Change Your Mindset, Change your life
Research says you're only as young or old as you think and act.
I'm sure you have heard the saying "you're only as old as you feel". You may have not paid much attention to it or you may have seen it as a simple cliche. The truth is perception can be a powerful tool when used in a positive way. Situations you encounter can be easy or hard based on how you think about them. The same can be said for our perception of self. Researchers say older adults who see themselves as younger benefit from positive outcomes including better memory and health and set out to see how much both exercise and feeling in control of your life has on how young or old you see yourself.
Researchers out of North Carolina State University took 116 older adults (60-90 years old) and 106 younger adults (18-36 years old) and used surveys over 9 days to find a connection between how in control they felt that day and how old they felt. While they found a great deal of variability in both groups the older group had a significant association between perceived level of control and how young they felt. This group received ways they could feel more in control of their from meeting a therapist and getting specific details to receiving text messages with different ideas of how to shape their environment. They also researched another group of inactive older adults and tracked and increased the number of steps they took a day and found that with more activity their perceived age was also younger. These studies were only done with a small group of people and how they perceived their circumstances, but hopefully, these studies can lead to more research and aid in helping people live a better quality of life
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