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Article created by: Kotryna Br
Getting older is a natural part of life, and it’s not something we can avoid. However, we can do so gracefully. If we take good care of our bodies, and minds, and have an active social life, we can slow down the process, too. But it’s not just getting a few more wrinkles and grey hairs that indicate that we’re aging.
The members of the popular r/AskReddit online community recently opened up about the (not so) subtle signs that they’re getting older. We’ve collected some of their most interesting insights to share with you. Scroll down, and don’t forget to upvote the posts that you relate to the most, Pandas.
Bored Panda reached out to neuroscientist Nicole Avena, Ph.D., who explained the link between diet and aging and what foods to avoid and embrace as we grow older. Dr. Avena is an expert in nutrition, diet, and addiction and the author of the book ‘Sugarless: A 7-Step Plan to Uncover Hidden Sugars, Curb Your Cravings, and Conquer Your Addiction.’ You’ll find the insights she shared with us as you scroll down.
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#2
Everything that I hated as a kid I love as an older adult.
Naps
Solitude
Staying home
Not being around a lot of people.
#3
My body is definitely getting older and I look older, but mentally, I feel ageless. I sometimes have to remind myself that I am my age.
#5
When you fall over and people laugh, then you’re young.
If you fall over and people panic, then you’re getting old.
#6
College students look like high school students, high school students look like children.
the 80s were still 25 years ago.
#9
When you've been doing what you do for a living for longer than the new people in the profession have been alive.
#10
When your childhood punishments **become** your adult goals (eat vegetables, having a nap, stay at home, sleep early).
#13
Realizing that I do, actually, have an expiration date and it is closer than my sell by date.
#14
When your spouse passes away and you need to rewrite your brain so you have the motivation and courage to carry on without the comfort of a strong hug now and then. Hug each other all you can today!
#15
No matter what you do, there’s always a last little squirt of pee that ends up in your underwear.
#16
When you end up waking up with hangover symptoms just because you stayed up a bit late. No alcohol consumed, just staying up past 11pm is enough!
#18
The struggle of putting on my socks in the morning (and most other minor physical “activities”) prior to being up and around for a little while… it’s like I have to “warm up” to be awake.
#19
When we drive around my hometown, I tell them what used to be in that building or that I remember before that building was even there, lol.
#20
I drop something in the floor and am like “You live there now until I drop something else and it’s worth the journey to the floor and back up.”.
#22
I'm shopping for appliances and excited.
#25
I’ve been enjoying nature more, I know it sounds stupid but I used to not really care about it, now I just sit there and look at trees.
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