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life, from the perspective of...

...a senior citizen. Imagine, for a moment, that everyone that you have ever known in your life is dead ( or nearly everyone). Brothers, sisters, aunt's, uncles, cousins, best friends, husband/wife,  parents, grandparents and sometimes even children. everyone that you have ever known or been close to, gone. you will never again see them smile. you'll never again hear their voice. never again feel the touch of their hand. All gone. Some deal with it through anger. Others sadness or depression. Until I recently lost my wife, my best friend and the best person I've ever known, I could never begin to grasp it. That is, the shortness of life. Unless we ourselves have experienced death, we cannot understand it. Life, from the perspective of a senior citizen. 

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You have to bear in mind that as a senior citizen, despite having 'lost' most if not everyone close to you, you have experienced a relatively long life. A long life filled with many memories which you can look back on and cherish. That is why it is important to make the most of the time that you have with your loved ones while they are still alive, so that you don't regret it later on.

Some people in this world are not very fortunate and do not live to their senior years. Even without my closest friends or family by my side, I would personally still be able to enjoy my life as a senior citizen. If I ever felt lonely, I would simply recall the good times by perhaps looking at old photographs/videos which I'm sure most people have access to nowadays.

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Thanks! Really enjoying it. I love to debate topics, so when I found this one it was very interesting to me. Especially in light of the fact that you can create your own debates. Really cool site.

ironman34698(235) Clarified
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Oh yes. it's the memories that can help you to get through it, even though the memories still hurt. I feel for seniors. I really do. before my grandma passed away, I made sure and spent all the time that I could with her, as well as my wife. my suggestion to anyone who has a family member or loved one dying: spend every moment that you can with them. when they actually do pass away, you will have no regrets (hopefully). at the very least it can help you know that in the end you were there for them.

:'( Whenever I would visit my grandmother I would feel bad for those who didn't have family members anymore (or atleast who cared for them). Some of their family members wouldn't even visit them. I can imagine its a very painful feeling.

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This is one of a multitude of issues stemming directly from our push towards greater longevity. Our scientific capacity to extend the human lifespan has greatly outpaced our individual and social evolution; the potential extremity of isolation in exceptional old age is not something we have evolved personal coping mechanisms for, and we have not developed any significant social solution for integrating the elderly with the rest of the population.

All of that being said, the loss of most or all loved ones is not necessarily unique to the elderly. In areas of greater violence and unrest or more widespread disease and famine, individuals can and do lose the majority of their family and other loved ones. One could argue that this constitutes a small proportion of the overall population if they like, but I would suggest that that number is at the very least equivalent to the number of people who outlive most or all of their loved ones. The difference is that in places where such old age is a possibility, we have the preceding privilege of having had relatively peaceful years with our loved ones before losing them.