Do you fear old age?
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As someone who is older than most of you...nope. Don't fear it!
Sometimes health issues happen suddenly and you wonder when you got old? LOL I was doing great, loving my 40s and then got 2 cancers when I turned 50. Everyone was shocked because I was out there cycling 75-100 miles a week. It just happens though.
As for gray hairs, I've embraced them and am growing them out, but controlling how it looks in the meantime using highlights in spots.
As for wrinkles, you can fight them all you want, but you'll still get them. Drink water, hydrate your skin with lotions, but realize that gravity is never going to be your friend. So don't look in the mirror all the time and you don't have to see what's going on on the outside.
Sometimes health issues happen suddenly and you wonder when you got old? LOL I was doing great, loving my 40s and then got 2 cancers when I turned 50. Everyone was shocked because I was out there cycling 75-100 miles a week. It just happens though.
As for gray hairs, I've embraced them and am growing them out, but controlling how it looks in the meantime using highlights in spots.
As for wrinkles, you can fight them all you want, but you'll still get them. Drink water, hydrate your skin with lotions, but realize that gravity is never going to be your friend. So don't look in the mirror all the time and you don't have to see what's going on on the outside.
I'm vulnerable to dementia because of my sleep apnea. I really don't want to lose myself like that. That is one of my biggest fears.
Same! If I find out it's happening, I'd rather be gone than force anyone to deal with me like that. I just flat out could not let that happen. I would not live like that. At all.
I know that feeling all to well.
Same here. It would be awful to lose one’s agency like that, and have to be a burden on others instead of living independently.
Not really. Getting old is inevitable, and I'd rather focus more on just living my life and enjoying the present moment than stressing about the future of getting old.
Though I already do get grey hairs, so I guess I'm already getting old lol.
Though I already do get grey hairs, so I guess I'm already getting old lol.
KyngzIndeyen
Up-and-Coming Sensation
Not especially... it's inevitable (or rather, the only way to avoid it is even worse!), so I guess I'd best just be as prepared for it as I can 🙂 .
Artisan Vistra
Reputable
Yes. But I would fear dying sooner more so than old age. Old age may be suffering, but being in an accident beforehand when you were fine before could be a fate worse than old age. I would rather be old and die of old age instead. Whatever trade-off that age gives can surely be given back in spirit.
Soulwatcher
Reputable
I will be 50 this year, and I don't fear old age. It's right around the corner for me. I'm happy that I have lived as long as I have.
freelancermaria
Familiar Face
I used to be afraid of aging, but now I look forward to it. Not everyone gets the chance to grow old due to various health conditions. Although I have a chronic illness, I do not let it get in the way of my happiness. As we all know, aging is inescapable, so it is best to enjoy life and appreciate every birthday we are blessed to celebrate.
I think I am fine with getting old. Not that I can call myself young anymore. It is funny how when I was younger somehow I thought it'd feel 'different' to be my current age, but I guess you never stop being you.
Consciously or subconsciously avoiding the mirror at all times for the fear of wrinkles could be just as bad, because if you stop the only reference will be your idealized image of how you think you look or should look. At some point you will have to find your reflection, and the mismatch between the reality and what you assumed you looked like can exacerbate things. It is uncomfortable, yes, and it will probably can take some use to to align your mental image with the real image but having at least some sort of glance is better than indulging the aversion. It doesn't have to be long or detailed. It is just to keep yourself grounded enough so that gap doesn't keep growing.
Obsessively checking every tiny change you go through in the mirror is bad. Duly noted that you specified 'to not look on it all the time'. I am quoting you for those who take the opposite approach:
Consciously or subconsciously avoiding the mirror at all times for the fear of wrinkles could be just as bad, because if you stop the only reference will be your idealized image of how you think you look or should look. At some point you will have to find your reflection, and the mismatch between the reality and what you assumed you looked like can exacerbate things. It is uncomfortable, yes, and it will probably can take some use to to align your mental image with the real image but having at least some sort of glance is better than indulging the aversion. It doesn't have to be long or detailed. It is just to keep yourself grounded enough so that gap doesn't keep growing.
Old age is something I do worry about, especially with the health issues I have at the age I am now.
I have seen my dad deteriorate over the last few years from struggling to walk and do things he used to, to now being wheel chair bound and having dementia.
It is scary thinking about getting old but I feel all we can do is deal with it head-on when we get to it.
I have seen my dad deteriorate over the last few years from struggling to walk and do things he used to, to now being wheel chair bound and having dementia.
It is scary thinking about getting old but I feel all we can do is deal with it head-on when we get to it.
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