1. My personal definition of successful aging would be good physical health, financial security, being able to be optimistic (coping skills), and staying involved in activities/ active social life.
My definition has changed since the beginning of the semester, because I have learned a lot more about successful aging and all it entails.
2. The thing that I found most interesting about this semester was learning just how many different aspects of successful aging there are and how many different things can effect the way you age such as:
Financial Aging
Mental Aging
Physical Aging
Emotional Aging
3. The aspect of successful gaining that I would like to keep learning about it financial aging. Financial aging particularly interests me because it is what I am majoring in. I never thought about finances when I thought of successful aging, but once we tied it in I realized how important it can be. I find financial aging really interesting and hope to learn more about it in the future.
4. I have gained a lot of knowledge about aging through this seminar. Some things I may try and work on are stressing less (putting things into perspective), staying active, eating right, and having an active social life, since these are all things that have an effect on successful aging.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Stress and Aging
Especially around this time of lots of projects and papers being do, I thought it was appropriate to look further into the effects of stress on aging.
Being college student we experience a lot of stress quite frequently. Learning all the effects stress can have on aging only makes me want to stress more. The article I found stated many of the effects of stress such as, premature lining of the face, and thinning skin. If you are chronically stressed genes inside your cells whither and shrivel, muscles weaken, skin loses elasticity and firmness, and brain functions lessen.
So stress effects aging not only physically but also internally.
An interesting point of this article I found is that some people lead very stressful lives, but if they keep difficulties in perspective they do not suffer the consequences of stress as much. So it's not always about how stressful your life is, it is more about how stressful you perceive your life to be.
This article helps me put things into perspective. I hope that as finals comes this year, I will better be able to handle all the stresses it can bring.
http://anti.agingarsenal.com/diet-exercise/effects-of-stress-on-aging/
Being college student we experience a lot of stress quite frequently. Learning all the effects stress can have on aging only makes me want to stress more. The article I found stated many of the effects of stress such as, premature lining of the face, and thinning skin. If you are chronically stressed genes inside your cells whither and shrivel, muscles weaken, skin loses elasticity and firmness, and brain functions lessen.
So stress effects aging not only physically but also internally.
An interesting point of this article I found is that some people lead very stressful lives, but if they keep difficulties in perspective they do not suffer the consequences of stress as much. So it's not always about how stressful your life is, it is more about how stressful you perceive your life to be.
This article helps me put things into perspective. I hope that as finals comes this year, I will better be able to handle all the stresses it can bring.
http://anti.agingarsenal.com/diet-exercise/effects-of-stress-on-aging/
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