I feel this joke in my bones.

Early 40s, in the best shape of my life. Jogged, lifted weights, had my diet, supplements, and sleep dialed in perfect. I had tremendous amount of energy and felt great, high achieving in many areas of my life and the old lady and I screwed like rabbits.

Fast forward 7 or 8 years, degenerative disc disease caught up to me, now I can barely sit down on the toilet to take a crap. I’m barely functional due to the depression and loss of mobility and am in constant pain and discomfort.

But aside from the back, muscle loss, weight gain, limp dick, failing eyesight, heart murmur, hair loss, receding gums, cancer lying in ambush, and brain fog, everything else is fine. 🤣

Crazy to think the system wants to squeeze 20 more years of labor out of me. Why are we all putting up with this??

Y’all need to go to the gym or otherwise train your backs. I’ve been going for about three months (1-2 times a week) and the back pains are gone. Am 34, software engineer, and still a little overweight, so you can do it too!

The burden of walking upright.

The brain is always “developing”. The whole 25 years thing is a myth and not based on real science.

It’s the new “we only use 10% of the brain”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_matures_at_25_myth

When you can literally injure yourself while sleeping.

Honestly, I can’t really relate - in my 30s but I got a strong back, I don’t really get back pain

I like how people are telling us that we need to go to the gym and shit as though some of us don’t have actual medical issues with our backs. I’ve been dealing with issues since my teens with my back and knees, do all the physical therapy techniques I can to keep the pain at a minimum but it’s only going to slow the inevitable.

I remember my back started popping at age 21.

That said, I’ve found that getting regular exercise, using one’s legs, and doing some cardio every day has been great for my back. Doesn’t hurt to take 5-10 minutes a day to stretch either.

Unfortunately the human body is ‘use it or lose it’.

The one positive of being a spineless wimp: No back pain.

This is why humans need tails, to take stress off the spine

Resistance training helps.

when i was 22, i had some docs tell me i had the bones of a 60 year old

Comic made by someone who hasn’t had a life of psychological problems. My brain feels just as old as my spine and it’s easier to give my spine breaks and let it rest, not as easy with anxiety etc.

I used to have back pain but then I started working out properly including my back muscles and I feel no pain at all, I’m 36.

Evolution was a scam all along to make future chiropractors more money! /s