It can be but it's more old age increases your risk of the worst if conditions.
Had a family member get dementia when they got older, they went from the friendliest, chatty and extroverted guy to a reclusive, nervous wreck over the span of 3 years, fuck that condition.
He's 87. He's always been a bit fucking weird (well, since at least, say, the 70s), but I feel like that is the least surprising thing in the world...
Life experience like that (being "the chosen one", leading your people into exile, et al) will fuck you up. It's just that we never saw it on camera quite like this before...
Not sure how old the Dalai Lama is but I expect that somewhere between 75-80 you start losing your marbles.
My dad is 83, and he’ll still kick your ass and tell you why. Old age is an alibi abused by many elder folks.
It can be but it's more old age increases your risk of the worst if conditions.
Had a family member get dementia when they got older, they went from the friendliest, chatty and extroverted guy to a reclusive, nervous wreck over the span of 3 years, fuck that condition.
Haha your last paragraph describes me over the last 3-4 years.
Kind of also me, to be honest…
I got really, really bad during the pandemic. But even before that, there was a time where I was struggling to even talk to most people…
I’m “better” now, in that sense, but my life is also much worse…
It hasn’t been a great trade, tbh. 😔
Hope you hold in there. But I do, genuinely, understand how you feel. 😑
Ignorance is bliss huh?
Your last paragraph - yeah…
Really, yes.
Frankly I think a lot of people are just barely hanging in there.
He's 87. He's always been a bit fucking weird (well, since at least, say, the 70s), but I feel like that is the least surprising thing in the world...
Life experience like that (being "the chosen one", leading your people into exile, et al) will fuck you up. It's just that we never saw it on camera quite like this before...
See also: Pu Yi, the last emperor of China...