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Are We Aging Faster Because We Expect To?
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Are We Aging Faster Because We Expect To?
We’ve all grown up with the same message:
👉 Aging = decline
Slower. Weaker. Forgetful.
But a new study is challenging that idea in a pretty powerful way.
Researchers found that nearly half of adults over 65 actually improved in cognitive or physical function over time — not just stayed the same… but improved.
Even more interesting? One of the strongest predictors wasn’t medication or genetics…
👉 It was how people think about aging itself.
The article suggests that a lot of what we assume about aging may not be biology — it may be belief. And those beliefs can shape behavior, resilience, and even health outcomes.
🤔 So here’s the real question:
If aging isn’t necessarily decline…
👉 Have we been conditioned to expect the worst — and unknowingly create it?
And what does that mean for:
How doctors talk to patients?
How we approach lifestyle, movement, and mindset?
How we treat older people in society?
We spend so much time trying to “fight aging”…
But what if part of the answer is rethinking it?
💬 How do you think, feel, about aging?
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Here is the full article : https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/what-if-aging-isnt-decline-a-new-study-finds-for-many-it-isnt-6000295
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Amen! Yes! To your point, I have been citing a book “Counter Clockwise” (https://www.audible.com/pd/Counterclockwise-Audiobook/B002V5BDD0)” since reading it a year ago. Don’t live your age; live your purpose, and keep to your healthy habits! When I respond to people concerning my age (65), they are shocked. That feels both good (people assuming I’m mid-40s) and bad (because of the self-applied stigma label).
[Book Synopsis]
“If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than 30 years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what’s possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what’s not, can lead to better health at any age….…Scientifically riveting and practically empowering, Counterclockwise holds enormously exciting implications for our general health – including vision, old age, cancer, weight, and heart health – as well as for our fundamental happiness.”
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Thank you @indymb always love a good book recomendation.
I often get taken for being younger too. It isn’t because I necessarily look younger, but I am energetic and love life and I think people respond to that.
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