30 Adult Problems People Wish Someone Warned Them About Earlier In Life

So much this. I've got shelves of books, films and music unseen. It becomes a chore to watch them cos you fall asleep instead.

Same, but I have a chronic condition, I don't expect most people feel like that all the time.

I went to art school. I have an art studio. But I haven't picked up a pencil or a paint brush in years. After work, and home/family stuff, I have neither the time nor the mental or physical energy to create art. It's very depressing. Retirement can't come soon enough.

Just general background noise. I can't pick up when people speak to me over the hubub.

I can’t do bars. The constant noise just makes me want to run away

So tired of making choices. Just too much sometimes.

Every single day until you die

Just happened.. things going good then boom another unexpected bill..lately I've been taking 5 minutes every day to cry on my own and just cry it out..😭😭😂😂😂 works a treat!!

That's because our pay has not kept pace with the money the rich demand from us for their increasingly shoddy goods and services.

Wait til you reach the point where the doctors are half your age

Neither upvoted or downvoted this one. (Yet again!) When I was in hospital? The big head honcho, like the super head of the department came in a few times with student doctors. It's a teaching hospital so expected. I was having my bandages changed, on my butt! And he whipped open the privacy curtain and I shouted "Get Out!!!". The nurse looked at me smiling laughing because I said just after loudly, "If I wanted my butt on display? I'd sell tickets!!!"... A lot of the older male doctors I found to be more stoic, less likely to empathise than the younger ones. I can't speak for everywhere obviously but I do think that the younger generation of doctors are becoming more empathetic. As in, there's not as big an 'emotional wall' anymore. They still have to distance to be able to do their job but it's not as bad as when I've been in hospital when I was a lot younger.

Sure some of my weight gain is tablet related

Fat, simply, fat 🤗

I wish I was a little slimmer and of course I'm.not going to eat till I cabt miveor walk or anything like thay but I'm.nearly 40 and if I'm hungry I'm going to.eat damn u good in all of its forms is a gift of life of being alive if I want a dead a soup a sandwich a birger take away Chinese KFC make something from recipe book eat a tray of choc donuts n eat them all I bloody shall do and ikl enjoy um part n parcel.puttijg some.soze.on heading towards middle age I care but ikd rather enjoy the food more than I Carr about looking good for mt age f that haha

Or eventually realizing nobody else is to blame for my mental state. It is just my own over active imagination generating the negative thoughts. Like Mark Twain said I have mentally experienced many bad things in my life, most of which never happened.

My adoptive mother was emotionally, mentally and physically abusive. It's why I legally emancipated myself in my mid teens. The ongoing psychological affect of childhood emotional abuse and traumas should not be underestimated. It can affect how to you relate to others in different situations/settings as you grow older, go into adulthood. It can sometimes affect who you are attracted to even. Talking to a professional when you feel that you can is recommended... Break the Cycle, so to speak... You are Not Alone 💜

Not made any friends since my 30s. In my 50s now.

You can't fully trust coworkers either. They're always ready to throw you under the bus if it will benefit them.

When your friends have children and you stay child free, your friends will find others with children to spend time instead on you.

I've fully embraced quiet quitting

I’m in my 50s. I’m tired. But that’s ok, only another 15+ years to go!!

At least when you are young all that work and exercise pays off in increased energy and strength and stamina. After age 60 all that work is required just to be able to get out of bed in the morning.

Once one thing goes wrong, it all starts to fail

Guess I'm either lazy or lucky then

I hate to break it to you, but while being honest and hardworking are good qualities in and of themselves, they're not inherently leadership qualities. They say nothing about your ability to lead and inspire others--which ARE leadership qualities.

Not so much bad as new, naive, lowly paid, people who believe management lies.

I don't even want to be a leader or manager. Literally no ambition to

In my 30's I worked in a county government maintenance facility. The backstabbers, the lazy complainers, the brown nosers, the liars were the people who usually got promoted to management. That was because the original top managers were all corrupt and like to surround themselves with other people who are attracted to corruption and power. Kind of like Trump when he was president.

True. This is why you have to care about yourself. You're worth it. Look after you.

Being adult does not mean having nobody to care about you. That's what loneliness mean.

This is so sad. I've been fortunate enough to have caring family and partners throughout my life (f/51yrs). However, I've also come to know how many people lack these so needed care that I've taken for granted for years.

Sleeping can cause pain!

Couple of weeks ago I turned my head left, and something snapped around my throat and clavicle. Still hurts.

Every week, I'm like, "What the hell? Where did that bruise come from?"

Slept wrong… 🤣

Blame the rise of the right wing since the global depression as countries looked inward, and scum like Trump, Johnson, Bolsanaro etc rose to the surface. We are still dealing with that.

Democrats always make inflation go up, it sucks.

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Bidenomics at work!

😭 sometimes! I swear I'm busier now than before I became disabled and was working!!! The booking various appointments for specialists and doctors plus the physiotherapy hospital to get my crutches, adapted shoes, calipers etc fixed, making sure repeat prescriptions are collected, booking a slot for a monthly food delivery, clothes to replace certain clothes, food shopping online, etc etc etc!!!... I think I need a PA... 😄

I beg to differ. You may not *like* your job, but that's not the same thing as not liking to work. I LOVE my job for oh, so many reasons--and it's not even anything glamorous or what most people would consider fun or enjoyable (I work overnights folding linens), but I enjoy it. And it's gone a looooong way to helping me manage my anxiety disorder.

When you have kid/pets and it goes suspiciously quiet....

And then I eventually learned that over sleeping made me feel like garbage on Saturday.

I only have to do 3 days a week and I feel this

I wish I could go back to my 18 year old self and tell her to start saving a pension pot NOW.

Seems like mental health counseling is doable in a chair. Career shift?

Einstein… theory of relativity. Closer you are to going down the toilet the faster you’re spinning.

Another one painted as a negative that I find wonderfully soothing. Not only does having a clean and organized home feel good, but the monotony of folding laundry or doing dishes is basically like a vacation for my brain. It's such a great coping skill for anxiety.