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re: Do you find yourself getting more emotional as you age?
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:44 am to Master of Sinanju
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:44 am to Master of Sinanju
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Do you find yourself getting more emotional as you age?
The opposite.
Fewer things trigger an emotional reaction. I think it’s because there are fewer first time experiences.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:44 am to Master of Sinanju
This happens to all persons of faith.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:45 am to TexasTiger33
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That is to say, when we laugh at something, it's done so in cruelty and shows our internal state of negativity.
Whereas when we cry, it is an expression of empathy and compassion showing our ability to be good.
when we are overwhelmed with happiness, we don't laugh...we cry tears of joy.
Profound. And it makes perfect sense.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:48 am to Master of Sinanju
I woke up and watched a clip of Jimmy Kimmel memorializing his best friend Cleto, having just buried my own best lifelong friend, and I wept. I cried at mass in front of my GF a month ago just thinking about sad and beautiful things. My son left the other day, I was so proud thinking about him and I teared up, I sure as hell wasn't like this at 40. And it's more than that-it's how I forgive people or how I pray for people that aren't in my life anymore or who have wronged me, or how I let go of people who I have outgrown who aren't in my life, etc. It feels chemical, but it also is all colored with some kind of spiritual quality and Jungian inevitability. Life feels like a puzzle full of archetypes and lessons that is nearing completion.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:50 am to EphesianArmor
quote:I have made it my life's work (other than my real job) to study philosophy, theology, and the human condition.
Profound. And it makes perfect sense.
The following was inscribed on the wall at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi...
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I warn you, whoever you are, Oh! You who want to probe the “Arcana of Nature”, that if you do not find “within yourself” that which you are looking for, you shall not find it outside either! If you ignore the excellences of your own house, how do you pretend to find other excellences? Within you is hidden the treasure of treasures! “Know Thyself” and you will know the Universe and the Gods.”
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:50 am to Master of Sinanju
When I became a parent, I got way more emotional.
Nowadays, I find myself being desensitized to much more though.
Nowadays, I find myself being desensitized to much more though.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:53 am to Master of Sinanju
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Recently, we had a pet get sick and eventually pass away. It wrecked me. I cried so much, I had to start carrying a handkerchief for a while. I've lost pets before, and it always sucks, but my reaction is not normal and it kind of scares me.
This is a completely normal reaction.
Men, especially in the South, have this repressed emotional baggage that they can't seem to let out.
Crying is incredibly healthy for you. Anyone that tells you otherwise is stunted, and if they say things like "Man up", it might be best to treat them with kindness because they are going through it.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:53 am to Master of Sinanju
Yes, absolutely. Much more sentimental as my kids get older. I'm going to lose it when my daughter moves out for college
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:56 am to Master of Sinanju
Yes I do at age 62 and after radiation treatments to the head area. I find myself much more emotional than I was as a younger man.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:57 am to Master of Sinanju
Nah. My wife tells me I'm more jaded and cynical, so I'll go with that.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:59 am to Master of Sinanju
No but definitely more dead inside
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:01 am to Master of Sinanju
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: went through a divorce this year, my kids are grown, and I realized that there are fewer years in front of me than there are behind me. It's changed my perspective quite a bit, and I do find myself getting more emotional and introspective about life and the things that are important.
Long answer: went through a divorce this year, my kids are grown, and I realized that there are fewer years in front of me than there are behind me. It's changed my perspective quite a bit, and I do find myself getting more emotional and introspective about life and the things that are important.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:01 am to Master of Sinanju
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Has anyone found themselves getting more emotional as they age? Is it sort of chemical imbalance in th brain? Or am I just going crazy?
I think most men have been told not to show any emotion and to suck it up and be a man. Besides, who would want to listen to us bitch? Just by the act of bitching we could be seen as less than so much so the mere act of bitching is named after a despised woman, right?
I think at some point the shite that we have packed away starts to seep out. I had memories of some pretty serious abuses that I guess I chose not to remember and I think it was because my dad left for another family and my mom was crying for hours every night. Who was I going to tell?
So, I think maybe your mental load of shite is full and it’s time to start working through and processing some of your shite. The only way to get past it is to go through it. I appreciate your post and you for sharing something real.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:02 am to Master of Sinanju
I am getting angrier as I age. I'm sure I will be yelling at the clouds anyday now
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:03 am to TexasTiger33
(Temple of Apollo in Delphi inscription):
The material world is not where it's at, nor ever been where it's at -- which of course is antithetical to the science-worship philosophy and cult the "modern" world has encouraged and espoused.
With ya, brutha. Same here.
If you're like me you find most people uninteresting and narcissistic, dwelling on "stuff", status, and how they are best entertained.
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You who want to probe the “Arcana of Nature”, that if you do not find “within yourself” that which you are looking for, you shall not find it outside either! If you ignore the excellences of your own house, how do you pretend to find other excellences? Within you is hidden the treasure of treasures!
The material world is not where it's at, nor ever been where it's at -- which of course is antithetical to the science-worship philosophy and cult the "modern" world has encouraged and espoused.
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I have made it my life's work (other than my real job) to study philosophy, theology, and the human condition.
With ya, brutha. Same here.
If you're like me you find most people uninteresting and narcissistic, dwelling on "stuff", status, and how they are best entertained.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:05 am to EphesianArmor
Amen to all of that.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:13 am to Master of Sinanju
Less, with far fewer f*cks to give. Especially since I turned 40.
In some cases, stuff that used to piss me off is getting funnier by the day.
In some cases, stuff that used to piss me off is getting funnier by the day.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:21 am to Master of Sinanju
Emotional, not really. Which can be a problem with loved ones. I feel it - I just don't show it like they do!
Sensitive to gore, extreme action movies, and horror? Absolute yes. I still love a good horror movie from time to time, but I get way more freaked out than I used to. And if my husband has something too violent just playing away in the background, I will get flustered and ask him to change it.
Sensitive to gore, extreme action movies, and horror? Absolute yes. I still love a good horror movie from time to time, but I get way more freaked out than I used to. And if my husband has something too violent just playing away in the background, I will get flustered and ask him to change it.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 9:25 am to Master of Sinanju
Quit watching the Tigers.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 10:12 am to Master of Sinanju
Manopause?
I find I’m mostly the opposite, the level of fricks I give are at an all time low.
I find I’m mostly the opposite, the level of fricks I give are at an all time low.
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