Old people frighten me.

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Ever since I can remember I've been terrified of old people. It originally stemmed from my uneasyness whenever an older man was a little to friendly and would find it okay to put his arm on my back or rub my arm. Generally non of it ever felt overtly sexual to me, it just made me intensly uneasy.
I eventuall began to fear the senoirs in general. Watching them eat makes me want to vomit, they smell disgusting, they can be ignorant and daft and the prospect of being left alone made me cry. Luckily my tears got me out of that situation and I wasnt left alone.
When I'm around them I get on edge, snapping at one of my deartest friends who merely asked me why I was so nervous when we visited a Senoir home.
Everything about them makes me uncomfrotable and scares me. To the point that I don't look them in the eyes and will refuse to walk next to one.
I can't place it, but I'm also afraid of becoming like them and have openly decided to end my life before I'm stuck on dialysis or something else of the kind.
I know its rude but Old people make me run, and when I can't they make me edgy and hostile.
Tell me, is that normal?

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Based on 58 votes (27 yes)
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  • I'm-so-funny
    12 years ago

    I am the god of making people laugh. It's normal, bloody heck, being fat is normal, but then it's so normal that old people freak you out.

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  • Hooviva
    13 years ago

    One of those days, son, you'll be old. And if you're scared of old people, kid, just meet the ones you love and tell them not to touch ya. I know because I was never afraid of old people, and I told people not ta touch me, Sonny Boy. When you grow old you'll perhaps not be a young fool, and realise that old people have more experience.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    buy a revolver and when you think you too wrinkly then just blow your brains out on the kitchen floor!

    XxxIamTheGodxxX

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  • jlee25
    14 years ago

    strange, but I too had a hard time warming up to old people..until I took care of my dying 89 year young Mom,(still teaching dance, driving, flying, and running a business.) Fine one day, but the next was given 4 months to live. After having her in a Hospice Facility I now know we are all going to grow old and die. "It's not the years in your life, but the life in your years." Just as the young, some people are easier to like than others!:)Be kind

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  • penelope13
    14 years ago

    Normally, we fear the things we don't understand.

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  • laurabot
    14 years ago

    they're unpredictable

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  • margogo42
    14 years ago

    old people are always used in scary movies and stuff because (some of them) are just creepy and they space out a lot. idk if it's normal to be scared of all of them, but yeah, some are quite creepy.

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Not so normal!!! Its your fear of growing old!

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  • crayZ
    14 years ago

    I feel the same around senior males. Not so much around females because how often do you hear about old ladys raping people. I think family guy partly contributes to my fear of old guys, because of that old perv that likes chris. Also because of the storys about priests.

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