http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/the-situation-of-aging/ Wed, 22 May 2013 05:13:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/the-situation-of-aging/#comment-14961 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:25:34 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=6873#comment-14961 [...] & Age The Situation of Health and Aging The Situationist [...]

]]> http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/the-situation-of-aging/#comment-14910 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:57:34 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=6873#comment-14910 I find this study fascinating and have bought the book. However, this information also grips me with a certain amount of despair that there is yet another reason to conclude that there is yet another thing for which to blame ourselves and a bad attitude, rather like the discussion about whether cancer and other health problems are “caused” by negativity. Alas, negativiely seems to be just the way some people are “wired” while others can seem to effortlessly remain “in the moment” and upbeat. (Or so it seems from the outside.) I am convinced by what I have read in this area that the mind has a profound and measurable effect on physical well-being. On the other hand,the irresistable question arises, “What are the limits of that effect?” I feel certain that I cannot recline on the couch and eat junk food and remain slim and fit merely by thinking myself to be so (although in the last few years I’m making a good effort!). And if I could create my own reality I would have expire long since of one of the many maladies I imagined I had (and will undoubtedly eventually succumb to). While Langer’s findings are intriguing, I suspect that the most difficult questions lie in trying to separate the threads of caustion. In the meantime I will try not to blame myself if I feel old!

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