Quote by Irvin S. Cobb

Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.

Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for sym

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This quote highlights the notion that as individuals reach middle age, they may start to prioritize physical manifestations of their feelings over openly expressing their emotions. It suggests that the intensity and complexity of emotions experienced in youth may give way to a focus on bodily symptoms or ailments as a means of communicating or coping with emotions. In essence, it implies that as people age, they may increasingly rely on physical sensations to convey what they may no longer feel comfortable articulating verbally or emotionally.

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