in fact you're statistically unlikely to get any one thing, it just compounds to send more and more people to the sideline.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't want to rock and roll at all
Or party ever again.

I just want to sleep.

[–] Sam_Bass 6 points 1 month ago

I'd love to have my 30s back.

[–] Wootz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every two weeks? That seems a bit hectic. Can we do something like maybe once every two months?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I could go for roughly twice a year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm 40 and volunteering at a venue where I host concerts for 14-16 hours once a month.
Age isn't the issue, getting kids is what kicks you out of the scene.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agree, it's not like being in your 30s suddenly kills you.

[–] Psychodelic 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thank god this isn't me!

Now I'm just wondering how Europeans and Latin Americans regularly stay up late and start dinner at like 11pm while others seem to have issues talking to a friend after 7pm. lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank god this isn't me!

Yet.

[–] Psychodelic 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

lol. Just turned 34 recently and was able to stay up all night while on vacation.

Def not something I do regularly but the biggest secret I've found is to have at least a drink or two a week (that sometimes puts me to sleep now lol). Then when I need to drink late/all weekend I actually can! I normally just smoke we'd

I do tend to stay up kinda late normally, tho

[–] Anticorp 2 points 1 month ago

They take naps! It's part of their culture. Heck, Spanish businesses will shut down in the middle of the day so people can go home and sleep.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I used to rock and roll all night and party ev-a-ry day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find half an hour a week in which to get funky.

[–] eran_morad 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

30s was easy AF and still energetic. It gets a lot harder after you have kids.

[–] PieMePlenty 1 points 1 month ago

Thats awesome to hear. I always thought it was the age that fucks you. Makes sense.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 1 month ago

That means you're old.