Lammastide said:

JustErin said:

Same here...by 29 I had suffered a complete mental meltdown, developed a heart condition due to stress and fell into a severe depression but it led to me starting to deal with my drinking issues.

It's interesting. I was just reading about the whole Return of Saturn thing that astrologers push -- that with Saturn returning to the position it was in at the time of a person's birth (a roughly 29-year occurrence), big changes -- some life-ending -- happen particularly around this time. I don't much buy astrological arguments, but it is interesting to see that this time brings pretty big shifts for many people, good or bad. I chalk it up to being a marked point in maturation for people, a "second puberty" in a way.

[Edited 7/23/11 18:05pm]

The Saturn return can be traumatic for a lot of people. Big adjustments to a new phase of life and all that.

I was so busy and stressed out i don't remember being 27. That sounds sad, but too late now to worry about it.

I learned of the return of saturn the year it was happening to me and that year sucked! I didn't feel so lost anymore... it was more like I knew I was lost and didn't care anymore. It just SUCKED!. My mother had to take care of me a lot that year and that was the year that I realized as far as humans go, none top her. It was like I was a baby all over again.

Out of all the troubled years, 29 is the year that my thinking patterns changed the most I think.

I want to join that club!

TylerHippie said:

I want to join that club!

well then start drinking now...

RenHoek said:

TylerHippie said:

I want to join that club!

well then start drinking now...

I was thinking about just shooting my self. AHA

Timmy84 said:

+1

But whatever.

Mm, no. By 27 my behavior was really pretty mellow. I drank occasionally (its never really been my thing), but had already started being the regular designated driver. I smoked herb, but otherwise I was clean. I was still going to raves most Friday and Saturday nights, staying out until the sun came up. But I was doing it on coffee alone and enjoying it all the same.

From 14 to 25, though... shiiiit. I probably should have died quite a few times during those years. I did a lot of risky, stupid and highly illegal shit, so it won't be talked about. But I had a serious attachment to acid and did far too much speed between 17 and 25. From like, 19 to 23 I was staying up for two or three days straight at least once a week, going to four or five raves a week, and that was the SAFE part of my life.

Yes 27 was a pivotal age for me. I moved to the Northwest and created a new chapter. I can't imagine how different my life might be if I didn't leave my hometown. Not bad, just different. I've met so many amazing people and experienced so much more since I've been living on the left coast.

We had just bought our house, I'd got a new job and was planning my wedding I was playing grown-ups

Lammastide said:

Thinking back to 27, what were you doing? And, in hindsight, would you now say that behavior was much riskier than the behavior that characterized other parts of your life?

I...I can't seem to remember...

My dad had died a year before and I was in the middle of a courtcase to fight for the right to stay in my apartment at that time (I won that a year later ) and I don't recall any risky behaviour from that time. I was in a happy relationship, trying to build up a life with my man, doing loads of travelling and other distractions to find new joy in life after the long time of having had to deal with my dad having been seriously ill for so many years.

Hmm... I won't say.

But in my early 20's friends around my age said they couldn't see themselves living past the age of 27 and saw no future and that they couldn't see themselves as an elderly person. I remember being in this same mindset but made it past and no longer fear the future.

The part of age 27 that I remember most is being mum to a 17 month old and a newborn, selling our 'dream home' because it was actually a nightmare and never feeling so fat in my whole life. It was an emotionally draining time, but all worked out great.

No @ 27 which was just last year my life was thankfully on the right track...between ages 20 and 23 life was tough for me because I suffered personal tragedy and tremendous loss and went into a deep depression that I thought I'd never get out of...but I've never been one to turn to drugs or alcohol for help....and with a lot of support and help I got through it. I'm always scared about something that may happen that would put me back into depression because it's a hole I never wanna go down into again. I've never even thought about doing drugs or alcohol recreationally....I am able to have a good time without being high or wasted.

By 25 I'd acheived most of what I wanted to by that age and it's been that way till now..I still have higher goals to reach but I'm happy with where I am at now.....My mum would disagree because she wanted some grandbabies by now but that really isn't one my goals at the moment.

I turned 27 in fall '09...it started off great, went to see Maxwell in concert on my birthday with my boyfriend at the time...I had earned my MBA that spring, I had a decent paying job, I was living on my own and I was enjoying life. Any wreckless behavior at 27? I was say no, nothing extreme, though I made a few decisions that I look back now and ask wtf was I thinking . One of those included letting my boyfriend at the time move in with me. I was convinced that he was right for me, though deep down I knew that he wasn't all that I wanted, but since he treated me right I tried to justify that for sticking it out....surely eventually, our relationship burned out, I realized I didn't really, truly love him (mostly because I was still in love with my ex before him and never took the time to deal with those feelings to get over him) and therefore, he needed to move out. So that was basically my year 27. When I turned 28 (my age now) I can say that I've had to deal with a lot emotionally and have had a few deep depression moments (about various issues) where I've felt that I've been walking around with a grey cloud over me even though outside it was bright sunny and beautiful. So I'm still a work in progress.

Timmy84 said:

The heck does that mean!?

Is that an "I'd rather forget" or a "yet another stupid Lammastide thread!?!?" look of resignation?

C'mon! Drop it on us!

Lammastide said:

Timmy84 said:

The heck does that mean!?

Is that an "I'd rather forget" or a "yet another stupid Lammastide thread!?!?" look of resignation?

C'mon! Drop it on us!

I'm thinking it was in response to Tylerhippie's wanting to "join that club" statement. I gave that face too when I read it but didn't care to post it.

[Edited 7/24/11 7:18am]

Lammastide said:

Timmy84 said:

The heck does that mean!?

Is that an "I'd rather forget" or a "yet another stupid Lammastide thread!?!?" look of resignation?

C'mon! Drop it on us!

I'm pretty sure it was in response to the post above his.

At 27 I started a relationship, was ready for engagement, had plans... DAMN this guy was the worst mofo!!!!

27 was a bad year for me.

I was seperating from my Ex husband and developing all kinds of unhealthy addictions.

I have since kicked the addictions and the husband to the curb.

My life actually became more tame when I turned 27. I had just bought my house and paid off my car. I was coming into new responsibilities and simply didn't have to money to go out and party like I did when I lived in my one bedroom apartment.

Lammastide said:

JustErin said:

Same here...by 29 I had suffered a complete mental meltdown, developed a heart condition due to stress and fell into a severe depression but it led to me starting to deal with my drinking issues.

It's interesting. I was just reading about the whole Return of Saturn thing that astrologers push -- that with Saturn returning to the position it was in at the time of a person's birth (a roughly 29-year occurrence), big changes -- some life-ending -- happen particularly around this time. I don't much buy astrological arguments, but it is interesting to see that this time brings pretty big shifts for many people, good or bad. I chalk it up to being a marked point in maturation for people, a "second puberty" in a way.

[Edited 7/23/11 18:05pm]

Yes I agree with this too - I was interested to read about a Saturn return too, it happens every 29.5 years apparently and for me since I've been that age a lot of spiritual, emotional and life changes have happened to me and are still ongoing...

Lammastide said:

Timmy84 said:

The heck does that mean!?

Is that an "I'd rather forget" or a "yet another stupid Lammastide thread!?!?" look of resignation?

C'mon! Drop it on us!

It was to Tyler.

Hell, I'm 26 Last thing I wanna face next year is DEATH

JoeTyler said:

Hell, I'm 26 Last thing I wanna face next year is DEATH

I doubt that'll happen. Live your life.

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

Hell, I'm 26 Last thing I wanna face next year is DEATH

I doubt that'll happen. Live your life.

you know, people keep asking me "what's your goal?", and I say "I wanna come full circle"; people: "ohh, tell me more about it" and I say "well, I was born in 1985, I wanna die in 2085"

dyin' at 27 years old is so fuckin' terrifying and TRAGIC

[Edited 7/24/11 15:38pm]

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

I doubt that'll happen. Live your life.

you know, people keep telling me "what's your goal?", and I say "I wanna come full circle"; people: "ohh, tell me more about it" and I say "well, I was born in 1985, I wanna die in 2085"

Perfect answer.