Study Finds Subjective Age Crucial in Well-Being among Elderly
February 25th, 2010
Many people who seem to be enjoying their later years offer anecdotes and wisdom suggesting that how old one feels is as important –if not moreso– than their physical age. A team from the Purdue University Center on Aging and Life Course recently explored this conventional idea with a long-term study aimed at discerning whether subjective age was really a factor in the aging process. The study found, over a ten-year period, that those who reported feeling younger than they actually were enjoyed a greater sense of well-being and personal ability than those who felt as old or older than their birth certificates declared. The work may have important implications for therapists working with elderly clients.
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It is no doubt that those who ‘feel’ younger are much better health-wise…this comes from the fact that those who think they are younger atre actually optimists and those who think they are older are often pessimistic in nature…they think of themselves as growing old and weak day by day, therby inducing themselves into believing so andd hence the body acts in a similar way…by giving up! It is just so important to have a right frame of mind and positive thinking…
Its all in the state of mind…we’re all as old as we think we are…there is nothing like positive outlook and good thought sthat can help an individual stay young at heart and be healthy too.
The same thing is true in that if you go around feeling older than you are then it is gonna show too.
You are as old as you think yourself to be…this cannot be better demonstrated than two elders of nearly the same age having very different health conditions…a happy person is a healthy person , no doubt about it.
you are as young as you feel
it is very important for any person not to think of himself as being old and losing strength…because if a person starts thinking that way, then it will lead to the person having problems even if he did not actually have any problems initially.
This just goes out to show how important the perception of self is…a person may just invite problems by thinking of himself as weak or old…It also shows how important it is for each one of us to have a positive outlook and to think in a positive manner at all times and not to pull ourselves down with negative thoughts.
there is nothing like consideration of the self…it is said that a person under treatment cannot be cured unless he himself has a wish to be cured…such is the importance and the power of the self…people should be taught to make use of this for their advantage, as most people tend to put themselves at a disadvantage due to this.
Think young and you shall remain so!
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