The most common signs that we are "officially older"

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"You are officially older if you remember to use a pencil to rewind tapes" or that "one night's plan was ruined when you went to Blockbuster and the movie you wanted was already rented." You are officially older if you recognize yourself in the sly occurrences that the tweeters leave in hashtags such as #youareofficiallyoldif - or one of their Spanish versions, # eresdemasiadomayor - Grace is true, and the technology gap is responsible for the most jokes funny and the most apolillados laments. This is reflected in a survey by the British brand of food supplements Future You, in which 2,000 people detailed the 50 signs that make us feel older.

The joke of the cassette and, in general, the technological gap, is one of the things that open our eyes to the unstoppable advance of our body's programmed obsolescence. "Having co-workers so young that they don't know what a tape is" is frustrating, but it is even more "not knowing how to use devices such as tablets or smart TVs" or "having a smartphone and not knowing how to do it more than call ", are some of the examples included in the list. Beyond the fact of not being up to date with the latest devices and thinking that everything in another era was better, there are other signs that make us feel older.

The first sign on the list is "forgetting people's names" and it is also (in seventh position) the classic of not knowing where the keys or glasses have been left. Respondents agree that "having more hair in the nose, eyebrows and ears," "avoid taking weight so that your back does not hurt," "getting sick more often," "feeling tired from the moment you get up" or "Talking too much about joint problems" are some of the things that remind us that we get older.
Old age, a subjective issue?

The average age at the door knocks on this type of uncomfortable situations - or hilarious, for those who do not know that the future holds a new generation that will not know what Spotify is - is, according to the survey, 41 years, although it is not the 57 when respondents say they feel, as the hashtag says, "officially older." But 57 (or 60, 67 ...) is just a figure. The concept of old age, maturity or seniority, call it what you want, changes with age. From the age of 30, with the arrival of each new decade, we look back and reassess our ideas about what it means to be older, the conclusions of an investigation published in 2018 in the journal Frontiers in Psychology point out. We can take the opportunity to feel younger inside. On the outside, there is no debate or reflection to stop the clock.

Science indicates that the flower of life is in the twenties and our body begins to suffer the changes that leave youth behind in the thirties. From here everything is dramatic: the lens loses flexibility and the ability to focus is less and less, the taste and smell suffer, we lose muscle and gain fat, the hair starts to fall ... At 40, in case It was not uncommon, it is not uncommon to start feeling tired, we lose even more muscle mass, the skin begins to burn out and wrinkles stop being small lines of expression to become increasingly marked grooves (the mirror does not say it, but the face with which the bisoños companions of your children look at you). With the arrival of the 50, menopause and men reach the menopause, andropause, as a result of low testosterone levels (after 30 lose 1% of this hormone annually). Tranquility.

The list of real signs of old age is increasing year after year, and we cannot control it. What we can do is age better, something as simple as eating a healthy and balanced diet, and exercising regularly. In addition, the scientific literature points out another determining factor, subjective age: how we feel about our age. Thus, feeling older or younger than we are determines how we behave towards life and even influences our health. Would all those people who, in their 40s, go jogging in the Retreat three times a week if they feel old-fashioned? No. In addition, the science of longevity has revealed that those who feel younger enjoy better mental health and have a lower risk of suffering from depression, while those who are considered older for their age increase their risk of suffering various diseases, including which highlight the cardiovascular.