The good life begins at fifty claims a new report which found that this was the start of the happiest time of our lives.
from The Telegraph
By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Published: 18 May 2010
Stress, anger and worry fade after the landmark birthday when we begin experiencing greater daily joy than younger adults, it is claimed.
Despite increased risk of death and disease, it seems that people worry less and that they ignore the negatives and accentuate the positives.
Dr Arthur Stone, a psychologist of Stony Brook University, New York, said the findings were "striking".
"You would think as chronic illness threatens life would get worse but that is not the case because people don't focus on the threats," he said.
"They focus on the good things in life like family and friends."
A survey of more than 340,000 people published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found overall feelings of wellbeing improve as we pass middle age.
The researchers found positive and negative emotions varied with age similarly in both sexes – although women reported greater stress, worry and sadness at all ages.
Stress and anger reduced after people reached their early 20s with worry declining after the age of fifty...read more story at The Telegraph
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