My worst nightmare is becoming old and being forced to live in a care home.

[Wowser]

Title, basically. I'm already in hell thanks to mental illness & lonelyness. Now imagine adding the things happening to your mind and body due old age, hell no. And to make things even worse, the fact that I will end up childless and a virgin. I will die knowing that no one will give a fuck about me.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

This is one of the reasons I need to get myself the hell out of here. I don't have a mental illness per say, except depression I guess, but I'm truly as alone as anyone can be. I'm not exactly old and decrepit yet, but that will happen eventually and I can't imagine having to live in a nursing home. I can't even imagine how bad it will be if I get something (less serious) that just makes life more unbearable for me, but not so bad to put me in a nursing home, and have absolutely no one to help me at all. What if something happens where I can't drive anymore? Who will get food for me? Nope, it's no good aging all alone in this world.

 

[Octavia]

… You guys are getting old?

 

[Wowser]

… You guys are getting old?

I don't plan to, but fighting against the survival instinct will be tough.

 

[Tobacco]

I'm terribly scared of old age and I wish to inherit my dad's firearms so I can exit this world once I'm not able to take care of myself anymore.

 

[pyamu]

I'm honestly disgusted by the thought of growing old and diseased. I'm definitely going to inherent memory-related disorders, since my grandparents suffer from them. I can't imagine other people taking care of me like I'm a baby as an old person, and I think the lack of self-reliance is what makes me so disgusted by the idea of it all. I'm definitely going to CTB by then. It's just a matter of when I will. Hopefully I can do so before the age of 65.

 

[WorthlessCoward]

Well yeah the irony is that humans come into to the world, screaming, shitting themselves and not knowing where/who they are and if you live long enough you leave the same way

 

[FuneralCry]

The thought of old age certainly does disturb me, it really is so cruel and evil how humans are denied a peaceful way to exit to finally free themselves from the torture that is ageing. The lack of a right to die and how humans are expected to just decay is inhumane, only death can bring relief from the harm that existing brings. Simply just the fact that all that lies ahead for us is suffering and decay means that to me suicide will be the most logical option, it's irrational to want to get old and deteriorate. It's undeniably a curse to be trapped inside this deteriorating flesh prison.

 

[PurpleParadigm]

I wouldn't worry about the virgin thing. If you're a guy nobody will know unless you tell them, and it honestly feels less good than you think. For children, push comes to shove you can adopt but it depends on what you are looking for in life.

Loneliness really sucks, there is a reason why it is considered inhumane to put people into solitary confinement or any kind, it's extremely cruel. I went though both very lonely and social periods of time and let me tell you that friend groups also bring a fair few bits of drama that is really sad. Been keeping to myself for a while now with very limited interactions, it feels calming.

Where I totally agree with you is being old, frail and alone absolutely sucks. There needs to be a humane and well supported way to get out of that kind of fate.

 

[Soulless Angel]

I only want to die of old age, if I can get some kinda illness that means' I am just oblivious to everything around me! I can't bare the thought of being over the age of 50, and watching more life behind then before, and the misery it will bring, as you just wait to die,
nope not for me