Lots of folks say that life ends at 50. Or maybe it's 60 nowadays. However, the point is that people think of middle age as the peak of life, with everything after it being downhill. But it turns out people over the age of 50 are really happier than the younger folks.
One survey in particular compared groups of people based on their sense of well-being. The study compared more than 300,000 people in the US and matched them up based on things like whether they were married or not, or whether they had kids or a job. Then it asked them a bunch of other questions. Well, it turns out that state of mind varies by age.
While things like worries tended to remain the same regardless of age, other qualities changes wildly over time. Stress and anger in particular went down over time.
Another emotion, sadness, also went down after age 50, though the patter didn't change a whole lot. In general, though, happiness tended to decline until the age of 50, after which point it seemed to increase.
50 seems to be the remarkable number. But women have it not so well. They say they felt more stress than the men, and they also concern themselves with sadness moreover and then also worries and sadness were experienced in greater numbers. But these also went down after 50.
One of the things that the study really puts a lead pin inside of is the notion that you really have to examine your feelings, whether it is sadness, happiness, worry or stress. Also you might be happier for some reasons.
One thing they thought was that old folks have a better time of controlling their emotions, at least until a certain point. They may better understand their feelings and have more experience with being grown up.
The end result of all this is that people have a better idea of self- satisfaction. Some scientists like to argue. And that's how they enjoy the rest of their short time on earth, rather than hiding behind a thick wall of regret.
Naturally, something needs to be done more to make the study accurate. But life doesn't end at 50.
One survey in particular compared groups of people based on their sense of well-being. The study compared more than 300,000 people in the US and matched them up based on things like whether they were married or not, or whether they had kids or a job. Then it asked them a bunch of other questions. Well, it turns out that state of mind varies by age.
While things like worries tended to remain the same regardless of age, other qualities changes wildly over time. Stress and anger in particular went down over time.
Another emotion, sadness, also went down after age 50, though the patter didn't change a whole lot. In general, though, happiness tended to decline until the age of 50, after which point it seemed to increase.
50 seems to be the remarkable number. But women have it not so well. They say they felt more stress than the men, and they also concern themselves with sadness moreover and then also worries and sadness were experienced in greater numbers. But these also went down after 50.
One of the things that the study really puts a lead pin inside of is the notion that you really have to examine your feelings, whether it is sadness, happiness, worry or stress. Also you might be happier for some reasons.
One thing they thought was that old folks have a better time of controlling their emotions, at least until a certain point. They may better understand their feelings and have more experience with being grown up.
The end result of all this is that people have a better idea of self- satisfaction. Some scientists like to argue. And that's how they enjoy the rest of their short time on earth, rather than hiding behind a thick wall of regret.
Naturally, something needs to be done more to make the study accurate. But life doesn't end at 50.
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