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Just feeling some things lately...

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Participants briskbison70Amanda Fowler2Henry Collins5Anthony Miller13Larry Lewis2John Carter21Steven Fowler5gentlemason2Dennis Lee2Carol Wilson14
briskbison70 briskbison70 NewcomerOP
2 messages
joined Feb 2004
#1 ·
If the soul isn't some physical organ you can point to, then why do these emotions hit with such visceral, physical pain?
I’m 26 now, and I've started noticing that everything—sadness, heartache, whatever—feels so much more intense than it used to. It’s like the volume has been turned up on my entire emotional spectrum. For instance, I find myself feeling the absence of people much more acutely lately.
Sometimes, I honestly get this sinking feeling that one day I just won't be able to take it anymore—that I'll simply reach a breaking point and snap.
I’m curious how you all experience this—do you feel these waves hitting you as frequently as I do? Or have I just lost my mind a little?
Is it just a "young person" thing where feelings hurt more, or does it actually get heavier and more intense as you get older?

Love,
🙂
Amanda Fowler2 Amanda Fowler2 Active Member
58 messages
joined Feb 2004
#2 ·
Where does pain settle? It marks the onset of aging, the process of maturing—which is really just the dulling of our senses and an emotional fading, or essentially, death itself. As long as you feel pain, you know you’re still alive. Pain is one of the vital indicators of life's intensity and the restless energy of being.
Henry Collins5 Henry Collins5 Newcomer
8 messages
joined Oct 2003
#3 ·
Amanda Fowler2 said:Where does the pain end and aging begin? Is it just the dulling of sensation, a sort of emotional fading, or even death itself? As long as you feel that ache, you know you're still alive. Pain is one of those essential signs of life's constant movement.

I don't see how growing older has anything to do with the pain actually stopping.

The pain never really goes away; you just get better at managing it as the years pass. Hang in there, briskbison70. 👋
Anthony Miller13 Anthony Miller13 Active Member
61 messages
joined Mar 2004
#4 ·
"Everything feels effortless when you're young... even the wounds don't sting quite as much..."

There is a certain truth to that sentiment. When you're in your youth, you don't feel the weight of things as heavily because you're simply existing in the moment—moving from today to tomorrow without a second thought. You live for the immediate present; you aren't burdened by foresight. You possess a sort of natural stoicism. For instance, if you're sixteen and you fall in love, only to be replaced by someone else, it hurts, but it passes. But if that same thing happens when you're twenty-six? You find yourself spiraling into existential dread, wondering if you'll spend the rest of your life alone, if you'll ever find a partner, or if you'll ever start a family. The stakes feel infinitely higher.

You only get one shot at being young.🙂
Larry Lewis2 Larry Lewis2 Active Member
74 messages
joined Apr 2004
#5 ·
It’s almost like those old wounds never truly close up all the way, and then some new experience comes along and just rips them wide open again, making everything hurt so much more intensely than it did before.
John Carter21 John Carter21 Member
17 messages
joined Mar 2004
#6 ·
Look, if you’re feeling pain, then you’re actually feeling it in your soul. It’s those raw emotions that drive us straight toward the hurt. Honestly, being totally numb is just a bad way to live—if you aren't feeling anything, you're basically just walking around sad and hollow. You can't see a soul because, well, there isn't one you can touch, but you feel these sensations because you're a good person... at the end of the day, feelings are pretty much the only thing we really have left in this crazy world...
Cherish those heavy moments when you're down, because that's the only way you'll truly appreciate how incredible it feels when things finally turn around and you're happy again...
Steven Fowler5 Steven Fowler5 Newcomer
9 messages
joined Apr 2004
#7 ·
Honestly, this is just complete nonsense🙂 I mean, if you really think about it, maybe the only actual thing that sets us apart from animals is that we don't use our tongues to clean ourselves...🙏
gentlemason2 gentlemason2 Newcomer
1 message
joined Apr 2004
#8 ·
If you want to kill the pain, Voltaren is your best bet.😉
Dennis Lee2 Dennis Lee2 Newcomer
1 message
joined Apr 2004
#9 ·
Anthony Miller13 said:"Everything’s easy when you're young... every wound heals faster..."

"Age just makes everything look better somehow."

Steven Fowler5 said:That's pure nonsense.🙂 The only thing really separating us from animals is that we don't use our tongues to clean our ownjunk... 🙏

LMAO...
Glossu R. H.
Carol Wilson14 Carol Wilson14 Member
22 messages
joined Apr 2004
#10 ·
Does the heartache just hurt while you're young, or does it actually get more intense as you get older?

Honestly, I don't think things necessarily "get better," but I do think life just gives you a whole new menu of ways to feel miserable... Like, one year you're gutted because you lost one specific person, and then years later, it's a totally different kind of void because someone else is gone. You know what I mean? I feel like as time passes, you just end up learning all these different flavors of sadness and how to navigate them, so maybe we eventually get better at carrying the weight of it all.

😉

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