Is it normal terrified of growing old?

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Hi all.

I'm 24, soon to be 25, and when I think of my age I have a genuine feeling of anxiety.

My stomach churns at the thought that there's this unstoppable momentum towards old age, that I am nowhere near where I imagined myself being at 25, that the years when I'm in my 'prime' are slipping by, wasted, but I seem unable to do anything about it.

Is it normal to feel like this in my twenties?

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  • TrustMeImLying
    9 years ago

    it's called a quarter-life crisis i think, and very normal

    no one turns out the way they imagine themselves. I theorize this disconcerting growing up phase to be the transition from having lived your life in blissful and concern-free illusion, to coming to terms with reality

    welcome to the real world. it sucks; you'll love it

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    Getting old ain't that bad. It sure beats the alternative.

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  • mountain-man82
    9 years ago

    Its normal, but just remember that you still have plenty of time left to do what you want to do in life.

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  • dirtybirdy
    9 years ago

    Ya I was getting all worried about when i was 27. But that was years ago. I still don't like getting older but can't do a dang thang about it so I'm all like whatevs n shit. I'm young at heart...and in the head so I'm good, right???

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  • IIN2?uestionlife
    9 years ago

    Dam I feel the same way, a sense of despair. Im turning 23 and I feel so unacomplished in life. And the worst part is that as you get older time just seems to run faster and faster. All I can say is have fun now and work hard to reach your goals.

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  • oddlestrange
    9 years ago

    I'm on that same boat. I'm 24.
    I think it is a type of mid-life crisis.
    Ugh... I'm still searching for a vampire to help me get to that immortality status.... -_-

    Your normal. It's going to happen. Be wild be young and free while we still can...

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  • volozi
    9 years ago

    Aging bothers me, but it doesn't terrify me.

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  • gorillaphant
    9 years ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdIRrmNN_CQ

    Totally safe link. I promise.

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