Just turned 50 and feeling morbid

Good grief! I’ll be 70 in 10 days time and hope for at least another 20 years! Lots of things to see & do yet!

Cheer up, OP!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo

Reading this has made me smile I turn 60 in January and was wondering how I’d feel!

None of us know how long we will be here. Be grateful for each day you have and always find something in each day that has made you smile. Live fore now or you’ll miss so much.

Blimey if you’ve only got 20 years left I ve already gone I ve got kids older than you
I never thought that at 50 I got the best career I ever had at 53 and worked hard in it for 16 years
I m 74 and think that way now ( hoping I ve got another 15 useful years)
Goodness me your a baby get out there and strut your stuff

I hated it when I got to 50. Now that I'm 70, I wish I was 50!

Blimey, no, not at 50. I never gave a thought about how long I had left. I was running around like a two year old, at work.

Even now I intend, ideally, to reach at least mid to late 80's to see my twin GGC see 20 ! I'll will myself. It would be marvellous and this is my outlook as each year passes to watch all the GGC growing.
I saw my GC growing into their now 30's, so there's life in " this old dog yet ". D's heading towards their 60's and step-daughter 70 next month.
Step GD 50 next month, so how lucky and fortunate am I ??

Crumbs, not at 50! Give it another 20 years!

Is there something you've always wanted to do or try, to give you a new interest and perhaps a sense of achievement?
I know more than one person who started playing the piano as complete beginners in later life or after retirement, and have thoroughly enjoyed it.

I turned 70 not long ago and did feel that milestone somewhat, but do try not to dwell on it. (And preferably look in the mirror without my glasses on so I don't see every wrinkle, though this does carry the danger of not seeing the odd chin hair, so can't stick to it all the time.)

It was in my 50s that I finally found success with something I'd been working hard at for quite a while, and did an OU degree too.
Just as well I did both then - later years were very much taken up with elderly parents/in laws, and now grandchildren. I just wish my energy levels were as good as when I was 50.

If you become depressed see a Dr or a therapist . X

I will just add best wishes to that. No one knows when they will go so live each day as if it is in case it is ?

Many do not make it to 50. Enjoy living whilst you are living.or else you will become like the living dead.

(that to Annabelle)

Average age of death in the uk for women is 82.9. So you've, hopefully, got a bit more than 20 years left. Enjoy.

I’m 71 and thinking exactly what you’re thinking that with luck I’ll have 20 more years. I think most of us think of what the future will bring at each birthday but as we can’t hold back the passing years you have to grasp each one and live it.

Well I would have been 6 feet under for the last 18 months by now if that had been the case when I turned 50, if you see what I mean!
Who says you have “only” 20 years ahead of you?
You may well be depressed and if so I would urge you to seek help. Are you menopausal perhaps, or suffering from empty nest syndrome?
Do get help, as for age - it is only a number!

Not at 50!!!!

Are you menopausal?