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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
21 hours ago

I'm 66 and I've watched men my age harden into bitterness in retirement - and the ones who don't all seem to have one thing in common - Silicon Canals

Retirement isolation and loss of identity drive bitterness in men, while those who maintain social connections and emotional openness adapt successfully to retirement.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

The specific kind of loneliness that hits people in their forties isn't about having no one around. It's about realizing you spent two decades building a life that looks exactly right from the outside while quietly starving the parts of yourself that needed something you never made room for. - Silicon Canals

Middle-aged adults experience profound loneliness not from isolation but from abandoning their authentic selves while pursuing external success markers like career, family, and financial stability.
Philosophy
fromRatfactor
3 weeks ago

A programmer's loss of identity

A person can lose the social identity of "computer programmer" despite still programming, because social identity depends on community belonging.
#breakup
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago
Relationships

Should You Start Dating Right After a Breakup?

A breakup often hurts more from losing parts of yourself—identity, boundaries, voice—than from losing the other person.
fromPsychology Today
9 months ago
Relationships

Why Breakups Hurt More Than You Expect

Breakups lead to grieving not only lost love but also the future once envisioned together.
Emotional voids can be overwhelming as identities formed in relationships dissipate.
more#breakup
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

When my college football career ended, I hit rock bottom. Losing over 100 pounds helped me get my life back on track.

When my D1 college football career ended, I didn't just lose the game. I lost my identity. Football had structured my entire life: my schedule, my body, my purpose. When that structure disappeared, I didn't know who I was anymore. I had been living what I now recognize as a lukewarm lifestyle, doing just enough to get by, but not anchored in anything solid. Without football, there was nothing left to lean on.
Mental health
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

It felt amazing to be on the start line again': the rugby pro who became paralysed and is aiming for the Paralympic Games

A car crash left a former professional rugby player paralysed from the chest down, necessitating tracheostomy, extensive rehabilitation, identity adjustment, and relearning basic daily tasks.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Why the Holidays Can Awaken Grief for Who We Used to Be

Holiday sensory cues can reactivate emotional memories, provoking grief for lost roles, identities, and past selves even when present life is stable.
Travel
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

I've lived abroad for 10 years. I no longer belong anywhere.

Long-term expat life causes loss of fixed identity and home, creating a scattered heart and a lasting sense of international homelessness.
Film
fromInverse
4 months ago

Behind The Surprisingly Dark Origin Of 2025's Most Harrowing Psychological Thriller

A caregiver’s identity erodes amid chronic caretaking, inspiring a surreal psychological tale of a mother's breakdown anchored by Rose Byrne’s intense performance.
Mental health
fromTiny Buddha
6 months ago

The Questions That Helped Me Reclaim My Life - Tiny Buddha

Someone ignores a powerful internal warning and gradually loses parts of their identity while maintaining a picture-perfect marriage and outward appearance of happiness.
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

Grief Isn't Only About Death

The loss of ability, relationships, and identity due to mental illness can create a profound layer of grief that is often overlooked.
Mental health
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