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NodusTollens

NodusTollens

Nov 17, 2020
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With some much going on in our lives, you often hear mention of the "best years," or "best years of our lives."

When I stopped to think about it, my best years were in high school, 14-18. I KNOW, it's sad. :ahhha: Even though all I wanted during that time was space/freedom to live openly/authentically as myself. Once I moved away from home, I got the freedom but also experienced some of the worst traumas of my life. What a trade off. Yay freedom.

——//——//——​

So I'm asking you guys, when were your best years?
 
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Fehler

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Oct 12, 2020
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I was thinking about last year (27 years) when I had my car and was finally able to become independent, but it has also been one of the years where I have been the most down and my father died on my birthday so...
I would say that in high school I also had my best years, but only the second and fourth grades. Although thinking about it, they were not so good so I would stay with my childhood (7-11), when I was going to set up cabins in the mountains.
 
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Good4Nothing

Good4Nothing

Unlovable
May 8, 2020
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My 20s. I had a rock and roll band, lots of friends, I could get girlfriends, art jobs were plentiful and easy to get. I moved around a lot, travelled, saw most of the USA. Life was making music, making art, getting girls and getting high.

It was still hard - anger and depression have been kicking my ass all my life, and I'm not good looking, so I wasn't as popular with the girls as all the rest of my friends were. And I had a habit of sabotaging my life when things got good - jobs, relationships. Hence all the moving around.

I miss those days. I wish I could go back and do it all again. Just live in that time until I die. Getting old is the worst thing ever.
 
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NodusTollens

NodusTollens

Nov 17, 2020
989
I was thinking about last year (27 years) when I had my car and was finally able to become independent, but it has also been one of the years where I have been the most down and my father died on my birthday so...
I would say that in high school I also had my best years, but only the second and fourth grades. Although thinking about it, they were not so good so I would stay with my childhood (7-11), when I was going to set up cabins in the mountains.

Sorry to hear you lost your father & on your birthday- HUGS, that's awful.

Going to a cabin in the mountains is pretty amazing, sounds like it would be a lot of fun.

My 20s. I had a rock and roll band, lots of friends, I could get girlfriends, art jobs were plentiful and easy to get. I moved around a lot, travelled, saw most of the USA. Life was making music, making art, getting girls and getting high.

It was still hard - anger and depression have been kicking my ass all my life, and I'm not good looking, so I wasn't as popular with the girls as all the rest of my friends were. And I had a habit of sabotaging my life when things got good - jobs, relationships. Hence all the moving around.

I miss those days. I wish I could go back and do it all again. Just live in that time until I die. Getting old is the worst thing ever.
:O A band? That's sick. Your 20s sound like they were an adventure, not going to lie. Especially the fact that you managed to make it work despite anxiety & depression tagging along. I can appreciate how difficult that much have been.

Likewise. Although I had far less freedom, always on edge dealing with triggers at home & try to manage my MH- the friends I had & positive memories of that time are the best I have.
 
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enuff

had enuff
Sep 10, 2020
173
0-3 then life started getting difficult.
 
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Dr Iron Arc

Dr Iron Arc

Into the Unknown
Feb 10, 2020
21,206
18-21 were when I had the most potential even though I ended up wasting a lot of it. I've had some of the most fun from the years since then though.
 
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NodusTollens

NodusTollens

Nov 17, 2020
989
18-21 were when I had the most potential even though I ended up wasting a lot of it. I've had some of the most fun from the years since then though.
Wasted potential, I know how that feels. Sorry hear.
 
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muffin222

muffin222

Enlightened
Mar 31, 2020
1,188
0-5, when I knew nothing, saw nothing, and had yet to experience the worst of my life
 
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Skathon

Skathon

"...scarred underneath, and I'm falling..."
Oct 29, 2018
592
...never.
 
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nowhere2befound

nowhere2befound

Member
Jan 8, 2021
69
6-9 and 15-17 for a couple of months. Other times were all below any normal
 
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Conker

Conker

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Oct 22, 2019
351
My 20s. I had a rock and roll band, lots of friends, I could get girlfriends, art jobs were plentiful and easy to get. I moved around a lot, travelled, saw most of the USA. Life was making music, making art, getting girls and getting high.

It was still hard - anger and depression have been kicking my ass all my life, and I'm not good looking, so I wasn't as popular with the girls as all the rest of my friends were. And I had a habit of sabotaging my life when things got good - jobs, relationships. Hence all the moving around.

I miss those days. I wish I could go back and do it all again. Just live in that time until I die. Getting old is the worst thing ever.
ye, i rather commit suicide than ever be too old.

don't share the same desires as others do, to be surrounded by others during death, can go decades without seeing anybody. wouldn't bother me.
 
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Amumu

Amumu

Ctb - temporary solution for a permanent problem
Aug 29, 2020
2,623
No idea
 
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ohhgeeitsme

ohhgeeitsme

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Feb 5, 2020
694
Around 6-9, then 20-22.
 
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Teas

Member
Nov 4, 2018
55
Age 5-9. Then things went downhill fast once I started to become older. Like goddamn shits fucked everywhere. Who the hell wants to continue living where all you do is pay bills, work, suffer from health problems, and repeat.
 
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NodusTollens

NodusTollens

Nov 17, 2020
989
Age 5-9. Then things went downhill fast once I started to become older. Like goddamn shits fucked everywhere. Who the hell wants to continue living where all you do is pay bills, work, suffer from health problems, and repeat.
Oh, I hear you there, love. HUGS
 
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Grav

Wizard
Jul 26, 2020
660
13-16, was decent at sports, found my niche in school, didn't realize the bunk that was going on with my uncles vs my mom. Then probably 19-21, overseas in the Marines. Before and after those time periods was the usual shit and low points, we all know those.
 
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NodusTollens

NodusTollens

Nov 17, 2020
989
13-16, was decent at sports, found my niche in school, didn't realize the bunk that was going on with my uncles vs my mom. Then probably 19-21, overseas in the Marines. Before and after those time periods was the usual shit and low points, we all know those.
Oh, yeah- we all know those low points. Enlisting with the Marines sounds it was an interesting experience in your life.
 
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WornOutLife

マット
Mar 22, 2020
7,164
25-29

Partying hard, lots of friends, girls, sex, just got my degree and was very happy, was in shape...damn, those years were awesome!
Then, depression became more powerful and here I am lol
 
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sadbadpsychogirl

sadbadpsychogirl

sonofabitch
May 29, 2020
725
17-27 i was a spring chicken, now i'm an old hen.... (33)
 
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NodusTollens

NodusTollens

Nov 17, 2020
989
25-29

Partying hard, lots of friends, girls, sex, just got my degree and was very happy, was in shape...damn, those years were awesome!
Then, depression became more powerful and here I am lol
Sorry to hear, depression really does sucks the fun out of everything. Partying makes for some of the best stories.

Partied similarly in my early 20s but it wasn't nearly as much fun as the summer following a heartbreak when I was 25- I partied hard.
 
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Eternal Pessimist

Eternal Pessimist

Student
Oct 16, 2019
179
I guess I'm one of those people who peaked in high school. It wasn't much of a peak, but things did get slightly better from what came before and I was content with life. Mostly what I remember and miss from those days is this feeling that things were going to work out for me in the end. I thought I had potential, and maybe I did but I wasted it.

After high school life has been going downhill and I think I passed the point of no return a while ago. I guess there's always hope that things will improve, but I'm not interested in trying anymore.
 
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BeansOfRequirement

BeansOfRequirement

Behind the guilt was compassion
Jan 26, 2021
5,753
My best years have yet to come!
They will be all of the years after I die
 
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NodusTollens

NodusTollens

Nov 17, 2020
989
I guess I'm one of those people who peaked in high school. It wasn't much of a peak, but things did get slightly better from what came before and I was content with life. Mostly what I remember and miss from those days is this feeling that things were going to work out for me in the end. I thought I had potential, and maybe I did but I wasted it.

After high school life has been going downhill and I think I passed the point of no return a while ago. I guess there's always hope that things will improve, but I'm not interested in trying anymore.
I both understand where you're coming from & share the sentiment. Sorry to hear life's got you feeling so hopeless.
 
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CogitoMori

Student
Oct 21, 2024
172
When I just moved to a new place and actually had hope. I was also in denial about how poorly I was being treated at work until a couple years in, so I peaked at fucking mcdonalds. Life is a joke.
 
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ijustwishtodie

ijustwishtodie

death will be my ultimate bliss
Oct 29, 2023
5,323
The years before I was born
 
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untothedepths

untothedepths

ego death, then death
Mar 20, 2023
593
honestly honestly honestly honestly honestly honestly?

bits and pieces of my childhood, not all of it. when around nature and watching my favorite shows.playing pretend by myself not judged, imaging myself in those universes of my show with my own stories like a total fucking loser that i was .

wish a bear or wolf came out and mauled me, ripped me to bits and got away, got to be full for another night.
 
LostLily

LostLily

Why do I exist?
Nov 18, 2024
297
Middle school. Because I made my first group of friends then and my grades were stellar . Honestly it been downhill since then
 

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