I wonder whether getting old means (a) I'm just more prone to stress expressing itself with physical symptoms (e.g. there is not enough acid-reflux medicine in the world), or (b) I've always been having these reactions and being older means I'm settled enough and aware enough of my body to detect that it's happening and be annoyed by it, rather than just flop into fight-or-flight spirals of madness.
I thought "I'm getting too old for this shit" was just something for retiring cops in buddy-movies to say, but now I know what it means. These stress roller-coasters just take more out of the various chemical reservoirs than I have to give.
That Fivethirtyeight tracker (which I think you guys were reacting to) was a fucking misbegotten bit of nonsense I thought they knew better than to do.
I'm swinging between optimism and pessimism.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't even matter. The world ended two years ago.
ReplyDelete90% is less nerve making.
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether getting old means (a) I'm just more prone to stress expressing itself with physical symptoms (e.g. there is not enough acid-reflux medicine in the world), or (b) I've always been having these reactions and being older means I'm settled enough and aware enough of my body to detect that it's happening and be annoyed by it, rather than just flop into fight-or-flight spirals of madness.
ReplyDeleteAnd less of a buffer in them body chemicals, which I feel like is a third option: the kids are reslient while still having the stress reactions.
ReplyDeleteI thought "I'm getting too old for this shit" was just something for retiring cops in buddy-movies to say, but now I know what it means. These stress roller-coasters just take more out of the various chemical reservoirs than I have to give.
ReplyDeleteI think so.
ReplyDeleteTony, we should go to bed. But who could sleep?
14 in 15. I think I can leave the computer.
ReplyDeleteThat Fivethirtyeight tracker (which I think you guys were reacting to) was a fucking misbegotten bit of nonsense I thought they knew better than to do.
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