Disclaimer: No one knows what could happen in the future, I could possibly contract terminal cancer and die shortly, I don't know, but when reading this OP keep an open mind about it, don't be a dick or pedantic and look for loopholes, if you want to do that then don't bother posting. And this post is in no way a hate rant on old people, cause I know someone stupid is going to see it like that, so I want to cover all bases beforehand just in case.
Now that's all been covered let's get onto the topic at hand:
Recently alot of people(IRL as well as on here)have been talking about growing "old" and they always have this image in their head that they will be in a care home, unable to do anything for themselves, have a multitude of ailments and diseases and basically be a shell of their former self, my question is why? What paints this depressing, sad image in so many peoples' minds? Why can't you be "old" and healthy and completely able to do all the things you could when you were "young"? I believe the answer is is that it's all in peoples' heads, in this society we see the old as decrepid and as weak, therefor we most likely see ourselves being like that when we're old. We resign ourselves to this fate because we think it's the only thing that awaits us when last time I checked we make our lives the way we want them to be.
I've asked many of my friends the same thing and got no logical or even intelligable answers from them as to why it has to be like that(the stupidest I got was "Isn't it just meant to be that way?" /facepalm). I do Parkour as some of you may know and I intend to be doing it well into my old age, no matter what happens, whether I have kids, a girlfriend,(I'm not getting married)a career, whatever, I will always make time for it, to train towards it and better myself. If any of you have watched District 13 then look at David Belle, look at his physique, and he's approaching 40 odd in age, that's going to be me at his age,(career in movies though lol)still doing it.
I know looking around at society today doesn't help quell these notions that growing old is scary, when every other person you see is obese, is trundling along on a zimmer frame or is just generally unhealthy to the point of being near death, it doesn't do much to know that you'll probably end up the same way. To be completely honest in my opinion I find that stupid, to think that you will automatically end up like others before you have, to think that you have no control over your life to not end up like that, just think about it for a second. Obviously those who already have health problems may not have it so easy growing older and the problems may get worse, but you're not exactly helping your chances by just resigning yourself to the fact you'll need help to go to the bathroom for the rest of your life if you let it happen, get out there and do something about it. I'm not scared of growing old, I'll have alot more things to worry about when I am there, I feel it's a silly thing to be scared of cause everyone grows old eventually, some just age better than others, those that actually realise they can do something about how they age.
Personally, I'm 20, 21 next year, I don't have any health problems, have never been bed ridden, my "colds" consist of 2 hours tops of coughing and sneezing then I'm fine, the only injury I have ever had is a sprained ankle, people think I'm 16-17 when they first meet me and I work out 5 times a week. I also read an article a while back(can't remember where from)that said if you continue to exercise into old age that you won't experience the onset of what other people do in old age(probably not the best way I could've worded that). You see the 60 year old bodybuilders, people like David Belle, the ones who refuse to "grow old" like so many other people who concede to it before they're even old enough to be considered "old". And to those who say "I don't have enough time", bullshit, I'm at university at the moment, going into my second year, I've already started doing work towards it, have a part time job, still fit my workout in in the morning and go out to do Parkour training pretty much every day, don't tell me you don't have time, make time.
So what do my fellow escaponions think? Why are you afraid of growing old? What is so bad about growing old to you? Why is it thought that growing old means not being able to do anything for yourself? This issue both astounds me and perplexes me when people answer it. I would like to think the people on here are somewhat more able to think than the general populace.
Now that's all been covered let's get onto the topic at hand:
Recently alot of people(IRL as well as on here)have been talking about growing "old" and they always have this image in their head that they will be in a care home, unable to do anything for themselves, have a multitude of ailments and diseases and basically be a shell of their former self, my question is why? What paints this depressing, sad image in so many peoples' minds? Why can't you be "old" and healthy and completely able to do all the things you could when you were "young"? I believe the answer is is that it's all in peoples' heads, in this society we see the old as decrepid and as weak, therefor we most likely see ourselves being like that when we're old. We resign ourselves to this fate because we think it's the only thing that awaits us when last time I checked we make our lives the way we want them to be.
I've asked many of my friends the same thing and got no logical or even intelligable answers from them as to why it has to be like that(the stupidest I got was "Isn't it just meant to be that way?" /facepalm). I do Parkour as some of you may know and I intend to be doing it well into my old age, no matter what happens, whether I have kids, a girlfriend,(I'm not getting married)a career, whatever, I will always make time for it, to train towards it and better myself. If any of you have watched District 13 then look at David Belle, look at his physique, and he's approaching 40 odd in age, that's going to be me at his age,(career in movies though lol)still doing it.
I know looking around at society today doesn't help quell these notions that growing old is scary, when every other person you see is obese, is trundling along on a zimmer frame or is just generally unhealthy to the point of being near death, it doesn't do much to know that you'll probably end up the same way. To be completely honest in my opinion I find that stupid, to think that you will automatically end up like others before you have, to think that you have no control over your life to not end up like that, just think about it for a second. Obviously those who already have health problems may not have it so easy growing older and the problems may get worse, but you're not exactly helping your chances by just resigning yourself to the fact you'll need help to go to the bathroom for the rest of your life if you let it happen, get out there and do something about it. I'm not scared of growing old, I'll have alot more things to worry about when I am there, I feel it's a silly thing to be scared of cause everyone grows old eventually, some just age better than others, those that actually realise they can do something about how they age.
Personally, I'm 20, 21 next year, I don't have any health problems, have never been bed ridden, my "colds" consist of 2 hours tops of coughing and sneezing then I'm fine, the only injury I have ever had is a sprained ankle, people think I'm 16-17 when they first meet me and I work out 5 times a week. I also read an article a while back(can't remember where from)that said if you continue to exercise into old age that you won't experience the onset of what other people do in old age(probably not the best way I could've worded that). You see the 60 year old bodybuilders, people like David Belle, the ones who refuse to "grow old" like so many other people who concede to it before they're even old enough to be considered "old". And to those who say "I don't have enough time", bullshit, I'm at university at the moment, going into my second year, I've already started doing work towards it, have a part time job, still fit my workout in in the morning and go out to do Parkour training pretty much every day, don't tell me you don't have time, make time.
So what do my fellow escaponions think? Why are you afraid of growing old? What is so bad about growing old to you? Why is it thought that growing old means not being able to do anything for yourself? This issue both astounds me and perplexes me when people answer it. I would like to think the people on here are somewhat more able to think than the general populace.
