How do we age?
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?… Paige Wallet
– Chronological age
Chronological age measures the number of years, hours, minutes and seconds that we have been alive. If this is our only criteria for healthy aging, we will feel older and older every year that we are alive. We will feel less energetic, less passionate, less flexible, and less alive with each passing day. Fortunately, this is just one of many healthy aging measures.
– Biological age
Biological age is determined by external physical appearance and critical vital signs such as weakened and graying hair, wrinkled and flabby skin, brown, white and red spots, cloudy and puffy eyes with bags underneath, and a weak and fragile body. Many of these signs can be improved with a healthy lifestyle or camouflaged with makeup or cosmetic surgeries. Some of the signs of biological aging can be reversed through proper diet, exercise, positive and creative thinking, and pleasant life experiences.
– Functional age
Functional age is measured by our fitness level, including respiratory capacity, cardiovascular efficiency, muscle strength, flexibility, vitality, energy, injury and illness recovery rate, and immune system strength. High energy symptoms, absence of neuromuscular aches and pains, ability to participate and enjoy strenuous physical activities, as well as being able to adequately handle the basic needs of daily life.
– Psychological age
Psychological age is subjective, determined by how old we feel we are. It is a measure of our enthusiasm and passion for living, our interest in life’s activities, including sexuality, and our willingness to explore new activities and learn new skills. The more we experience excitement and passion, the happier our thoughts become, the more others want to spend time with us, the more we can enjoy sharing our selves with others.
– Emotional age
Emotional age is the quality of our emotional maturity and stability. It is a measure of how we respond to others, interact with them, and handle conflict, especially when we don’t get our way. It is also a measure of whether we follow our dreams, pursue our set goals, handle our responsibilities and commitments appropriately, and how we feel about ourselves and others. It is determined by how we adapt to changing circumstances and the normal ups and downs of life.
– Intellectual age
Intellectual age is determined by the strength of our memory, our ability to concentrate, think critically about the world around us, solve problems, and remain curious, creative, intellectually sharp, open-minded, and flexible in our thoughts and attitudes. .
– Social age
Social age is determined by how we share our time with others, whether we are totally entangled with others like a newborn with its mother, or totally defiant, distant and distant from others like an abandoned child, or if we are capable. of giving and receiving. , share and enjoy the company of others and also being alone.
– Sexual age
Sexual age is determined not only by how we behave sexually, but also by how we think about sex, sexuality, men, women, our own body, the bodies of others, and actual sexual acts. Sexual maturity is determined by our awareness, appreciation, and attraction to the very real human beings in our social sphere with whom we share intimate relationships.
