FitnessGuy
09-01-17, 23:37
Good evening to all. I came across this forum because I've been experiencing anxiety about the passing of time and stressing about how quickly life is passing by. I read through a few posts about this there seems to be a common theme, namely, those of us that experience this anxiety are in our 30s. I have a theory as to why this is the case and I would like to run it by this group to see if it makes sense to any of you.
My theory is this: we (people in general and those suffering from anxiety in particular) seem to notice/fret about how quickly time passes in our 30s for two reasons. First, after living for thirty years, one year is a much smaller percentage of the total time we have lived then it is when we were younger. One year seems much longer to a four year old, for example, because it makes up 25% of their life! By the time your 30, one year is only 3%. We this perspective time seems to speed up.
The second reason I think we notice time flying by in our 30s is because at this age, we often start to lose people we love. Everyone in their 20s/30s when we were born is now in their 50s/60s and getting closer to the average age of death. We realize that they are only 20/30 years ahead of us and realize how quickly we will arrive where they are.
Sorry for the lengthy post but I wanted to get your thoughts. I seem to deal with anxiety better when I try to come up with rationale for some of the stress.
My theory is this: we (people in general and those suffering from anxiety in particular) seem to notice/fret about how quickly time passes in our 30s for two reasons. First, after living for thirty years, one year is a much smaller percentage of the total time we have lived then it is when we were younger. One year seems much longer to a four year old, for example, because it makes up 25% of their life! By the time your 30, one year is only 3%. We this perspective time seems to speed up.
The second reason I think we notice time flying by in our 30s is because at this age, we often start to lose people we love. Everyone in their 20s/30s when we were born is now in their 50s/60s and getting closer to the average age of death. We realize that they are only 20/30 years ahead of us and realize how quickly we will arrive where they are.
Sorry for the lengthy post but I wanted to get your thoughts. I seem to deal with anxiety better when I try to come up with rationale for some of the stress.