Anyone here 70 years old?

[Marnie]

Is anyone else on here 70 or more? Even typing that I'm thinking "70?? - cant be me I've spent my whole life
worried about every ache and pain and I guess it will never change. I've been really blessed with good health but
I've never been able to relax - everything is a major health issue in my mind. I'm just wondering how others who are
getting up there handle health anxiety. I would have thought it would have gotten better but maybe it will just be
worse the older I get.

 

[Jonathan123]

Is anyone else on here 70 or more? Even typing that I'm thinking "70?? - cant be me I've spent my whole life
worried about every ache and pain and I guess it will never change. I've been really blessed with good health but
I've never been able to relax - everything is a major health issue in my mind. I'm just wondering how others who are
getting up there handle health anxiety. I would have thought it would have gotten better but maybe it will just be
worse the older I get.

I am older than you, (Dinosaurs were about then!!!!), but I did recover from a bad dose of anxiety during middle age. It lasted for over two years and I thought I would never recover. But with good counselling and good support I did. But I changed. Anxiety taught me a lot of lessons about myself I would never have experienced had I not had it. Anxiety in it's many forms can be a real teaching experience. If we ask it what it has to tell us about our life, and maybe what needs to change. It's an indicator that something is wrong, not physically but mentally. Our way of thinking needs to change. Our attitude to others may need to change. For instance forgiveness can be a great help. If we forgive others their so called errors against us, we unburden ourselves. So many hold grievances all through their lives, which poisons their outlook on life. Holding on to negative emotions is not good in anxiety.

 

[Missy]

Is anyone else on here 70 or more? Even typing that I'm thinking "70?? - cant be me I've spent my whole life
worried about every ache and pain and I guess it will never change. I've been really blessed with good health but
I've never been able to relax - everything is a major health issue in my mind. I'm just wondering how others who are
getting up there handle health anxiety. I would have thought it would have gotten better but maybe it will just be
worse the older I get.

I just turned 68. I currently am going through a rough time. I am going to start seeing my therapist again. My health anxiety changes as to the stressors that I experience.

 

[blueberries]

Give me a couple years and I will hit the big 7. I'm not looking forward to it. Seems everyday another body part starts hurting. I have so many minor problems and a lot of "unidentified problems" meaning they are kind of big but no doctor has yet been able to give an accurate diagnosis and I'm avoiding further testing. They are more intent on treating the symptoms. I'm at point right now where I don't go to the doctor unless I really need to because I am tired of getting nowhere and terrified that they might tell me I have cancer or ALS or Parkinson's or dementia. I wish things did get easier as we get older but knowing that the older we get the more likely we are to be diagnosed with something serious is very unsettling with me. Anxiety isn't a big part of my life but depression is.

 

[MATD]

Heading to 64 this year. Lived with A & D my whole life. But I’m working toward recovery through acceptance. As Jonathan said, anxiety is quite a teacher, I’ve learned a lot about myself and am working toward those changes. I believe it is possible to change, no matter what age one is.

 

[Missy]

Heading to 64 this year. Lived with A & D my whole life. But I’m working toward recovery through acceptance. As Jonathan said, anxiety is quite a teacher, I’ve learned a lot about myself and am working toward those changes. I believe it is possible to change, no matter what age one is.

I agree. Change is hard. You have to work at it everyday, one small step at a time.

 

[Izthewiz]

I am 39 on the outside 300 on the inside

 

[Jonathan123]

I am 39 on the outside 300 on the inside

No you are not! It's the other way round. If we think that way then we reinforce the belief which just is not true. 'As a man is in his heart so is he'. What is really inside us is Spirit, That can never be changed, got at or altered in any way, But we need realise it before it can become effective. I am not talking about religion, which so often causes problems in life, but an awareness of who we are. Everyone of the billions on this earth is unique. There will never be another you. No one is worthless no matter how bad they may seem. There is always time to change if we will to do so. Christ is reported to have said, 'repent your sins' but this is a misinterpretation. The Greek word used was 'metanoia' (a direct interpretation from Aramaic which is the language Christ spoke), which means 'change your mind'. In anxiety we get into an erroneous mindset which is not us but which is imposed on us by the world and the people we come into contact with at an early age. WE remain intact but lost in all the beliefs that we are told is the truth, but which in fact are a tissue of lies.
A lot of anxiety is caused by the belief that we are all alike and suffer alike, but each individual is just that, an individual. The word 'individual' comes from the word 'undivided'. Carl Jung called his therapy 'individuation'. The coming together of all the fragmented parts of us. The word 'whole' has it's root in holy. Like a computer hard drive that is fragmented! It upsets the whole system until corrected. Concentrate on getting well and not on feeling bad. There are many doors in the mind and it's our choice which one we go through. The door marked 'recovery' is the one to open. Inside is life as it should be, but the incentive to open the door must be there.
Standing before it and dithering is not the way! In other words the will to recover must be the most important thing in our lives. I was told that we have three metaphorical drawers in the mind. When we gather information we can choose which drawer to put it in. The first is marked ' For immediate use', info which is useful and helpful, The second is 'Storage', this is something we may not understand at the moment but which may come in useful later. The third is marked 'Rubbish', and that drawer will fill up pretty quickly. Ask yourself when you are told something which drawer to put it in.

 

[Izthewiz]

No you are not! It's the other way round. If we think that way then we reinforce the belief which just is not true. 'As a man is in his heart so is he'. What is really inside us is Spirit, That can never be changed, got at or altered in any way, But we need realise it before it can become effective. I am not talking about religion, which so often causes problems in life, but an awareness of who we are. Everyone of the billions on this earth is unique. There will never be another you. No one is worthless no matter how bad they may seem. There is always time to change if we will to do so. Christ is reported to have said, 'repent your sins' but this is a misinterpretation. The Greek word used was 'metanoia' (a direct interpretation from Aramaic which is the language Christ spoke), which means 'change your mind'. In anxiety we get into an erroneous mindset which is not us but which is imposed on us by the world and the people we come into contact with at an early age. WE remain intact but lost in all the beliefs that we are told is the truth, but which in fact are a tissue of lies.
A lot of anxiety is caused by the belief that we are all alike and suffer alike, but each individual is just that, an individual. The word 'individual' comes from the word 'undivided'. Carl Jung called his therapy 'individuation'. The coming together of all the fragmented parts of us. The word 'whole' has it's root in holy. Like a computer hard drive that is fragmented! It upsets the whole system until corrected. Concentrate on getting well and not on feeling bad. There are many doors in the mind and it's our choice which one we go through. The door marked 'recovery' is the one to open. Inside is life as it should be, but the incentive to open the door must be there.
Standing before it and dithering is not the way! In other words the will to recover must be the most important thing in our lives. I was told that we have three metaphorical drawers in the mind. When we gather information we can choose which drawer to put it in. The first is marked ' For immediate use', info which is useful and helpful, The second is 'Storage', this is something we may not understand at the moment but which may come in useful later. The third is marked 'Rubbish', and that drawer will fill up pretty quickly. Ask yourself when you are told something which drawer to put it in.

i see i was putting it in terms of my body has a lot of injuries from martial arts so
outside im like 39 inside my body is old.

 

[bigjetplane23]

Oh how I pray i reach 70…

 

[bigjetplane23]

Anyone been convinced they have something sinister but in the end, it was all ok? ….
Going thru a hard time. Have talked to some great people here, but obviously my anxiety is making me look for hope anywhere that I can.

 

[AMcSwain]

Anyone been convinced they have something sinister but in the end, it was all ok? ….
Going thru a hard time. Have talked to some great people here, but obviously my anxiety is making me look for hope anywhere that I can.

Yes! I had a stress test and echo the other day and everything came back normal but I can’t just take that and go with it. My anxiety won’t let me just feel fine even after hearing nothing is wrong