r/millenials

Mr. Fetus here again, ever since I've been playing old wii and ds games about Mario, I wonder which games did some of you used to play? I'd love to hear some of your favorite games that you greatly favored back in the day. I was mostly a Mario fan in my childhood and I've desired to get back into the mario games because those were very fun.

Honestly, if you’re feeling the same how do you cope?

I was born in 1993 and I’m struggling with so much about getting older.

I’m struggling with the aging transition, I don’t like how I feel in myself anymore, I feel like I’m lost and stuck in this new older body.

I know I’m not old yet but time is flying by, more aging signs are showing up that are clouding my optimism and excitement for life nowadays. I used to feel so sure of myself, like I could do anything and like I had so much time. I know I still do, but that time also now comes with setbacks that are because of age. I still hopefully have 50 years left, but most of those are taken up by aging. In my 40’s I won’t feel as energetic as I do now, and then that’ll probably come with a lot of loss. Then the menopause will hit and that’s more loss of health, energy, time and my hormones.

As well as this I feel like I’m experiencing the feeling of time passing much differently. Days are flying by, I can’t quite grasp that it’s nearly May?!

I’m watching everyone I love get older, and it feels like a living nightmare.

Aging honestly sucks. I know it’s a gift, but it also feels quite horrible changing, no longer feeling secure or like myself in my younger version of myself, watching my parents show signs of aging, seeing my friends youthful optimism and excitement slowly shift.

Also I felt so happy in who I was in my 20’s, and people used to tell me I was a kind person who they like, and now I’m shifting into someone who isn’t as soft and as optimistic because I don’t feel like I look or am her anymore?

I could talk for a long time about how much I’m struggling deeply with this physical metamorphosis I didn’t sign up for.

I just want more time to stay young and healthy. I feel like aging is a curse and takes so much from us.

- black slim fit suit jacket/blazer

- white t-shirt incredibly distressed and with slight v-neck

- black leather studded belt with obnoxious buckle

- skinny jeans that are distressed in front, rhinestones on back pockets, and “dirty washed indigo” color, and slight leg flair

- some sort of leather or suede laceless boots in dark brown or black

- cashmere scarf

I am a 20 F and I despise lots of things about my generation (especially the fake online lives we are built around). I really like spending time with millennials and we often share the same views, yet I feel like we have really different ways of communicating and I can’t always decipher their behavior/ intentions (especially through text). How do you guys view the whole online personality & texting thing? How can I solve the age gap misunderstandings?

does anyone else have a mouth full of fillings from the 90s or early 2000s, i swear most of mine are metal

What were some other things like this?

Hello everyone, I’m a 34F and I truly do not have anyone to talk about this. 😅 I need the collective perspective here.

I have been having new somatic responses to trigger topics, and the only thing that I can connect this to is the MDMA ego death I had a few months ago.

Backstory: I have pretty severe CPTSD from being raised in a cult, and do cycle through depressive episodes, but I am a generally healthy, fulfilled person. I have a fantastic therapist who I see every week. I do not partake in anything other than an occasional drink and an occasional gummy.

In December, my husband and I micro dosed MDMA. I have never taken it before, and even at the microdose, I was sure I was going to die. I thought I was gonna lose myself and become a shell of a body. The only thing that has come close to this experience was when I was giving birth to my kid. The birth was a beautiful experience and I recognize the ego death/rebirth that took place at that event.

I took it twice more in smaller doses that week, and had milder experiences (and great sex lol)

In the weeks that followed, I felt a sense of peace and acute awareness of my relationship with the world.

However, in the last couple months, I am experiencing an uncontrollable, somatic response to trigger topics. What I mean by this is, when I talk about my experiences in religion, my heart rate goes up, and I feel nausea, followed by a sense of doom. It feels similar to how I felt in December. I have been able to kick myself out of it by walking away or distracting myself, but it has become an acute experience.

Yesterday in therapy, I was talking about my past and began to shake and get lightheaded. Last week my husband brought up wanting to explore religion for himself and I ended up retching in the bathroom.

TL;DR

Acute somatic symptoms to trigger topics following MDMA in December, wondering if this is normal or if anyone has felt this way after MDMA.

If you had this, what tips or insight can you share?

I deeply appreciate hearing your experiences!

Society changes so rapidly it seems like every five years is a new decade. The social contract is broken and at this point it appears that everything is uncertain.

How’s everyone doing? Are yall surviving in this economy and keeping their head above water?

1988 Millennial here!

Why is our generation so obsessed with classifying ourselves as old!!!??

We've got a good 40 to 50 years left! Some of us are just starting out with our plans.

Why is our generation so ready to throw in the towel? I know we are tired but tired and old are two very different things.

AND most of us don't look our age at all!! Our parents looked WAY older than us at our ages, so what is with the label!?

Hi all. Fellow millennial here, with more and more friends either moving away or settling down with family, I was just wondering, how do you all find new friends to spend time with who share the same interests? Or is this just a me problem lol

I marked this as advice, but it was meant more as a discussion.