Im only 25 and my shit is fucked, when I was 18 i convinced myself I was invincible and at the time I really felt like it.
Ive been skateboarding for 13 years, jumping down stairs and buildings without stretching or resting
Been a career musician for 6 years jumping up and down on stage and moshing almost every weekend, pounding alcohol every night
My knees, back, ankles and neck are beyond fucked and I’m so young.
I simply can’t imagine the pain I’m going to be in by the time I’m 35-40, i can barely bend down without something aching, cracking or pulling.
I’m in physio, get massages, have a back brace, etc. it helps alleviate some of the pain but I’m certain I’ve done irreparable damage to my body through over a decade of neglect, with alcohol and medicinal weed being the only things that help numb the chronic pain.
I don’t regret all of it, I regret some of it, but throughout it all I wish I would’ve been smarter and listened to my parents when they said this would happen.
Please take care of your body, it will thank you in the long run.
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I’m only 21, and in the span of three years that passed since I was 18, I can already feel my body deteriorating. Poor choices made as a teen that never affected me before are coming back to haunt me. Yes, please take care of yourself. Exercise, eat as healthy as you can, and don’t skip on your hygiene, etc. You’ll regret it if you do.
I e never understood why people do this to their body. You only get one don’t ruin it
I am the 35-40 year old you mentioned. I literally wake up at least once every hour or two when I sleep because my hips are hurting. My comfy ass bed is too much for my joints to take! And the noises I make, when I go from sitting on the edge of the bed to standing up? You would’ve thought I was suffering from a gunshot wound, with the groaning I do and the gunfire that is my knees/back.
I work factory work, and always have pretty much, and I’ve heard the safety guy say over and over “lift with your legs not your back!” And “spend 60 seconds stretching and your body will thank you all day!” And… I didn’t NOT believe him, it was mostly just the mindset of “that’s all fine for you, Mister Office Worker, but I have things to do! I can’t say I would change things if I could go back and get a do-over, but I sure as hell would have put more thought into it.