What is the average bluelighter age?

[Jabberwocky]

i am most pleased for you MM, and you've given me some hope.

i know what you mean about picking up the slack with other parts of your body too, i get back and shoulder ache from subconsciously protecting my elbow. maybe i should decide all my symptoms are psychosomatic, there's a high chance a lot are, though the consultant said some pain is expected due to the position of pins in relation to nerves, and think them away. did you have any sort of psychological issues about your hips? i decided whilst lying on the snow, before treatment, that i deserved my injury and consider it a constant reminder of my own stupidity, and suspect this self-punishment attitude doesn't help.

 

[YellowPolkaDotHalo]

I have a healthy diet, and a healthy drug intake, and as much sex as I can get.

I'm not surprised shes got to be besotted..connoisseur of drugs, bringing her breakfast in bed, looking after the kids, walking the dog, good work ethic, GSOH.. Youre Gods gift mate..

BTW Am ageless, justified and ancient .. ' age cannot wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety' Shaky re Cleo

 

[Mailmonkey]

Yes I had lots of psychological issues....spending me 20's and early 30's going to various GP's being told there was nothing wrong with me wasn't good, but not the same sort of psychological issues that would have affected you. My problems were caused by a fairly rare disorder, i was born with mis-shapen joints, me ball joints were kind of egg shaped instead of spherical, so all through my life any large movement was just grinding away, I KNEW there was a problem from me early 20's, but getting anyone in the medical profession to see it was a nightmare.....

My psychological issues were based around a feeling that my life was basically over, once i was in me mid 30's I could walk and walk, but that was it, no range of flexion or abduction whatsoever, I felt ancient, my wife was very patient, but I couldn't see why she wanted to be with me, a prescription-drug addicted poor sleeper who was getting crapper and crapper at sex due to restricted movement, this crapness made me doubt myself so much, and led to other sexual dysfunctions, premature ejaculation, lack of confidence, and yeah, my psychological issues were certainly as debilitating as the physical restriction....My wife loved me, but I couldn't see how she'd want to stay with me, I thought my marriage was going to end, she'd be running off for affairs, i couldn't get involved with me son properly even as he grew up....was awful, i broke down in tears a few times with my consultant before we agreed on the replacements....and I'm not quick to show that sort of emotion. All I could see was future of disability and painkillers.

So hopefully, knockando, you can see why I feel fitter and healthier and happier now than I have for years

 

[Allein]

i am most pleased for you MM, and you've given me some hope.

i know what you mean about picking up the slack with other parts of your body too, i get back and shoulder ache from subconsciously protecting my elbow. maybe i should decide all my symptoms are psychosomatic, there's a high chance a lot are, though the consultant said some pain is expected due to the position of pins in relation to nerves, and think them away. did you have any sort of psychological issues about your hips? i decided whilst lying on the snow, before treatment, that i deserved my injury and consider it a constant reminder of my own stupidity, and suspect this self-punishment attitude doesn't help.

I've manage to avoid surgery so far but the knees will need attention at some point and they were talking about a new ligament years ago but it never happened.

You clearly have more severe issues than I but I don't regret a thing, I wouldnt have missed my years of ravin for anything else I've come across

 

[Safrolette]

I feel old. I'm well over 35 but not yet 40. Am I basically the old lady here or what?
I swear I was 22 just last year.

You are not the old lady on here I'm afraid. I'm well over forty, but still in the 40-49 bracket

...I feel healthier, younger and fitter physically than I did in me 20's, part of it is learning your limits...I honestly enjoy my life and what I do with it a lot more now than I did in my 20's...

Totally agree with Mailmonkey. Hope it will continue for a long time, touching wood %)

 

[effie]

*Phew* was feeling very old in BDD with all the 15 year old kiddies, thank fuck for EADD! Love how the discussion here has centered around aches and pains and dealing with arthritis!

 

[Allein]

^^^

I don't even want to think about that, I'll almost definitely end up with psoriatic arthritis developing at some point, but I'm old enough now to be a grumpy old git so its not all bad

We are slipping off topic a bit but Its all age related and we all love to discuss our aches and pains

 

[effie]

Nahh it's fine, it's more interesting than people going "I'm 18." "I'm 23." etc..

I'm heading for psoriatic arthritis too I suspect definitely best not to think about it ey!

 

[YellowPolkaDotHalo]

Cod liver oil is briliant for joints.

At about 35 I started finding random hairs on my chin which was something of an ordeal! . Its a boost in progesterone that causes it apparently. I could probably grow a Fu Man Chu goaty beard now.

 

[effie]

Haha :D yeah I've been considering cod liver oil for a while.. veggie but would make an exception to that. Might be fun to grow a beard.

Polkadots, you've not been in BDD in ages! Come back!!

/off topicness :D

 

[Jabberwocky]

All I could see was future of disability and painkillers.

So hopefully, knockando, you can see why I feel fitter and healthier and happier now than I have for years

i can see how you'd have felt like that, especially with it taking so long to find the problem. very glad your wife was so patient, and her patience clearly paid off!

atm- i don't regret the fun i've had, just pointlessly being at war with my own body, willing it to crumble and decay. i do still have issues about it, my kneejerk reaction to it not being healthy is to punish it, it can spiral easily.

and whats this about psoriatic arthritis? utter shite thats what it is. i have psoriasis. my boyf endearingly refers to it as my cirrhosis.

 

[effie]

Chinup, not everyone with psoriasis gets psoriatic arthritis, "up to 30%" do according to wikipedia, I'd thought it was about 25%. There are a few things that make it more likely like nail pitting etc.. *psoriasis sufferes unite*

(EADD ailments club, love it)

 

[YellowPolkaDotHalo]

Haha :D yeah I've been considering cod liver oil for a while.. veggie but would make an exception to that. Might be fun to grow a beard.

Polkadots, you've not been in BDD in ages! Come back!!

/off topicness :D

I intend to sweetness. Its a bit 'duuude' for me at times and I feel a bit like I'm sorta 'getting down wid the kids' .
I'm not keen on being the token, addled drug, doyenne.. :D

 

[effie]

Yeah we have way too many adolescent boys in there hehe.. that's why I need you back! You're not a token anything my love :D

 

[scrooloose]

big up to the 0ver 4osmentally im 10

btw missy halo im sorry for unfoundadly being an horrible cunnt 2 u

 

[Mailmonkey]

Yeah I feel safe with all the old gippers in here, sometimes go into psychedelic forum, but not often....

Are we the oldest forum on BL?

( and I not dissing all you twentysomethings, you're all pretty fuckin ace in here, certainly compared to the 20sthgs in some of the other forums *cough cough* ecstacy discussion 8) *cough cough*)

 

[effie]

Oi, don't you be dissing other forums, BDD and TDS are pretty awesome (obviously, as I mod them ) Although I am really enjoying being back here I must say :D

 

[Allein]

and whats this about psoriatic arthritis? utter shite thats what it is. i have psoriasis. my boyf endearingly refers to it as my cirrhosis.

I know one person who has it badly and she's only in her late 20's, I'm in the high risk category having suffered from acute psoriasis, at more than one point in my life I've hit 40% coverage and required some quite serious medical intervention.

Effie (obviously) is quite correct pitted finger nails are a sign that you may be starting to develop it the pitting on mine comes and goes, at the moment my psoriasis is down to just a few small patches but this is after years of working on a management scheme and sticking to it, baths in paraffin oil and a special vitamin D analogue cream twice daily, everyday without fail.

My advice to anyone who has the condition is do not ignore it it begets itself and before you know it you can be a right mess and its a hard road to fight your way back to what was just a minor irritation.

So endeth the sermon of 23, twas off topic and poorly written but that what you get for reading stuff off the internet

 

[mydrugbuddy]

I'm another member of the over 40s brigade. Any other old buggers having the midlife "crisis" ?

From a recent bbc article

"Common versions of the "crisis" frequently involve a variable mix of three phenomena occurring some time in the male 40s.

First, a degree of emotional flux and uncertainty - an "intrapsychic" reorganisation. Second, humiliating urges to seek out the romantic attentions of younger women. Third, a tendency to revert to childish behaviours, interests and recreational activities."

It's scary how accurate that description is. Im not really in any crisis as such TBH, but i sometimes wonder if this is why i started taking drugs again a couple of years ago. After being a confirmed druggie in my teens and twenties, i barely touched drugs for most of my 30s apart from a few occasional tokes when some generous fella happened to pass a joint in my direction.

I must admit i dont think i would have got back into drugs atall if it wasnt for the emergence and easy availabilty of Mephedrone a couple of years ago.

 

[ructions]

Wow, Bluelight is mostly 18 to 22 year olds! I'm 39, i'm gonna be 40 way too soon!!! But everyone generally gets on real well on here regardless of age! Now i have got a few immature comments on here from one or two people, for example when i posted outside the heroin threads when i first started using Bluelight i was told to "get back to my smack thread" & a few other silly comments like that! But there has always been drug snobbery when it comes to heroin, some people think its ok to use other drugs but they think heroin users are scumbags!

But i find 99% of people on Bluelight really sound regardless of age!!! So its all good!!!! XXX