The life cycle/Stages of Life

[Higgins]

What years/ages do you feel in a general sense mark off the various stages of life?

For example, my feelings:

Infancy: 0-2
Toddler: 2-4
Early Childhood: 4-8
Prepubescence/Late Childhood: 8-13
Early Teen Years: 13-15
Teen Years: 14-16
Post Adolescence: 17-20
Early Young Adulthood: 21-25
Early Adulthood: 26-35
Late Adulthood: 36-45
Early Middle Age: 46-54
Middle Age: 55-65
Late Middle Age/Early Old Age: 65-75
Old Age: 75+

Yours?

[dead0man]

the years you can't remember:0-3
the years you barely remember:4-12
the years that didn't hurt:13-35
the years that hurt sometimes:36-?

[Ban my account ffs!]

the years you can't remember:0-3
the years you barely remember:4-12
the years that didn't hurt:13-35
the years that hurt sometimes:36-?

0-18 months: infancy
18mo-3:  toddlerhood
3-5:  early childhood
6-10:  childhood
11-12:  awwwwwkward (tweenhood)
13-15:  boy i didnt have that before-hood
16-17:  i’m pretty much an expert
18-19:  yeah i’m def an expert
20:  i can’t believe i still have to get my brother to buy me booze
21:  i’m an expert, and i have this paper to prove it
22:  oh sh**t
23-26:  this is it?
27-29:  better find a mate
30-34:  boy i didn’t have that before, season 2
35-39:  what is happening to my body?  Pores everywhere!
40-49:  i thought i’d be doing better by now.  Also that hurts.
50-59:  well, the kids are moving out and back in again and i look like sh**t
60-64:  god this sucks and i didn’t have that before season 3
65-69:  thank god for sosul security and medicare and these kids just dont respect seniors like they used to!
70-79:  grandparenthood.  Things are sagging, wrinkling, and folding but we planned for this
80-84:  i thought i’d be more afraid of death than i am.  Tired of the funerals though.
85-89:  *whistling* and doc appts
90+:  i’m still here? 

[Antonio the Sixth]

In terms of my own lived experiences and self-understanding:

0-4: Infancy (barely any memory)
4-8: Early childhood (a few memories, more of a sense of how I "felt")
8-11: Late childhood (distinct memories, a clear sense of the things I went through and how they shaped me, beginning of my social awareness)
11-14: Puberty (the less said about it, the better)
14-17: Mid teens (first real friends, beginning of understanding of a lot of things about life)
17-19: Late teens (kind of a transitional period, a bit hard to define even though I remember it distinctly)
19-22: Pre-adulthood (didn't really feel like adulthood, but in retrospect it is where the first real responsibilities came up)
22-25: Early young adulthood (responsibilities become more routinized, better sense of what I can and can't do and what I can do better, panic about the future starts seeping in)
25-present: Mid young adulthood (panic more tangible, more serious attempt at self-improvement but constant feeling that it's too little too late)

[Some of My Best Friends Are Gay]

0-2: goo goo ga ga

2-6: entering the tiny drunk adult phase

6-10: the start of my depression

10-12: why does it feel good when I touch my pp

12-15: ayyy I like vaginas


15-now: why do we exist? only to suffer?



Note that this is just my personal life thus far.

[Cokeland Saxton]

What years/ages do you feel in a general sense mark off the various stages of life?

For example, my feelings:

Infancy: 0-2
Toddler: 2-4
Early Childhood: 4-8
Prepubescence/Late Childhood: 8-13
Early Teen Years: 13-15
Teen Years: 14-16
Post Adolescence: 17-20
Early Young Adulthood: 21-25
Early Adulthood: 26-35
Late Adulthood: 36-45
Early Middle Age: 46-54
Middle Age: 55-65
Late Middle Age/Early Old Age: 65-75
Old Age: 75+

Yours?

I wouldn't put a 2 year old in the same category as infants. Nor should 25 and 29 year olds be separate.

Infancy: <1
Toddler: 1-3
Early Childhood: 4-5
Middle Childhood: 6-9
Preadolescence: 10-12
Teen: 13 -17
Young Adulthood: 18-29
Prime: 30-39
Middle Age: 40-54
Late Middle Age: 55-64
Early Old Age: 65-74
Late Old Age: 75+

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Due to life span increase, approaching 80, there is an adjustment

RED growth process, blue early signs of death

Infancy: 0-3
Toddler 3-6 Early childhood
Childhood 3-12 Pre-Teen
Puberty: 12-20 Adams apple in Men, and Cycle for women
Adulthood 20-40 continiue to grow.
Middle Aged 40-65 stoppage of growth, tooth decay and fuller stomach and diabetes sets in
Senior Citizen 65-100 end of life cycle, seizers, heart attacks or cancer causes death

[Ban my account ffs!]

Due to life span increase, approaching 80, there is an adjustment

RED growth process, blue early signs of death

Infancy: 0-3
Toddler 3-6 Early childhood
Childhood 3-12 Pre-Teen
Puberty: 12-20 Adams apple in Men, and Cycle for women
Adulthood 20-40 continiue to grow.
Middle Aged 40-65 stoppage of growth, tooth decay and fuller stomach and diabetes sets in
Senior Citizen 65-100 end of life cycle, seizers, heart attacks or cancer causes death

The category is The Human Body:

The clue is:  Adams apple in Men, and Cycle for women

Answer:  What is puberty?

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Due to life span increase, approaching 80, there is an adjustment

RED growth process, blue early signs of death

Infancy: 0-3
Toddler 3-6 Early childhood
Childhood 3-12 Pre-Teen
Puberty: 12-20 Adams apple in Men, and Cycle for women
Adulthood 20-40 continiue to grow.
Middle Aged 40-65 stoppage of growth, tooth decay and fuller stomach and diabetes sets in
Senior Citizen 65-100 end of life cycle, seizers, heart attacks or cancer causes death

I don't have an Adams apple or Cycle. What do I count as?

[Ban my account ffs!]

Due to life span increase, approaching 80, there is an adjustment

RED growth process, blue early signs of death

Infancy: 0-3
Toddler 3-6 Early childhood
Childhood 3-12 Pre-Teen
Puberty: 12-20 Adams apple in Men, and Cycle for women
Adulthood 20-40 continiue to grow.
Middle Aged 40-65 stoppage of growth, tooth decay and fuller stomach and diabetes sets in
Senior Citizen 65-100 end of life cycle, seizers, heart attacks or cancer causes death

I don't have an Adams apple or Cycle. What do I count as?

A strong, fierce, prepubescent independent woman who don’t need no man!

[Del Tachi]

Thinking socially rather than physiologically:

Childhood 0-12; Your activities/social interactions are almost entirely defined by your caregivers at this stage.

Teenager, 13-17; increasing personal autonomy, risk-taking, and a shift towards peer interactions as the primary mode of social activity.

College Years 18-24; a major formative experience for most, this represents the rapid weakening of ties to familial institutions (i.e., you move out, become independent, start working, etc.)

Young Adulthood, 25-34; often the beginning of one's career, this stage is often marked by entering into longer, more significant relationships with peers, decreased risk-taking, and establishing a sense of political/community identity.

Core Adulthood, 35-54; the primary modes at this lifestage are familial and professional.  Most child-rearing happens during this stage, and individuals often reach their career peaks.  Risk-averse behaviors peak.

Late Adulthood, 55-64; marked by a transition away from child-rearing (i.e., kids move out) and professional pursuits (i.e., retirement).  Added time for leisure could lead to increased opportunities for self-realization or depression.   

Elderhood, 65+; life becomes increasingly defined by physical ailments, mental degradation, and/or death.  However, opportunities for spiritual or self-realization are the most potent.   

[Progressive Pessimist]

Here's how I break it down for me:

Infancy: 0-3 years old.

Early Childhood: 3-5 years old.

Elementary School: 5-10 years old.

Middle School: 10-14 years old.

High School: 14-18 years old.

College: 18-21 years old.

Post-College/Existential Ennui/General Misery/Poorly Adapting To Adulthood and Barely Functioning In It: 21 years old-present.

[Virginiá]

22-25: Early young adulthood (responsibilities become more routinized, better sense of what I can and can't do and what I can do better, panic about the future starts seeping in)
25-present: Mid young adulthood (panic more tangible, more serious attempt at self-improvement but constant feeling that it's too little too late)

my god, yes

[Some of My Best Friends Are Gay]

Due to life span increase, approaching 80, there is an adjustment

RED growth process, blue early signs of death

Infancy: 0-3
Toddler 3-6 Early childhood
Childhood 3-12 Pre-Teen
Puberty: 12-20 Adams apple in Men, and Cycle for women
Adulthood 20-40 continiue to grow.
Middle Aged 40-65 stoppage of growth, tooth decay and fuller stomach and diabetes sets in
Senior Citizen 65-100 end of life cycle, seizers, heart attacks or cancer causes death

TIL people keep growing until they turn 40, and that all old people have diabetes. very interesting.

[Crumpets]

0-2: Childhood
3: "No, you can't do that"
4 onward: Slow decline to death

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

0-26 years, 77 days: Bratty little kid
26 years, 78 days: Composed and mature individual
26 years, 79 days-death: Cantankerous old fart

[RINO Tom]

Don't Remember: 0-2
Blissfully Dumb and Happy: 3-4
Love to *Play*: 5-8
Annoying: 9-12
Awkward: 13-15
Think You're Cool: 16-17
Are Actually Kinda Cool: 18
Think You Drink a Lot: 19
Do Drink a Lot: 20-22
A Bit Lost: 23
Realizing Post-College Can Be Fun: 24-29
Sad You're 30+: 30
Realizing Post-30 Can Be Fun: 31-35
Truly Grown Up/See Bigger Picture: 36-45
Really Start Doing "Dad Stuff": 46-65
Golf: 66-75
TBD: 76+

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

0-26 years, 77 days: Bratty little kid
26 years, 78 days: Composed and mature individual
26 years, 79 days-death: Cantankerous old fart

I've changed my mind.

0-26 years, 78 days: Bratty little kid
26 years, 79 days: Composed and mature individual
26 years, 80 days-death: Cantankerous old fart