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The problem is the obsessional pursuit of the next thing that can be done to look younger

Caring more about looking younger than how healthy you are can cause unnecessary stress and anxiety

Have you ever been told that you look younger than your age?

Wanting to look younger than your age is certainly a thing—a personal measure of pride and a belief that you have succeeded in overcoming the inevitability of age showing in your appearance.

Research has found that 59 percent of adults between the ages of 50 and 80 actually see themselves as looking younger than their ages. (Allen, JO, et al. 2024) In my work as a therapist helping adults manage anxiety and stress, one of the biggest causes of excessive anxiety in aging adults, more acutely in women, is the perception of deteriorating appearance and panic over not looking the way they looked decades ago. It seems to be an age-related, self-image dissonance," thinking they look younger but not being satisfied with that alone.

That over half of adults believe that they look younger than their ages coexists with an obsessive pursuit of searching for the next thing that can be done to look........

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