2006-08-18 20:05:12 · 43 answers · asked by truthyness 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
thats way hard. but the one thing that scares me now n forever is losing my memory. forgetting everything that has happened, forgetting all ive known and loved, forgetting everything about me. so losing memory then death scares me the most.
2006-08-18 20:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think physical deterioration is so much of a given that using botox, hormone replacement, etc. as prayer offerings to that unsmiling god called Time is fairly pointless, and just clutching at straws.
I haven't seen an Anti-Human Mortality cream yet.
So that doesn't worry me, not even the adult diapers bit. Or Alzheimer's, or being in a wheelchair.
We will all bow out, some more gracefully than others.
The single biggest fear, to me, about getting old is that you end up believing in less and less.
That loss of innocence is a lifelong process.
And you end up losing faith, in the same way that you go from thinking of Ronald McDonald as a friend (when you are a child), to the mature realisation that he is merely an exploitative marketing tool conceived by some ad agency.
How long can we hold on to our other 'Ronald McDonalds'?
Who's yours?
The US President? Any president? Politicians? The justice system? The United Nations? Your company? The media? Your boss?
If you're lucky, your family, I guess.
2006-08-19 06:29:10 · answer #2 · answered by Bowzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truthfully?
The realization, that I have spent, squandered really, so much of my youth on such insignificant things; like vanity, on the false belief that being pretty would "carry" me through just about everything, I ever had to or would have to confront......and now as I pass by a mirror, and out of the corner of my eye I begin to see my mother's face not mine...now I realize...what a farce! Why didn't someone tell me? Why has it all (society / culture / men ) been so misleading? I should have been investing in my mind, in my character. So that would be my fear that I have wasted too much time on insignificant things........hopefully it is not too late.
2006-08-18 20:59:08 · answer #3 · answered by mchlmybelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What scares me the most about aging is forgetting. Forgetting who I am, my future wife, my future children...forgetting everything.
I hold some very well thought out beliefs and feelings, and I feel that is what makes me..well...ME. And to lose that would be a fate worse then death. I like who I am, even if others do not share that viewpoint, lol.
2006-08-18 20:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by Slipshade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not being able to do all the things I like doing and growing dependent on others.
2006-08-18 21:25:56 · answer #5 · answered by aysha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having more time to spend alone is the one thing. There are others as well like - Not remaining in activities. Losing friends & loved ones (by death). Dependency on others for implementation of decisions. Having more time to introspect and thus, to regret about one's past acts and wrong decisions. (remember, one loses sleep with age)
2006-08-18 20:22:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the things that scares me the most about growing old is regretting about all the things i have/have not done when i was younger... thinking back and realising its too late...
2006-08-18 20:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by jaz o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a stroke and not being able to move or talk and Death is the scarest part of growing old
2006-08-18 20:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by nannygoat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being an unproductive part of society....I hope to maintain my mental well being and help rather than be a hindrance to society. Growing old is a wonderful thing!
2006-08-18 20:10:59 · answer #9 · answered by cornerstonefaith1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything! Having a young spirit trapped inside a decaying body. It is so depressing to even think about it.
2006-08-18 20:12:13 · answer #10 · answered by hagren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋