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post 1644078393 08-01-2021, 07:12 PM
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How do you cope with seeing your parents age?

Really been thinking about this……once you finally realize your parents are getting old, their time on this planet is running out and you notice they depend on you more and more for company/emotional support…..especially when you see it in them that they themselves are beginning to come to grips with their mortality…
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post 1644078803 08-01-2021, 07:20 PM
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post 1644079023 08-01-2021, 07:24 PM
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mentally block your brain from thinking about it
post 1644079393 08-01-2021, 07:30 PM
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post 1644079753 08-01-2021, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted By Leonydus⏩
mentally block your brain from thinking about it
Does this actually work though?

Wouldn’t all the suppressed anxiety eventually hit a limit, blow, and make you go mad?
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post 1644079863 08-01-2021, 07:38 PM
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It was shocking to see my dad after a 5 year gap. He went from looking like my dad to looking like his dad. It hurt my soul a little bit.
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post 1644079913 08-01-2021, 07:39 PM
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post 1644080503 08-01-2021, 07:53 PM
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Try spending as much time possible with them everyday it will help you ease down with those types of thoughts
post 1644080573 08-01-2021, 07:55 PM
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post 1644081013 08-01-2021, 08:04 PM
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I will probably rope when they go. I feel no connection to the current globohomo society and culture and I have no love for it and hope it burns. This last year has completely blackpilled me and I cannot see any good in anything anymore srs.
post 1644081093 08-01-2021, 08:06 PM
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just wait till you have to cope with them being dead. enjoy what time you have left brah
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post 1644081203 08-01-2021, 08:08 PM
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Legit dont think I'll live on this world once i see my parents go srs.


Thanks to the clown world i cant even fly out to go see them nor can they fly out to come see me.
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post 1644081663 08-01-2021, 08:18 PM
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I literally don’t. Found out about death at the age of like 4 or 5 and never came to terms with it.

My own mortality is one thing. But seeing your loved ones get older and older every year…

I think about it everyday srs
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Originally Posted By MilkforBrains⏩
I will probably rope when they go. I feel no connection to the current globohomo society and culture and I have no love for it and hope it burns. This last year has completely blackpilled me and I cannot see any good in anything anymore srs.
Feeling the same way brother……stay safe..
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post 1644081963 08-01-2021, 08:23 PM
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I know exactly how you feel OP (srs)

I think about this a lot too

Its especially worse if you don't live near them, and don't see them that often. Then every time you see them its a shock

Even worse when you realize you'll be old one day

And there's no going back
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post 1644082243 08-01-2021, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted By Ironface⏩
I literally don’t. Found out about death at the age of like 4 or 5 and never came to terms with it.

My own mortality is one thing. But seeing your loved ones get older and older every year…

I think about it everyday srs
Shït’s been killing me….I came to terms with my consciousness and death at around 7, but was able to keep it locked away with the distractions of growing up/going to school/etc….but now well into a conventionally ‘successful’ life I realize none of it really mattered in the abstract and it was just that - an elaborate distraction….plus now parents are aging and I realize I’m just going to continue the same cycle myself…..until the time comes for me too………..
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post 1644082273 08-01-2021, 08:28 PM
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It’s like a constant weight you feel everyday
Originally Posted By gainztrain818⏩
Shït’s been killing me….I came to terms with my consciousness and death at around 7, but was able to keep it locked away with the distractions of growing up/going to school/etc….but now well into a conventionally ‘successful’ life I realize none of it really mattered in pure terms and it was just that - an elaborate distraction….plus now parents are aging and I realize I’m just going to continue the same cycle…..until the time comes for me too..
I know these feels

When you’re younger you think that once you become an adult things will magically fall into place…I feel like they never did
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post 1644082623 08-01-2021, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted By SaviorSelfJT⏩
I know exactly how you feel OP (srs)

I think about this a lot too

Its especially worse if you don't live near them, and don't see them that often. Then every time you see them its a shock

Even worse when you realize you'll be old one day

And there's no going back
Basically massive self-deception/cope until your time is up..
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post 1644083903 08-01-2021, 08:57 PM
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Worst part of 20s and I imagine 30s.


You always know death is a thing obviously. But really in middle school, high school, college don’t even think about it. But slowly see if especially if you move away and can’t see your parents all the time. When they hit late 60s and slow down it becomes hard. Just hope for the best that they can live for a couple more decades.


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Religion is really the best cope.

True or not, it grounds you.
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Not well!
Originally Posted By meanstringbean⏩
Worst part of 20s and I imagine 30s.


You always know death is a thing obviously. But really in middle school, high school, college don’t even think about it. But slowly see if especially if you move away and can’t see your parents all the time. When they hit late 60s and slow down it becomes hard. Just hope for the best that they can live for a couple more decades.


Feels bad man
The constant feels of being moved away are ****ing brutal srs. I go through this cognitive loop where I think about what it will be like after one of them is gone, and how much you would give to have more time or go back. But they are still alive right now, but things like career, other relationships, and distance really limit the realistic amount of times you are ever going to see them again and the sober realization of that ****s with me all the time
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I imagine most here ITT aren’t religious either.

Religion is the ultimate cope for this, and feel jealous of those with strong faiths that can just handwave this feeling away


But the fact is, think about your grand parents, and their grandparents , and even their grand parents. Generations of fathers, sons, daughters, mothers, who all had their time on this planet and loved one another deeply. Now just gone and not even remembered
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Originally Posted By DizzySmalls⏩
Not well!


The constant feels of being moved away are ****ing brutal srs. I go through this cognitive loop where I think about what it will be like after one of them is gone, and how much you would give to have more time or go back. But they are still alive right now, but things like career, other relationships, and distance really limit the realistic amount of times you are ever going to see them again and the sober realization of that ****s with me all the time
Lol even worse, when I spend time with them for long periods it’s boring as hell. Try to make most of it but parents just like to watch Netflix, play games on their iPad, watch cnn , drink, etc

Just sad we don’t have a ton in common.
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Are you ready to get nuked OP? If not, don't read ahead

Say you moved out when you were 18. That's 18 x 365 = 6570 days you have spent with your parents

Now you moved out at 18, and see them for a total of 4 days per year (say a couple holiday visits), until they pass 25 years later. That's 100 days left you have with your parents.

At only 18 you used over 98% of the time you will spend with your parents

At 30 less than 1% of the time is left with your parents
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