It seems like a common thing in my circles that people say age is just a number or that most people tend to feel a few to several years younger than they are. As most of my friends and I turn 40 I've heard many say that they still feel closer to 30 or late 20s aside for the odd health/body reminder or looking in the mirror.
I'm on the spectrum though and feel more like I've been stuck in my early 20s or basically consistent since then which is really starting to challenge some friendships and life-stage stuff. I go to friends gathering and it feels like hanging out with older people. Could this be a developmental thing? like, just not having enough life-experiences to move-on to what others naturally seem to? I feel like I've had a rich life but like my brain hasn't matured in the ways I expected or witnessed in others. It feels like I'm just starting to feel like a man rather than a boy –at 40.