At the same time, ignoring it completely isn't a choice good either. Instead, it's better to acknowledge certain signs of getting older without letting them spook you too much. So, today, let's take a look at a list of them and see if we can already check some off.
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If you’ve spent some time online, you’ve likely seen people discussing the matter of age and or being afraid of getting older. Here, as this post on r/Existentialism shows, despite being very young, people are already terrified to age, to look and feel older.
But how does it feel being older? What are the signs that you’re not getting any younger? Well, that’s what today’s list is for. In it, people named things that they consider to be indicators of someone aging.
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These listed signs are physical, mental, and even social. For instance, worrying about your health when you do something risky is considered a mature thing by the netizens. The same goes for noticing how immature or young people around you are.
And so, knowing how freaked out some people are about aging, this list might freak them out. There are many reasons why many have this fear.
As we’ve already mentioned, with age many physical changes come. Health slowly starts to deteriorate, and gray hair and wrinkles appear.
The latter is a real terrifier of people. Online skincare communities that seek younger-looking skin are booming right now. There are plenty of lists of what anti-aging products people should purchase. And there’s even a name for this fear – gerascophobia.
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Again, as we mentioned before, there are also social changes in a person's life as they get older. For example, losing friends and family members due to various reasons. It can trigger social isolation feelings for some, and well, who wants to feel like that, right? Also, sometimes in society, older individuals tend to be viewed as less valuable or capable, which adds another set of inner troubles.
Additionally, when getting older, it is inevitable to start thinking about your mortality more and more. Basically, there are quite a lot of reasons why aging can seem like a scary thing.
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At the same time, some people claim that we shouldn’t be so spooked by it. Here, with time, a person develops coping mechanisms that work for them, and so with time, they can better deal with problems. In fact, it was found that Americans 60 and older made the top 10 of the world’s happiest people. Not bad, huh?
Plus, some say that at retirement age they get more time to spend with their loved ones, and can enjoy or find new hobbies and many other things. So, maybe getting older isn’t the worst thing in the world? After all, looking back at history, people didn’t live as long as we do, so maybe we shouldn’t take this for granted.
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