How do people come to terms with the fact that their best days are over?

This is a serious question about a serious topic that I've been trying for figure out for a few years now. There's pretty much two categories: People aged about 18 - 24 (give or take) and everything after that.

Whether it be their personal lives feeling less spectacular, the state of the world or their country having seemed much better X number of years ago, or a combination of the two, at some point, people (not everyone, but these specific people that I speak on) have to come to terms with the reality that they will never feel that good ever again. I want to ask everyone on here, how do you/they come to terms with that reality? Also another less important question that I just wanna ask as well; at what point after the person has "peaked in life" have they fully mentally processed the realty that the way their life (or the world for that matter) is today is gonna live with them for the rest of their lives?

Thank You for your time :)

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OogieBoogie · F

How do you come to terms with reality ? .....necessity i suppose🤷‍♀

Its deal with it or die inside.

I also think your parameters, or rather, categories are possibly too limited.

Existence after 25 can be split into more categories as Life, opportunities and health change in events and stages.

As to 'peaking' in life: i wonder if you are only comsidering the average physical state?
There is so much more to life than that in which to 'attain' and strive for:
There's inner peace, cognition, spiritually, health, (in all its forms), sociality, wisdom, direction, meaning,
Contentment and many others.

Looking back, i consider the age bracket of 18 - 24 as merely the beginning of coming of age - the start of the journey. One is just out of innocence and childhood at that point - just stepping into independence and adulthood. Just starting to feel out the world, oneself and ones place within it all.