As they say, all diseases are "out of the head". Not only the correct way of life works for the youth of the body, but also thinking. Intrapsychological conflict can lead to asthma, gastritis, anorexia nervosa, and increased stress can lead to heartbeat. According to scientists, the aging process also does not take place in a vacuum. They have not yet learned how to bypass it at this stage of the development of science, but it is still possible to slow it down.
The so-called "biological age" is responsible for the aging process, which, contrary to the generally accepted opinion, can greatly differ from the calendar one. But they are fairly easy to equalize. According to Susan Krauss, Ph. D. from the University of Massachusetts, nothing changes in the body on the day of your 30-40th anniversary. But when you receive a postcard with an unattractive number, you become a completely different person. You are feeling older, older and you are using the appropriate model of behavior.
Many people begin to limit themselves, repeating from day to day: "this is no longer for my age," "I can no longer afford it." You are aging psychologically - you start to take care of yourself less, you quit sports. Women use cosmetics that do not match their skin age. As a result, the aging process is accelerating. Even if thoughts of old age do not trigger it, the body responds in any case to a decrease in physical activity, an increase in stress levels and the numerous drugs that it previously did well without. According to scientists, about 200 indicators affect biological age, but whatever these results are, a person who does not look for signs of premature aging in himself is usually full of energy and his appearance does not undergo any changes.
How does intelligence affect psychological age
"The link between intelligence and longevity is as strong as the link between smoking and lung disease," says a Scientific American article. And it's not just that a smart person is less likely to get into life-threatening situations. According to researchers, life expectancy increases due to the fact that a person who "understands" more easily adapts to the environment and experiences less stress. According to experts at the Mayo Clinic Research Center, psychological old age occurs when a person loses his value to others or feels helpless. Brain activity saves from this. In recent years, many studies have been conducted that have confirmed that the more time a person devotes to education, the lower his risk of developing senile dementia. Each year of study, according to scientists,reduces the risk of disease by 11%.
Calendar is our main enemy
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Calendar and social norms age us no less than bad ecology, nutrition and bad habits. Psychologically, a young man ages more slowly than an old man at heart. The calendar age can be very different from the real, biological, but in our world, the criterion is the number of years, months, days lived by a person. He occupies the place in society that is dictated by age. Regardless of health and development, he is not full until the age of 18, after 30 he must build a career and start a family, and after 55, regardless of real possibilities, society “digests” him and sends him to the “reserve”, to retire.
And if a person, for any reason: for health reasons, because of an unexpected rich inheritance or a won jackpot, retires, say, at 25 - his social age will be 55-60. That is, to correspond to the pension. This will sooner or later affect the psychological state of a person. On the contrary, the late birth of children and their upbringing in old age, "rejuvenates" the social status.
Psychologists say that somewhere after 35 years a person begins to feel serious psychological pressure from each new "date". Some experts even recommend stopping celebrating birthdays or sticking to one date - for example, celebrating your 35th anniversary every year.
According to Dr. Susan Krauss, you need to "focus on dates" less and ask yourself more often: "How many years would I give myself if I didn't know my age?" The latter is something like the motto of the famous American Sutchel Page, who became the "oldest" basketball player in the Major League. He played his last game at the age of sixty.
