“Old souls are often born into families who don’t understand them. This, of course, is a tremendous growing tool (and really, only fellow old souls will ever ‘get’ each other fully) but it makes for a tumultuous upbringing. Those formative years then end up impacting their adult relationships a lot m…”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls have the easiest time becoming over-workers, almost feeling guilty if they don’t use all of the energy they have to create.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls are healers, and sometimes don’t know when to draw the line between what’s their responsibility to take on, and what’s not.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“An old soul will love you openly and proudly, embracing the vulnerability that’s necessary for deep love with grace and passion. You will never experience another love like them.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“An old soul understands that having pain is all part of the human condition, and will love you through your darkness because they still see all of your light.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls are not interested in playing hard to get or partaking in the chase. In fact, they find the rules of modern dating to be absolutely exhausting.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“They tend to struggle with being indecisive. Because it’s never just ‘an easy decision.’ For them, it’s overthinking a million different factors and a million different possible turnouts.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“They feel really uncomfortable during dinners or social events where everyone they are spending time with is on the phone.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“They read constantly. Interesting digital articles are nice, but for them, nothing is better than cracking open a brand new, actual book.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“An old soul will always think and talk highly of you, constantly bragging to their loved ones about you. They aren’t going to abandon you or jump ship. They aren’t going to get bored and want to play the field.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls may seem like prudes to you, or like they don’t ‘have anything fun. But I can assure you, their relationships are far greater and impactful than casual relationships.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls don’t settle. They honestly would rather be dead than to ever settle. They have always known that they can’t do casual relationships like most people their age. They can’t stomach the idea of being intimate with someone who they hardly know, and they won’t give into peer pressure to have o…”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes you’re forced to be a loner because no one really understands you and the more you hang out with people, the more you lose yourself, the more you question who you should be and the more you ask yourself if you’re an alien living with humans or if you’re a human living with aliens.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you’re an old soul and a hopeless romantic, you don’t give up. You don’t settle. You keep fighting. You keep dreaming. You believe that somehow, you’ll find the truth. You’ll find the home you’re looking for. You’ll find where you belong.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“You go to work and you dream about another life, another era, another time when life was more about peace rather than stress, when less was more, when beauty wasn’t so hard to find.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls aren’t afraid to spend time alone. They’re comfortable with silence.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls aren’t the type to party every weekend, because they don’t need the rush of alcohol to have a nice time. They’re perfectly happy relaxing with their favorite blanket as they read a book or share stories with their loved ones.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“They aren’t going to go out of their way to meet new people, but once you become a part of their life, they aren’t going to let you go. They’re going to treat you like family.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“People with anxiety are sensitive and old souls. They have so much heart. And they are going to pour all of their energy into this relationship.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“They are very good at listening. So you should do the same. When they have something to say, just sit and listen.”— Sophia Borghese, thoughtcatalog.com