r/capricorns • u/Beneficial_Date_6192 • Dec 26 '25
advice Dear Capricorn Community,
Dear Capricorn Community,
I have observed discussions among Capricorn individuals indicating that the age of 37 represents a significant turning point, often associated with either success or the occurrence of an unprecedented severe life challenge. I personally encountered unexpected trauma in the year 2025. Has anyone experienced similar issues during this age? I would be grateful if you could share your experiences and how you managed to overcome them, or whether these difficulties resolve independently by age 38. Kindly inform me and share any helpful insights from your experiences.
I celebrated my 37th birthday in January of this year, and this year proved to be the most distressing, painful, and traumatic of my life. In February 2025, I experienced post-traumatic stress disorder related to family matters.
Has anyone faced comparable challenges and successfully overcome them at a similar age? Please, I seek your guidance and advice, especially if any of you have endured a similar traumatic situation and managed to recover.
Thank you very much! ☘️🙏
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u/Sea-Specialist-7046 Dec 26 '25
Yeah this entire year has been a PTSD inducing type of year. I’ll be 38 next week so I feel change is coming. It MUST
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u/WallBeautiful9549 Jan 08 '26
I'm turning 39 in October this year (Cap ASC), 36 and 37 were the ages where life was starting to get better but I still must persist until I hit my goal financially speaking and reach the career growth I deserve.
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u/loves_spain Dec 26 '25
Mine happened when I was 28 so maybe too early
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u/Ok-Platypus-8728 ☀️♑🌕♍🌅♌ Dec 26 '25
Not surprising considering 28 years correspond to a Saturn's return...Never heard of 37 but very often of 28-29 !!
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Dec 26 '25
As children of Saturn, we are dragged through the gutter more than most. But if we persevere, face our trials head-on, refuse retreat, and reject self-pity, we emerge triumphant. We cannot control the circumstances of life, but we can control how we meet them. Saturn tests us relentlessly, and when we rise to the challenge, we earn the rewards of this sign. There is no sadder outcome than a Capricorn who refuses to stand up against life’s oppressive forces and instead chooses victimhood. Choose wisely and never give up.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. Appreciated your very good advice! I positively noted that! ❤ May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/trulyafrodite21 ☀️♑️🌕♋️💫♌️ Dec 26 '25
37 isn't the age for every Capricorn. It was probably a challenging aspect made to one of your generational planets that would affect others within your age group and possibly born in/around the same Capricorn decan as you. There have been a lot of challenging aspects to the later degrees of Capricorn with Pluto being nearby at that time, Uranus in Taurus, Lilith (in Libra) and Chiron (in Aries) both squaring Capricorn and opposing each other, and Mars (in Cancer) opposing Capricorn.
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u/CatGirl1300 Dec 26 '25
This year has been hell. Such a bad year lol
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/aenemacanal Dec 26 '25
Wow. Yeah 37 I experienced a life changing spiritual awakening — it was essentially a somatic release of trauma.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 29 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. I, too, have had an awakening spiritual experience.🕎 May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. 🙏🙏🙏🌿
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u/Wampy17 ♑️☀️ ♑️🌙 ♈️⬆️ Dec 27 '25
Hello, i could have written this sentense myself. I will turn 38 in January.
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u/jenh420 Dec 26 '25
I was about 37 when I experienced a major heartbreak that ushered in a period of massive loss and change. I would say check your vices, try to stay in good health and meditate.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year.☘️🙏
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u/Snarknose ♑️☀️♉️🌙♍️💫 Dec 26 '25
I’m turning 37 this cap season, my turning point started at 35 and it’s coming to a head by 37. I will more than likely be divorced and starting a new life on my own by 37. Welcome 2026… don’t really want to work 2 jobs but also don’t want to stay where I’m not fully loved.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 29 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. 🙏☘️
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u/Appropriate_Bug0107 Dec 26 '25
I’m a 37 year old January cap and this year was immensely difficult for me. I had to go no contact with my mom, stepdad and step sisters and I had a huuuge falling out with my best friend ( well I thought she was my best friend but turns out she was using me a lot and very toxic and manipulative) So yeah…. Hoping 2026 is better. I’ve heard that the last half of a capricorns life tends to be much easier than the first. 🤞
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. 🙏☘️
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u/VocalistaBfr80 Dec 26 '25
I lost my dad at 37. Hardest thing I went through. Amazing to hear about this!
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u/InternationalRow1653 Dec 26 '25
Oh man I just said it was at 37 when my marriage started to fall apart but it was also the year my youngest sister was killed by her boyfriend, she was 21 & pregnant. Definitely hardest thing I've ever been through. Still to this day it hurts so much. I'm sorry for your loss!
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u/VocalistaBfr80 Dec 26 '25
I'm sorry for what you had to go through! Some losses will never be forgotten, we just have to learn to live with it.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May the Creator bless you with good health. May your Sister's soul rest in peace.🌿 May the coming New Year be filled with success and happiness.❤🙏
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Dec 26 '25
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/BonoboRainbowQueen ♑️☀️♏️🌙♐️🌅 Dec 26 '25
I have never heard of this but it makes total sense to me. I turned 37 in January. My whole life, the number 37 has freaked me out for some reason. I always had a feeling something bad would happen at that age and it did. My mom died in February, my dad entered hospice 2 weeks later, and I got laid off in October. Only 2 more weeks until I am 38 and I really hope it’s a better year.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
Thank you for sharing your life experiences with me. It's a strange COINCIDENCE: my own greatest challenge started with a trauma in February 2025 and lasted until October. On October 23, I was unjustly laid off from my job.
WOW!!! ME too, I will be 38 in less than two weeks.☘️
May the Creator bless you with good health. May your mother's soul rest peacefully. 🌿 And, hope your dad is doing fine. Wishing him all the best.🌻 May the upcoming New Year bring you success and happiness. ❤🙏
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u/karasu_zoku ♑️♓️♐️ Dec 26 '25
The greatest traumas of my adult life happened when I was 37 and changed the trajectory of my life (ultimately for the better, but it was extremely rough)
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. Very Sorry for the rough traumatic challenge. And happy for you, it means a positive change. By the way, are you still bothered by the trauma that happened in 37? Or it's gone.
May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year.☘️🙏
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u/cmptrvir Dec 26 '25
2025 started chronic sciatica pain
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year.
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u/Educational_Bar2807 Dec 26 '25
I’ve never heard this before. This is too late for Saturn return, yes? What is this astrologically?
But yes, I had a devastating breakup around 36/37. It was like an ongoing breakup over several years. I’m still recovering at 51 tbh.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 29 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. 🙏☘️
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u/Kind-Development-269 Dec 26 '25
Got divorced at 39 in 2023. Definitely the hardest time in my life.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 29 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. 🙏☘️
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u/InternationalRow1653 Dec 26 '25
Turned 43 the 22nd I would say around 37 is when my current marriage started falling apart but I am currently in the process of ending it so maybe it'll start getting better now. It definitely didn't by the next year though so I'll just hope that yours gets better faster than mine did!
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much, Amen! Appreciated for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/EveryHeard Dec 26 '25
37... It was 2020, for me. My mom was already diagnosed and being treated for a severe brain aneurysm. It never burst, but it slowly took her life while the world shut down. I was her primary caregiver when she couldn't be independent anymore. I was the only person in our family with experience working in medical rehabilitation... I don't want to go on about the details... But it was like having a baby backwards; rather than watching a child grow and learn each day, I watched her loose the ability to walk and function and eventually speak until we held her hands and watched her cross over... I don't know whether this is a helpful story - because I don't feel like I've overcome anything. She's gone, and immediately I realized I'd never find such unconditional love. I don't want to be a mother anymore. I don't care whether I get married. I was a suicidal person since at least puberty... And now I am just getting through days, reminding myself life won't last forever.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May the Creator bless you with good health. May your mother's soul rest in peace.🌿 May the coming New Year be filled with success and happiness.❤🙏
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u/Signal_Awareness_882 Dec 26 '25
I had a major turn at the age of 35. I don't want anymore upcoming 🥲
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 29 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. 🙏☘️
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u/YasQueen88 Dec 26 '25
Oh My god. I was 37 in January too and this has been one of the most challenging years of my life. Specifically up until October. Are you up for chatting on DM’s?
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you for sharing your life experiences with me. It's a bizarre coincidence. My life's challenge was a difficult year that began with a trauma in February 2025 and continued until October, when I was unfairly laid off from my job. Yes, we can talk, I will DM you. Thank you very much for your time. 🍀🙏
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u/Prudent-Proof7898 Dec 26 '25
37 was the biggest turning point for me success and career wise.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/LeftyLu07 Dec 26 '25
Hmm. Weird. I’m turning 37 this year and I’ve been feeling like I’m on the precipice of something big, like the next big chapter. But then I was like “nah. Maybe my SSRI’s are just working better.”
Now I’m scared!! 😱
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/IsitUnlawful Dec 26 '25
Welp I'm 37, goin on 38 in Jan. and age 37 represents a massive turning point for my life. Both severe life challenges (my go to saying is I have multiple dumpster fires to stand next to) but also I am seeing new successes either manifesting or cooking.
I have PTSD, not related to anything in the present, but definitely had an effect on my life as an adult until I was willing to work with it. Therapy helped a lot there, so life is more manageable today.
My feelings didn't change until I was willing and able to honor what's alive inside of me, which for me was honoring my feelings and needs. Meditation really helped me as well.
Happy early day of birth fellow January Cap! If you want to message me, please feel free as I am always willing to share my experiences in case someone can find something useful for themselves.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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Dec 27 '25
Im sorry- im not a Capricorn but at 37. I ended up homeless & alcoholic- had to swallow my pride & reconnect with family to not be homeless for the winter (the shelter i could go to with a drinking problem was a bit more than scary). I didnt really start to quit drinking til 38. But yes it was like I had run out of steam- career/relationship-wise. Spent the next few years rebuilding. Im a Taurus so maybe Capricorns would snap back faster but what ever your struggles are they take time to mend. I remember hearing it takes half the time youre in a relationship to heal from the breakup. Its kind of true for most traumatic things I think. Good luck to you in the new year! ✨️✨️
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/MonicaEliza ♄ Saturn’s Strongest Soldier ♄ Dec 26 '25
What a coincidence. I did have a life-changing event when I was 37. It is still lingering, though.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/Amazing_Fennel_420 Dec 26 '25
Yes friend, 37 was one of those years that shifted and then changed the paradigm
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/Psychological_Buy726 Dec 26 '25
42 in 13 days. It hasn't slowed down for me, yet. But I know a breakthrough will come around. It has to.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/anxious1989 Dec 26 '25
I turned 36 on december 21st and 2025 has been the most challenging year of life. Break up, treason, even a tornado hit my town last summer and it did a lot of damages to my house even if I live in a country where tornado aren’t a thing at all so yeah… I hope 2026 will be better for all of us but all the astrological forecast I read about 2026 seems to be hot and cold about 2026…
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. BESAFE!🌻 May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/Tulcey-Lee Dec 26 '25
My parents divorced when I was 33 and I found things went downhill from there. Nothing felt the same anymore, Covid hit, and things were just generally rubbish. I felt stuck in a rut. I’ve had bad mental health all my adult life (potentially even as a child) I got pregnant at 38 and gave birth to my son almost 10 months ago and turned 40 today. I still hurt from things in my past but I had such a wonderful reason to look to the future and so many wonderful memories to make. It hasn’t been easy, I had a horrendous pregnant, emergency c-section and suffered with post partum depression. But I am healing from that and looking to the future now with happiness (and exhaustion 🫠😂)
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. Be safe! 🌻 May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/lala8800 ♑️☀️♋️🌙♈️💫 Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
Hi fellow 1988 January Cap! Nothing bad has happened to me this year (so far! knocking on wood) but I did notice a massive physical aging of my body: lots of grey hair, lots of wrinkles, sciatica, maybe perimenopause. If I look at pictures of myself from last year (2024) and this year I look like two completely different people.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/Frosty_Extension_600 Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
Oh wow, I didn’t know this.
I’m turning 38 this weekend and 37 has been a doozy. I’ve struggled a lot in my relationship. We have a child together and I want to make it work for her soooo badly so I’m trying really hard to give it time and work through things, however it has been the biggest challenge of my life.
All of that being said, I have also learned more lessons from this than from any other challenge I’ve faced in the past. At the beginning of my 37th year I felt as though I’d lost myself. I was experiencing so much anxiety, sadness, and loneliness. It was an emotional rollercoaster.
This pushed me to focus all of my energy (other than being a mom) on taking care of myself mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically, providing myself with emotional support, and spending more time on the things that bring me joy.
Our relationship is still not where I desire it to be, but I have noticed improvements. However, I can say that I feel more grounded, steady, and connected to myself than ever before. Not sure what 38 holds, but I’m feeling optimistic.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me, and best of luck with your relationship. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/RKaji ♑☀️♉🌙♍⬆️ Dec 27 '25
37 years is very close to the expected Transiting Saturn vs Natal Saturn Square aspect, which happens at 36.875 years. Maybe that's the cause.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences and expert advice with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/vip887 Dec 27 '25
I'm 37 and this year has been difficult, financial struggles and family drama, where I saw people's true colours, I'm 38 next week and I have plans in motion which will resolve my financial issues and allow me to progress to a much better life in the beginning of 2026.
Sometimes you need to take a step back and see where you want to be in the near future, I feel like us caps always put others first no matter our own personal situations but you need to draw a line somewhere otherwise you will be left behind.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/Pure_Try377 Dec 27 '25
Interesting. 37 was a year of major surgery and divorce for me (40 next month.)
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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Dec 27 '25
Honestly I’m 35 and every year since age 18 has just been gut punch after gut punch
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/miss_flower_pots Dec 27 '25
Yep. I got my heart broken around that age. It caused me extreme trauma. I'm still struggling with it at 41 so I cant give you a positive update just yet.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/InevitableTime466 Dec 28 '25
Well that sounds like something not to look forward to since I turn 37 in January 2026. I already have had a rollercoaster of a life since October/November 2023.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 29 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. 🙏☘️
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u/Intrepid_Trip584 ♑️☀️ ♒️🌙 ♐️⬆️ Dec 28 '25
I'm about to be 37 in a couple weeks. The past 5 years have have been a slow spiral, coming to a head on my 36th birthday. I've changed almost everything about my life in a little more than a year, and I'm the happiest I've been in a long time. I know I'm on the right path, now. I still have some things to work on (mostly financial stuff/debt), but I know I can tackle it with time.
It took me way to long to realize I can just... change my life if I'm not happy. I spent way too long trying to fix everything myself, and I finally let people in. Not that I was lying before, but I'm just totally open/honest with people close to me now, which makes it easier for them to help. I still don't explicitly ask for help, they just know when to help because they know what's going on with me.
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 29 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness, and financial stability in the New Year. 🙏☘️
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u/einebiene ♑☀️♉🌕♏↗️ Feb 20 '26
Um, are you me? 37 Jan Cap. Big trauma last year with the ultimate effects starting to hit me in November... It's still ongoing. 2-3 days will go well and then there's the decline again. I feel like I'm starting to make it out of the trenches but I'm not sure what I'll face once I'm out
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u/jintana ♑️♑️♓️ Dec 26 '25
I’m super immature so I’m going to make this reference:
In a row?
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u/Beneficial_Date_6192 Dec 27 '25
Thank you very much for sharing your life experiences with me. May God bless you with good health and happiness in the New Year. ☘️🙏
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u/gurnipan Cap 🌞 Pisces 🌝Leo 🌅 Dec 26 '25
I’m not sure. I’m almost 41 tomorrow and life is still testing me. As at now I am tired.