@midlifewithmeaning: Mourning who you didn’t get to be #grief #midlifewomen #endure #selflove #identity #nextchapter #reconnect #momsover40 #therapy #coaching #empowerment
I grieve the trauma my younger self endured and had no support ☹️
2025-07-19 04:25:38
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JennyO33 :
I’m the opposite. 37 and still single and grieving a life I won’t get have while watching everyone else get married and have kids.
2025-07-19 22:34:52
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lit_chick01 :
and double this feeling if you're now forced into caring for a narcissistic parent.
2025-07-20 12:36:04
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user736722083724 :
This theory is passed out by generations of women raised in a patriarchy that told us were selfish if we have hobbies and desires outside of our family you should not have to wait until your 50s to start exploring who you are. I love that my millennial girls travel and take care of themselves regardless if they are parents
2025-07-19 10:54:20
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user7937447111540 :
I’m 53 and starting to build and live the life that I dreamed for myself
2025-07-19 02:02:22
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Forever_37 :
Worse for me at 37yrs old i was diagnosed with Cancer with a 4 & 7yr old at home. I lost my Career eventually had to sell my home from debt, Im 52 now, Im cancer free But soo very sad for all ive lost. Especially my home. I miss my home🥺
2025-07-20 17:59:02
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Rach Corona :
I’m 42 and getting ready to graduate college in November, I’m working on me
2025-07-20 23:36:57
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Lisa F. :
Agree at 62! I never would’ve believed I could prosper without being a girlfriend, wife, or mother. I see the “younger” people kiss who they want to kiss, say what they want to say and be who you want to be. Had I known I would’ve explored my experiences more wholeheartedly. 💙💙💙💙💙😳😳😳😳😢
2025-07-19 05:43:57
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Robin :
This spoke to me. I walked the Camino Frances, a 500 mile pilgrimage across northern Spain to figure out what I want for my next chapter. I reconnected with myself and met so many women feeling these very things you describe.
2025-07-19 18:29:06
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S T E A L T H :
I grieve staying with the wrong person long enough to need years of trauma healing.
2025-07-20 00:58:12
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Courtney :
I thought I would have a partner by this stage in my life - at 47 I’m grieving the reality that I will always be alone
2025-07-19 22:43:15
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lbpstake :
I’m going through this right now. I feel like my life has been wasted on other people.
2025-07-22 00:51:57
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Sarah :
I grieve that I will never be the mom I wanted to be to my children due to marrying an abuser. Divorced now but I will never get that time back. 🥺
2025-07-23 20:38:53
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Keri Alvarez :
I had my daughter at 16 this is a big one for me
2025-07-19 10:42:49
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TMADDOG :
I’m so very fortunate. I married later in life and had children late. I’ve lived and loved and traveled. I will say having kids later in life has been difficult on me physically, but I’ve been blessed!
2025-07-20 01:34:38
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Hrdlckwmn :
We also get to grieve that our children don’t get the life and the chances that they wanted. Grieving the fact that you believe you’re going to be in Paris but you end up in Alabama and you really don’t wanna be in Alabama, do you want to be in Paris
2025-07-19 19:43:29
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Carrying on with cancer :
Just hearing that validated my feelings on this. Thank you.
2025-07-19 22:25:55
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TheBustMom :
I feel seen. I have fallen into a deep, deep depression. I literally said to myself "its over, I will never experience the things I wanted to do badly, be who I dreamed of." As someone who was bullied through childhood, always the ugly duckling- I love my kids and cherish that I was home to raise them, but I did without everything, literally everything. now im in my 50's and feel its just over. I dont know why im feeling so desperate and deeply depressed.
2025-07-21 21:02:47
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barbieo1258 :
I was divorced ay 39 after 23 years. since then i traveled, learned to dance, read for pleasure, got a motorcycle, drove a cool jeep, ran a marathon etc! it was my fervent goal to do as many things as i could that I could never do before. i have so much peace and quiet now and love my life! it can be done!!!!
2025-07-21 23:33:11
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KheTara 💙 :
I’m grieving the life I thought I had. Discovered my now exhusband betrayed me unforgivably and my children have gone no contact. 😞😞
I didn’t become a mom till 34, and while that was a little later than I wanted at the time, I have no regrets. I lived a full life before kids and I’m just now thinking about what life will look like when they leave the nest. Endless opportunities!
2025-07-21 17:18:40
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Jen :
Wasted my life
2025-08-25 05:29:59
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