Good morning everybody! I have been enjoying this EC experience immensely, and it just occurred to me that I am definitely one of the "senior" members.....makes me curious, how does age affect your life? I actually feel much younger than I am, perhaps due in part to my journey through self discovery these last few years, as well as surviving through more than a couple of health related issues. Your thoughts? Anyone here older than me?
I will cling to my inner child until the day I day. That's not to say I don't act mature in situations that require it, but I will never stop nor hide my liking of cartoons/anime, video games etc, or my my fantasies which are basically epic RPGs inside my head.
I am a bit older than you, and yes, I am enjoying the freedom that came with a divorce and discovering my sexuality, and indeed, it could be called a second adolescence, but I hesitate to call it a second youth. I definitely think differently from when I was young, I find in fact that my mental capacity has expanded greatly. I find it easy to synthesize and combine things in original ways, I have a fluidity of thought and action that is like nothing before. I cherish this "maturity" very much, and I feel it is a kind of accomplishment.
I am a little younger than you, and I too feel that I'm younger than my chronological age because of my journey of discovery. Finally being able to come out as gay has lifted a huge burden from me. I'm experiencing my second adolescence as a gay man. Plus I'm a big kid at heart. All of these factors have renewed my interest in life at midlife.
