As a 22 year old who has been terrified of death and old age since I was 12 or so, and is often plagued with obsessive, nightmarish thoughts about it, I'm bewildered by older people when I hear from them things like:

"When I was a kid I thought I'd be young forever."

"You just don't think about death when you're 20."

I hear this type of thing often. Do people generally not think about death and old age while they're young, or am I just an abnormal case? The only other young people I've talked to about this have agreed with me. They do think about death. Although I tend to befriend those who are introverted and think a lot in the first place, so that sample might be biased.

Is it just forgetfulness on the parts of the older people? Is it something about our generation?

(In the poll, decide for yourself whether you should consider yourself an older person or not. Probably while youth is fading, when health problems are of greater concern. Maybe 40 or so? It might be different depending on the person.)