30 Adult Problems That Hit People Like A Ton Of Bricks

Watching a country I grew up thinking was stable, powerful, and plentiful be taken over by the billionaire class and milked dry at the hands of oligarchs who claim that the problem is poor people, immigrants, and queer people.

How stupid most people actually are.

Dust. There is dust everywhere. There is so much dust, and it accumulates so fast!

How much of your time revolves around eating and/or making food; cooking, washing dishes, cleaning sinks, even just selecting what to eat - so much damn time.

How much you have to sell yourself. In my younger years, it was enough to just do the work well because the teacher has to grade your work. As an adult, your boss and interviewers may not even look at it, let alone understand what you did.

Regret. Knowing how much better and easier my life could be had a made a few different decisions is [eating me alive].

Just how boring most things are. The days blur together and the next thing you know, your body hurts everywhere all the time and you can't remember yesterday. But you remember 40 years ago like it was yesterday.

Realising your parents are not the person you think they were as you grow older.

Life is not promised. You can do everything “right” and things just don’t turn out how you had hoped.

You can stay up as late as you want. But you shouldn't.

Being home alone for medical emergencies. I guess it can happen at any age, but it feels like more of an adult living alone kind of problem.

How to console your teenager when someone you didn't like in the first place dumps them. It feels like knowing the end of the movie and your teen has only just started watching. The first breakup after your first love sucks, but I bet there's a lot of people out there who are grateful that their very first serious relationship didn't pan out. I know I'm glad that mine didn't last. But you can't just say that to your kid, you have to hold space for them and know when to shut your mouth. It's hard seeing them in pain though.

How absolutely out of reach living a normal life is without working to death.

I don’t get the point of any of this s**t. It’s heart breaking.

Feeling so behind compared to others. I have my associates but It doesn’t really do anything for me and people my age are getting into their careers and I have no clue what I want.

How little time you have for yourself. You work for 8 hours, get home, make dinner, clean up the kitchen and then you have like 1-2 hours before you need to go to bed so you can do it all over again. Then the chores pile up so you have to waste a big chunk of the weekend as well.

I don't understand how people can work, have kids, keep their home tidy and go to the gym and get a good nights sleep. Like how?!

How fast your battery runs out when you get over 40. There is barely enough juice left after work to do anything before going to bed.

Your parents being way less emotionally mature than you realized.

Or adults in general who you grew up thinking were intelligent, thoughtful, and I formed. It's shocking when they realize just how clueless they actually are.

I should probably put this box in the recycling, but maybe I should save it, it is a really nice box.

Being in charge of your own happiness. Down to what you watch, eat, listen too, therapy. You are in charge.

Elderly parent losing their mind due to dementia and needing care but nursing homes are 7k per month, in home nurses are 3k per month. Yeah that’s a f*****g problem that no one could have prepared me for.

- edit to add: I found my answers and my parent is cared for now, but the path leading up to the answers was a terrible and scary path.