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[quote=Anonymous]This thread has me lmao. Yes, so much of this with my parents. I see it as a combination of factors (in no particular order).

1) Age - 80s, their days aren’t as full as they once were and they are physically more vulnerable

2) News sources - they’re fed a diet of things to be afraid of

3) Social media algorithms- not my dad, but certainly my mom, reinforces every fear through her social media views and then is fed more of the same

4) Anxiety - feeding this beast from all of the above

5) Religion - for my parents this is absolutely part and parcel to their views and feeds into their fears

A few years ago my mom would send me all the chain emails about why people should be afraid of this that or the other - and I’d send her the Snopes debunking link. Once she sent me something inflammatory about Muslims I told her to stop. Now it’s the occasional “news” link, but mostly its long rambling stories on the phone.

I see how a shrinking/small life can be a breeding ground for fear and hope to choose differently as I age. 
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