So I just realized that I do this type of stereotyping that is so awful and I didn't even think about it before. It's a form of ageism I suppose. You know that according to the stereotypes it's common to start feeling pain or fatigue as you age, that doesn't have to be the case but it is assumed. It's also why doctors don't listen to older women and men complaining about pain. I realized I am also affected negatively by this assumption because I know that I have dismissed older people's concerns before as just a part of getting older I have also said to myself "at least you didn't feel that way when you were twenty." What a jerk thing for me to say or even think! At twenty or at fifty or even ninety you don't deserve this pain. It's not some right of passage and it's no less fair for me than it is for you and if I ever said that to you I apologize because I was wrong.