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Comment by Carl Pastor on December 9, 2012 at 10:31pm

in my case, as a kid i was always depresed, unhappy and mixed up. i realized that, knew that, i was the cause of all the bad things that hapened to me. after all that was all that adults said to me, so fer me my happiness didn't start untill i left the coast guard and started my independent life.  i was 21 or 22. after my accident i had a  bit od depression but i was finished with that in a few months. other thaen that ive been relatively hapy. i dont notice any more happiness unless you mean stress. since im retired i have little stress

Comment by Adriana on December 9, 2012 at 4:53pm

Yes, I get the idea but what I'm saying is that my well being has not changed since I was I kid. I was a happy child, happy teenager, happy young woman, etc. I'm hoping that once I get really old I'll learn to give up on things I want to do now that I can no longer do (like running).

Comment by Davy on December 9, 2012 at 4:25pm

We feel better because we become more accepting of our life and the life we have led! Some of us have learnt to do when we we a child. Have fun, jumping puddles, take our shoes off and go running in the rain. 

Comment by Michel on December 9, 2012 at 3:04pm

You have to be patient =)

Comment by Adriana on December 9, 2012 at 2:59pm

Glad older people feel better, but it's not my case; I felt better when I was younger. I feel good now, but not better.

Comment by Michel on December 9, 2012 at 2:49pm

Paradox of Aging: The Older We Get, the Better We Feel?

Dec. 7, 2012 — Presently, there are about 40 million Americans over the age of 65, with the fastest-growing segment of the population over 80 years old. Traditionally, aging has been viewed as a period of progressive decline in physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning, and aging is viewed by many as the "number one public health problem" facing Americans today.

But this negative view of aging contrasts with results of a comprehensive study of 1,006 older adults in San Diego by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Stanford University. Results of the Successful Aging Evaluation (SAGE) study -- comprising a 25-minute phone interview, followed by a comprehensive mail-in survey -- will be published in the December 7 online issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

"While there is a growing public health interest in understanding and promoting successful aging, until now little published research has combined measures of physical health with cognitive and psychological assessments, in a large and randomly selected sample," said principal investigator Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, and director of UC San Diego's Stein Institute for Research on Aging, and the current President of the American Psychiatric Association (which was not involved in this study).

The SAGE study included adults between the ages of 50 and 99 years, with a mean age of just over 77 years. In addition to measures which assessed rates of chronic disease and disability, the survey looked at more subjective criteria such as social engagement and participants' self-assessment of their overall health.

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Comment by Marianne on May 2, 2012 at 8:30am

From the Ted talk that Michel posted, old age first is now in this time amazing and also encouraging (stress free...?) (more accepting of sadness ?, more compassionate ?);  this all sound very positive...

Comment by Marianne on May 2, 2012 at 8:21am

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Comment by Davy on April 22, 2012 at 5:03pm

BTW HaHaHaHaHaHa 

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