Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by franczesko on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:43PM (#30236789)

I felt exactly the same as OP described. Once I became a dad (not that long ago), I felt that a missing piece of a puzzle finally fell in its place.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by agent008t on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:57AM (#30259954)

This thread suggests that becoming a dad is not unlikely to throw you into a 2-year deep depression: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30240609

"Even with this realization, there were lots of times where I sat on the couch the first year and just felt like I was drowning and life was over. That happened in the second year as well, but less after the child was 18 months. And by ~2.5, it's a lot better!"

That's hardly a good outcome for anyone, let alone someone who misses the joy of life they had in their 20s.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by zdbrandon on Sunday February 13, 2022 @10:18AM (#30322202)

I wouldn’t call 2.5 years the “outcome”. You have kids with a much deeper horizon in mind.

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