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While reading up on various topics about healthy aging i came upon this quote from here

Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age.

Which comes from a study of numbers of men and women who reported on how they felt about their age.  They were tracked over a period of 6 years and told about their satisfaction with aging.

I feel like this is contradictory to what I have believed for a long time, for older people constantly complain about how old they feel and the various losses they have in their world (eye sight, motor functions, etc.).  This also is bizarre for it sets a standard for how an age actually feels.  Why isnt it that these people suggested in the quote actually feel their age and other just feel older than their age. These people are being analyzed from what sounds like self reports and this has to be weaker than information brought about by psychological analysis.  Ultimately I feel as though these feelings of the subjects could totally be created in their minds- I would be highly interested in a study where a subject was not informed of thier age ever and at an appropriate age was put into positions which would be found by socitey to be better suited for a different age group.  I feel the outcome of such a study could tell us more about age and what makes us "feel" younger or older. As that same website suggests that many of the stereo typical factors that humans tag with being "old" come more from the depression and inactivity of the elderly than the age themself. Old people who do regular activities and start new things can actually avoid the common effects of aging. 

Note to self healthy aging= do activites that make you feel younger.