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  • It's a trick, this question, a red herring, designed to deflect from the fact that, in the zeitgeist of today, it isn't the past that's hogging the cultural spotlight, it's gerascophobia, the "fear of aging"; a syndrome so pronounced it has six syllables.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011

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  • The fear of growing old.

    May 12, 2008

  • JM used to have mild gerascophobia but he grew out of it!

    September 7, 2009