Want To Live To 100? Try To Bounce Back From Stress : NPR
Hint from featured profile Helen Reichert, who's 109? A sense of humor helps.
More and more research is finding that the ability to cope with stress and bounce back better correlates with long life. Just a reminder to take it easy…
Gerontologist and commentator Mark Lachs says one of the keys to a long, healthy old age is the ability to keep moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks.
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One study found that 50 year olds with a negative outlook on life lived seven years shorter than those with a positive outlook.
What’s interesting is that more than avoiding stress it seems more important to have the ability to bounce back from it. So healthy coping mechanisms for handling stress, as well as a good attitude about life, seems to be more important than nutrition and exercise.
Posted on April 20, 2011, in behavior, brain, happiness, health, neuroscience, play, psychology and tagged age, aging, gerontology, happiness, health, humor, mental health, NPR, positive psychology, psychology, Stress. Bookmark the permalink. Comments Off.
