I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home

Re:I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home by notdeadyetbut on Sunday March 10, 2019 @02:33PM (#19353455)

For me it depends on the day.

I believe I want to live forever if it's forever in health and non-poverty and freedom.

The fact that I will not live forever really effects my thinking and what I'm willing to do. As just one example, being older I know that I can't go dedicate 10 years to living in another country to learn a language or I could but I've only got at most 2 10yr chunks left, more like 1, before my ability to be free and healthy and non-poverty change. Or similarly to change my career or go back to school. I'm already in my mid-50s.

Conversely I'm lost, isolated, and without direction, have no close friends, no partner, and find it exceedingly hard to fix and so the thought of just calling it quits does pop into my head.

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Re:I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home by seibelj on Sunday March 10, 2019 @02:44PM (#19353549)

I obviously do not know your situation. But have you tried something wildly different that is communal? Church, community theater, community choir, a group that goes on vacations together, etc.? It is never too late my friend.

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Re:I’d rather be dead than linger on in an old folks’ home by waivek on Sunday March 10, 2019 @02:36PM (#19353477)

Parents and siblings?

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