Researchers found the days after the milestone birthday to be the point when the average adult starts to dread ageing, health problems and fading looks. It also emerged that health issues top the list of ageing concerns along with minds failing and losing independence.
Jeannette Franks, PhD, is a passionate gerontologist who teaches at University of Washington and Bastyr University; she is the author of a book on assisted living and numerous articles. We all experience anxiety from time to time, some of which is normal and even productive.
Over half the population aged 70 to 80 had one or more phobias. One in ten had a phobia which was strong enough to qualify as a mental diagnosis.
Gerontophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by. While most people do not like.
Thanatophobia is omnipresent in our lives. Research has shown separate but connected constructs:
Gerontophobia is the fear of old people or growing old. People with this fear tend to worry about growing old because they fear being left alone with no one to take of or comfort them in their old age.