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Genre: Film & Animation
Date of upload: Sep 10, 2021 ^^
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I encountered this fear when I graduated from high school. All my close friends had moved away, part time work didnāt seem as light hearted and fun anymore, now that I too was one of the adults out of touch with the younger kids, even though I was only 4-5 years older. I decided to go to uni, possibly to learn something, probably just to sink back into a familiar routine I had become so accustomed to over the 13 years prior. Although it wouldnāt be the same. My friends werenāt there, the world was unfamiliar and I didnāt have a reason to be studying, nor the motivation to do so. Iām still relatively young and Iām yet to find any semblance of the old days where I was care free and had too much time on my hands. Itās something you got told about when you were young. About how when you grow up, youāre responsibilities pile up, you get virtually no time to go outside and play, and the world begins to bite back. But you didnāt listen to the adults, what did they know after all? Before you realise it, step by step youāve sunk into the disjointed reality they always described, but you just took as a lie to scare you into doing your homework, to get good grades, and to go somewhere in life. Itās something you can only learn in retrospect, once youāre old enough to understand how good you had it, but too old to take advantage of it. So yeah, Iām shit scared of growing old too, because I canāt imagine how awful seeing my whole life in retrospect is gonna be.
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Wow...you mortals really have it tough. Seriously though, I'm turning 60 next month and I remember how down I was when I turned 30. I'd kill for 30 again. It's unbelievable how the years turn into decades at the blinking of an eye. Enjoy it while it lasts because Father Time takes no prisoners.
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I like to think about the Stoic view about death when feelings like this come over me... death is a natural part of the order of the universe; it's neither good nor bad in itself but the value judgements we make about it is what makes us so terrified. I think this can be applied to old age as well. And besides, the best time to eat a fruit is when their season is almost over and the decay is on the horizon :)
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growing old just seems like something inevitable, maybe it doesn't feel as bad because im still young, but this feels like a reminder telling me that i should make the most of what i have now, try to do everything i want to, because in the future, i want to be able to say that i did all i could and have no regrets. thank you Sis for the thought-provoking video.
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Iām only 19 years old but Iām approaching 20 in 3 months. Kinda a teen crisis. It sucks because I can remember clearly being in kindergarten, not a worry in the world. Itās crazy how fast time goes. Iāve recently watched home videos of me and my family back in 2003-2008 and it made me sad. I know itās going to hit even more different when I watch them in 20 years. I cry because I donāt want the people I love to age. Even popular YouTubers. I just donāt want no one to age. I hate it. I also donāt wanna envy younger people than me in the future. Honestly I canāt picture myself being 50 one day but the truth is I am and thatās life. I hope I get over this fear soon. I know Iām lucky to be 19 right now.
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As children they pump our heads full of dreams. After all, kids are pure potential. But as our lives drag on and time passes, our lives become cemented in history. We become more depressed as we fail to achieve those expectations. And if you dare to share any ambition with another, they tell you to be more ārealisticā
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Dude, I'm 58. My existential crisis didn't hit me until i was 53. Finding content like yours and Exurb1a's helped in lots of ways and I'm grateful for it, but finding Camus is what ultimately pulled me out of the dark. It gave me an explanation as to why I love Python like I do. Always look on the bright side of life.
Though being diagnosed with ADHD at 54 and prescribed regular amphetamine may have helped as well........
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Really good thoughts on getting old, but I dont find the necessity of looking at getting old as something bad or terrifying, since time is unstopabble and for us to enjoy the finite time we have being alive is, simply, spending it optimally doing what we most enjoy. Why be bothered by something we can't change?
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I've always been afraid of getting old. My fear has always stemmed not from the fact that I'm going to die, but from the fact that I might not be making the most of my youth, and that some day I'll try to do the things I should have done when I was young and by then I'll be too old. I guess it's more of the fear of missing out.
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The 'enjoy it while it lasts' mindset is absolutely mindboggling to me. Yes. Yes I will enjoy it while it lasts. And I'll enjoy the next thing too. And the next thing. I'll enjoy starting my first job, getting my first promotion, being a parent, a grandparent. I'll enjoy retirement, and telling stories about all I've done, and all I will do to the long term loved ones I will have met along the way, or to the new people I will meet. I'll enjoy my life.
Views such as the one expressed in this video choose to focus on that which is lost through time, not what is gained. Being down about losing things, or the prospect of doing so is natural. But dwelling on loss does not help anyone, focus on that which you've gained and will gain, because there is a lot. Sadness about getting older is natural, I believe sadness about the prospect of getting older is a choice. And an easy one to make. It is easy to envision all you will lose, because you have it now, it is more difficult to envision all you will gain, because that requires creativity and foresight. Maybe this is where optimism and pessimism differs.
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I turn 19 today . This was on my recommended so decided to give it a go . I'm scared of getting old , not for myself but my parents, my friends, the people around . In their existence lies mine . I don't believe that I have my own individual self . I believe that this great grand story we call life is an interconnected web of people and stories. Will things remain the same ? I don't know . I wish that I would have the opportunity to finally reminisce some day .
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@daddsha
2 years ago
Just turned 26 years old, staring down 30. I still have no idea what to do with my life and I don't have a significant other. Taking things day by day, enjoying the weather and nature is what seems to give me any sort of reprieve.
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