What is your greatest fear when you get older?

When I'm old I fear of getting more older that means my time in this world is shorting... And yet I still have lots of things to do and want. I fear to grow old alone. I fear that no one will take care of me and if ever I have children, they will bring me to a nursing home and I don't like to grow old there. I fear of what will happen but I guess I will just need to live life to the fullest and to take each day at a time.

Hi: that's a nice question and i would answer that my greatest fear has nothing to do with my physical appereance but in my feelings. I have noticed that some old persons change so much in their personalities, they tourn very shy, can't hardly understand what people say to them, fear to be alone. I want to be as good as it's possible when i get old, being an active person.

Hey careguarden! I am getting older and it is damn scarry! I can no longer do alot of the things that I used to be able to with ease! Today I went to the next city up from where I live. Now normally that isn't such a big deal. I have a bit of a walk from my apartment to the bus stop and then we met and did a bit of walking around to the places I wanted to go to. I was totally exhausted and I still had more things I wanted to do! My girlfriend is 13 years younger than I am, but wasn't feeling well so she was walking slower than usual and was tired too! I can't do what I used to do and it really bothers me. My boyfriend is also 11 years younger than me and he knows that I "run out of gas" quicker than he does! He called me while I was in Walmart and asked me what I was doing and I told him I was sitting on the floor looking for something in my handbag! He wasn't a bit surprised! But, the surprising thing is that I can still get up from the floor without help! My other girlfriend who is 6 years younger than me can't get up from that position!

My greatest fear hen I get older is to become a responsibility to my family. When we get older we had a chance to loose our memory, we will failed to do basic things like eating, cleaning our body and we even become childish. I dont want that to happened so its ok for me to die at the age of 60.

I fear being forgotten or to forget the wonderful things and the lovely people in my life

i feared how my face would look like. im scared to have wrinkles. i feared not to walk.

Though I have passed the prime of my youth, I don't consider myself old and surprisingly I don't think I fear anything. There are moments that I'm a little sad and how I wish I can start all over again. I might be able to live a different kind of life with all the lessons that living taught me. And not be able to the things I used to do specially physical ones, is a little frustrating. But life is like this and everything is moving towards that direction. have fun.

I guess I would fear not being able to take care of myself and having to have someone else do everything for me. I would truly hate that. Also I would hate to have have a bag for my bodily waste that would be aweful. If I am that bad that I have to have that or that I can't do anything on my own any more I would just not rather be alive in that case.

When I think of getting older I fear losing my memory or not being able to take care of myself. My parents are in their 70's and are still able to get around and haven't started to lose their minds yet. So that gives me alot of hope for myself.

Hi.I don't think that everyone don't like to get older.Sorry,I could accept the phase of my life.Maybe we don't like look older than our age.LOL.My greatest fear is loss my children love.I worry if my children does not care about us,their parent.Whatever the way we are,if our children love us and take care of us,Life still beautiful.

I am afraid when my old age can not do fun things that I often do when i was a youth like to go camping hiking into the countryside. Sometimes I also think the old me would be susceptible to disease and eventually the family trouble. Things like this are often disturbing and makes me my age when stress is increasing. Even my old next year will be "headed" 2 and so dizzy I had remembered it. Hmmm .. maybe I'm just afraid of losing their youth. Haha .

I don't really have a problem with getting older in general. However, I have diabetes and arthritis (I am 35 and have had diabetes for about 8 years, and arthritis since I was 10) so I do sometimes worry about the complications I could have with those when I am older. On the other hand, when all my elderly friends are moaning about their arthritis, it'll just be normal for me so maybe its an advantage!!

I agree with you that there is so much thing that we can't do when we get older and that's what I afraid most. One thing in my mind that I afraid most is the change of my skin when I get old and I can't wear dresses that I used to wear right now. I am also afraid of the loss of memory if I get old.

My most fear when i get old not older would be have the Alzheimer's disease, knowing nothing, can't do the right thing, losing memory, need somebody to take care of me all the time. how scary is that? can't even think about that.