2007-01-21 15:36:32 · 28 answers · asked by slipstar_182 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
No, but there are times when I'd like to go back to my youth and have another shot at things. I've read where even if we had the self-knowledge of ourselves and had the opportunity to do it all over again that we'd still make the same mistakes. So, I'll opt for staying where I am and "finishing the race," to borrow the analogy of the Apostle Paul.
2007-01-21 15:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Getting old is not to be scared of. As the saying goes ... Old is Gold.
2007-01-21 23:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by Arnoux 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's ridiculous! I'm 81 and don't think that is old. Age has two components. One is your chronological age, the other, and more important is your perceived age. Within physical limits, no matter what your actual age, if you think you are old, you are old. I've taught people who were 60 how to use computers and were told me they were too old to learn. Your mental attitude has a great deal to do with your 'age'.
2007-01-22 09:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by charliehc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a nurse and I run a dementia ward. We deal with alzheimers, picks dementia, parkinsons, stroke related dementia, etc. I see first hand, not only what aging does to the body, but the effects on the mind. I am not afraid to grow old but I do have a healthy fear of the ramifications of an aging body and mind.
2007-01-22 03:33:55 · answer #4 · answered by barbarast59 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm more afraid that they will find the secret to longevity and the Federal government will keep raising the age to retire and collect social security. Can you imagine working everyday for the rest of your life if people lived to be 130, and the retirement age was 120?
2007-01-21 23:46:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
53 years old looking for 100. Not scared cause life is good.
2007-01-21 23:39:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES.
But I try not to think about.
I consider it an irrational fear.
I worry about what kind of painful sicknesses I'll get in old age and I'll be old, poor, and alone and it creeps me OUT.
Maybe that's not such an irrational fear.
And the Lexapro made me MUCH more anxious.
2007-01-21 23:39:49 · answer #7 · answered by Jarna R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting old don't scare me, I am already there. Now getting old ALONE and POOR scares me.
2007-01-21 23:58:24 · answer #8 · answered by Karen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only of growing old with out fulfilling my goals. Growing old without graduating college, becoming a teacher,getting married, having kids and traveling.
2007-01-21 23:47:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be afraid of getting old is like being afraid of living. Life has all it's stages and getting old is apart of it. Since I love life, getting old isn't something that frightens me.
2007-01-22 01:43:30 · answer #10 · answered by Honesty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋