It's a Fact: Middle Age Sucks
This is Maxine. She’s my role model. Just wait until my kids try sticking me into a nursing home. They’ll never see what hit them.I found this yesterday while I was visiting my favorite blogging attorney at Second Effort. Scientists have proven that Middle Age makes us depressed. Well,
Why can’t they fund studies like this one:
This study makes more sense. What do you think?When you’re done scratching your head and trying to figure out how these scientists procured their research funding, check this post out. Amy Quinn from Live Smarter talks about the ten terrible patients you meet in a hospital, and how to deal with them. It's good stuff, and she didn't need a research grant to figure it out. Then go visit Kim at Emergiblog for Beatle's Week at Grand Rounds. You're going to love it! Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!
posted by Mother Jones RN at 2:51 PM
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Once when Arnold schwarzenegger was interviewed, he said that he will live to be 120 years old. He said he believed that because he took care of his body, plus the miracle of modern day medicine. I figure 60 would be middle age. I'm in my 40's, so I have a ways to go. Isn't denial grand!
I just wanted to say that I enjoy reading your blog.
I love the cards with Maxine...I always get them. :-P
I suspect that is exactly what Pavlov's cat would have said....
Hooray for Maxine!
I saw that study, too - was all over the news (obviously, a lot of journalists are middle-aged). I think it's natural to start taking stock of your life when you hit your 40s. You can't help wondering, "Is this all there is?" For many, that's pretty depressing. My husband and I went through this ourselves and since we're both shrinks, also saw it in our practices. (My husband's solution was to buy an incredibly powerful-engined vehicle. He's sort of the poster boy for the Y chromosome.) But, I agree: seems to be much better stuff to spend money on that studies like this.
Yeah, getting older is not for sissies, that's for damn sure. But the alternative is much, much worse.
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