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People don't like to look for signs of old age in themselves. According to most people, old age, especially mental, not physical, comes somewhere closer to seventy or eighty years. So what? We think that we are still young in soul and body, and if someone disagrees, then they are probably simply ignorant or have no taste at all.
However, as practice shows, even a young, physically healthy person can be old deep down. The reasons can be argued for a long time: genetics, life situations, stress at work, and so on. We suggest you take a closer look at 3 signs of old age that are not so easy to notice in the first minutes of acquaintance.
Signs of old age
First of all, it is worth saying that some scientists consider old age to be a disease. In some, it affects the body first, and then the mind. And most people are like that. It also happens the other way around, the mind is affected first. But, unfortunately, after that, the old age of the body comes quite quickly.
There are quite a few signs of old age and they can appear at almost any age. But we would like to focus on the three main ones. By the way, the writer Anna Kipriyanova also believes that such signs have a place to be.
Long-lasting nostalgia
If a person really considers everything that was done and invented before to be truly the best, and the new things that came with progress to be just a gimmick, one should think about it. And we mean not only technology, construction and cinema, but also music, fashion and even the political system. “It was better before!” is the old man’s slogan.
Young people deserve special attention, in principle, people who find disadvantages even in modern technology. The Internet? What do you understand! Before, we used to communicate in person or by phone. That was the time! Cars drive faster and don't break down? Yes, my Cossack is made of real iron, and you can buy a bucket for it for 50 UAH on market day!
In this regard, a person is often simply not interested in progress, stuck at some one point. This is a path to nowhere. Even really old people can be interested in something new as a hobby. If, of course, they are young at heart.
By the way, this is often used by dishonest employers when an employee gets fixated on one process. He may even perfect it in the end, but it's not such a big achievement without development. Have you been working at the same place for a year? Why should you raise your salary, you don't know how to do anything anymore, and you don't want to develop. So you get what you got 8 years ago.
Emotional bankruptcy
Another sign of internal aging is emotional attachment to something that the brain perceives as truly its own, native. The brain is comfortable and pleasant to think only about those things that it has dealt with in the past. That is why people in old age (physically and mentally) do not even particularly want to take a vacation from work. And why, because you still have to think about what to do.
The same applies to other people. It becomes difficult not only to make new acquaintances, but also to communicate even with old acquaintances or friends. Every time the “old” person will tell the same story, without even asking whether the other person is interested in it.
And when the narrator is interrupted, he will be dissatisfied, because he does not need or interest in the new information. Other people exist only to listen to the mental old man, to let him talk and not take up any more of his precious time. After all, he is in a hurry, his usual routine does not provide for unforeseen conversations.
This so-called “senile selfishness” is familiar to many who have dealt with it at least once.
Romantic affairs
Let's immediately skip the physical component. After all, we are talking about the signs of old age in the mental, “brain” sense. And now we want to consider romantic relationships from the point of view of platonic relationships.
As they say, “relationships are a job for two.” Of course, there will always be a person who needs it, and we can say with confidence that they are definitely young at heart. After all, romance is also sudden emotions, courtship, and manifestations of feelings. Only a person who has a thirst for life will be able to feel this attraction.
A morally old individual does not have such a source of internal energy at his disposal, he simply has nowhere to get it. Therefore, it will be difficult for him to tear away pieces of time that he is used to spending on daily affairs and spend them on someone else. This is again a manifestation of the same selfishness.
And, besides, to start a romantic relationship from scratch, you need to somehow interest your significant other on a moral level. Be interesting. And in most cases, it’s not so easy to endure the same boring monologue day after day. There are, of course, exceptions when the “old man” has become an expert in his element, which can even teach you something. But… is this romance? More likely, free lectures or something like that.
We dare to repeat that there are actually many more signs of old age. However, those that we have given you as an example are probably the most common. Therefore, look at yourself in the mirror and think. If any of the above can be attributed to your usual habits, you need to change something. Place of work, residence. Or at least just start a developing and interesting hobby.
There is still so much interesting and beautiful in this world, why focus on one thing and grow old from the inside? Develop yourself and soon you will see a rejuvenated personality looking at you from the mirror with a persistent smile on your lips.
