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48 .. the worst thing is the need for reading glasses.. grabs you by surprise at 45 ish and disappers over a cliff soon after.. had the heart attacks OHS strokes so i m looking forward to a peaceful retirement and a sudden passing painlessy whilst sleeping aged 101
[b]gunner[/b] that's largely a crock...
1) Diabetes sometimes presents with repeated infections - not usually bruising. Think Leukaemia, Thrombocytopenia etc etc by all means... but capillary fragility and "senile Purpura" does also occur with age.... Usually not pre 60 though.
2) REM sleep does not last 4 hours a night... 2 hrs a night max.
3) People who are sleep deprived in experiments for several days, rapidly get back to normality with relatively few hours additional sleep. The "sleep is necessary to process chemicals" theory is totally unproven. There are other good "memory processing" or "evolutionary advantage" models.
4) Sleep deprivation [i]has[/i] been shown to be harmful. How much of that is about disruption of circadian rhythms as in shift work or how much is because poor health (COPD, OSA, Depression etc) often leads to sleep deprivation, I'd be interested to know. Do you have any evidence?
50. No kids, no sleep problems.
46. no kids, no sleep problems...
but the gout (thanks mum), the stiff knees (which may be related to) the flat feet, the diabetes (thanks dad) & the grey hair (thanks dad, again) are now starting to bug me.
and my single vision glasses are starting to seem distinctly underpowered for close-up work 🙁
42 y o here .
Neeed a routine to get a good nights sleep ( 8 hours ) and suffer if only get 7 ish a night . Hate getting up for a pee 3 hours after going to bed . Realising that what i am now is about as good as its ever going to get .
I wont have kids , i wont ever win anything , or get any fitter / faster.
Everything hurts after a couple of hours on the bike . Old injuries hurt more in the cold weather .
Drinking need strategic planning if the next day is not going to be a mongfest. Cuts / bruises take forever to heal .
Notice the cold wind alot more. wont go out and end up on someones floor anymore .
wont go out and end up on someones floor anymore .
amen to that.
if I go out, I go locally, or I drive & don't drink.
If I go into Leeds, for example, I really do not like watching the clock for the last train home, and I'm too tight to pay for a taxi or hotel room