Young People With Old Personalities.

[crankitup]

I've been trying to find information on the net about young people who act and behave much more like the typical older person.
I'm 25 and very much like this. Inc hobbies and interest

I often find I get along best with people 50+ then people my own age, Although maybe this could be a generational thing and I just have more in common with people who grew up when things were different.

Then again it could be just SA and most people I come across around my age are typical extroverted party people.

Any Thoughts?
Anyone else like this?

 

[illuminationSP]

I've always been told that I'm mature beyond my years. I really don't identify with most people in my age range.

 

[DanFC]

Though I'm most comfortable working at the inpatient psychatric units, neurology units are usually inhabited by the elderly and I get along better with them more than with people my age. But then again, I get along great with children too. So I think, for me, this unknown feature to which I'm drawn to is not maturity, but maybe something else akin to innocence or a certain outlook on life.

 

[recluse]

I can't relate to most people around my age especially when they talk about the ''great party'' they went to.

 

[EscapeArtist]

Older people.. because we've been given more solitude to reflect and puzzle ideas together? I've been told i'm an old soul ever since birth, because I came out sleeping and never cried through childhood, even when in severe pain I didn't tell anybody. Was this being old or just being quiet and scared? Every teacher I had made a point to tell my parents that I was an old soul, but i'm not so sure what this means.... Age just shouldn't mean much past basic development

 

[crankitup]

I get along with people older than me a lot better than people my age. My family calls me an "old lady" and that I like to do "old lady" things. It kinda hurts my feeling sometimes. But you know. . . =.="

I can relate to that My dad use to call me "Old Man" or occasionally "grumble bum"

Glad there are some "old souls" here. It's always been something that seems a little alienating and probably doesn't help with social anxiety.
Maybe someone should start a club or something like "Old Souls Society". so that a bunch of us can get along with people our own age.

Now I'm wondering what kind of older aged interest or hobbies some of us have.

 

[Perspicacious]

I have always been told that I seem much older than I am. Even in choices of clothing, speech, personality, habits, etc.

 

[BlackPuma]

I somewhat relate to this. I felt older then I was, and always enjoyed the company of 30-40 year old's more then I did of people that were within my own age group. But at the same time I've put in monumental effort to retain a healthy amount of immaturity. An adult kid, whom acts like an adult, if you will.

I'm sorry, that's rather confusing, isn't it? x3

 

[lyricalliaisons]

In a lot of ways, I'm more like people who are much older than me. I'm 28, but it's as if I'm in my 40's or 50's in a lot of ways. But in other ways, it's as if I'm still a child.

 

[LadyWench]

I can definitely relate. While I still enjoy simple, child-like things in life (such as stuffed animals and such), I'm still told that I otherwise have an "old soul". I didn't used to take is a compliment, but I do now. I'd much rather possess the personality of a wise and mature person, than an empty-headed moron. Even though I've experienced very few things in life, I still refrain from doing stupid things I'll regret later because I'm aware of the consequences. That doesn't always work to my benefit, though, because I'd still like to...live. And I think that might be one reason why I still enjoy kiddie things. I never got to truly experience a childhood. It was robbed from me by anxiety and depression. Maybe I'm living that part out now. I don't know.

Anyway, this post is stupid. Hi. My point is that yes, I can relate. I think.

 

[petrified eyes]

I too, am an old soul. My taste in music, movies, cars, my principles, the way I dress...I should have been born 30-40 years earlier.

 

[lonely_drummer]

I've always been told that I'm mature beyond my years. I really don't identify with most people in my age range.

Ive heard the same thing from a lot of people. I have friends in all age ranges but my best friends are about 10 years older than me

 

[secretly awesome]

in my mid-to-late teens i felt old in the sense of decrepit. it has always been easier to get along with older people. alot of it i think has to do with there being no expectation of commonality.

 

[memyselfandi]

I don't know if I get along better with older people (I'm 31.5) but I can say for sure I do not and have not fit in well with "today's younger society" for years...I just have a different outlook on things, interests and principles. Like a poster a few below me, I think I was born in the wrong era.

Also like another poster, I have refrained from doing stupid things in life that many do "just because" or because they were "living life while young" as I realized they would be dumb to do and not needed. Does this mean I have less experiences? Yep....but I'd rather stick to my guns and be logical than be like the majority.

 

[Shadowplay]

I'm seventeen, and feel thirty.
I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I certainly don't act it.

When I see all my old friends from high school on social networking sites, or IM etc I can't help but think they're really immature. I don't relate to them at all and it's gotten to the point where I'm actually afraid of people my own age.
I'm a lot more relaxed around older people.
I prefer socialising with people who are in their twenties or thirties.

 

[Luke1993]

Sometimes I sort of act like a younger kid but I think I use it as a "front" to disguise my sadness. For the most part I think I have an old man's personality. My brother once called me a bitter old man and I think he may have been right.

 

[Jodie-Tyler]

I'm in my late teens and female and I get along with women in their 40's, they've just been through so much, and know so much and don't care if your hair isn't done or forgot to put make-up on. The older women in my life are so nice and have been with me for years, and at some times I do feel a little isolated from my own age, they're out at parties and festivals, I'd rather see an old movie or listen to jazz.
I though I was quite alone in that sense, but I see from above that I'm not.