What do you think of adults who finally stop living in the past at the age of 30, 40, 50, and older?

Question by LovingSoul: What do you think of adults who finally stop living in the past at the age of 30, 40, 50, and older?
A lot of people describe a traumatic or abusive past experiences. Many people positively transform their lives in their late teens or 20s. Which is great. But what do you think of people who literally don’t reach this point until their late 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, or later, and seem stuck in the past?

Do you have the same supportive “good for you” response, or do you feel like saying “it’s about time”, “it took you long enough”, or other less supportive thought even if they were abused?

Or do you feel it’s not dependent on age, and a person should be respected and looked at favorable regardless of what age they finally “get it”, similar to an alchoholic who finally gets sober years down the road?

At what point does a person need to just face the fact that the past is the past, and not use those experiences as a reason to limit their lives? Or is it not a choice, and depends on many different factors? There are no right or wrong answers, but I’m looking for honest opinions.

Best answer:

Answer by kyeann
If a person wants a better future they have to stop dwelling on the past. I did this at age 27.

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