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When Your Fear of Getting Older Isn't Just a 'Normal' Fear

Gerascophobia is the fear of getting older. I have been clinically diagnosed with this phobia. I have had it since I was a young child, and with my 25th birthday drawing near, I find myself getting more and more preoccupied with the thought of “getting older.” My therapist thinks my phobia got particularly bad whenever [...]