Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Emotional Intimacy Question: Aging

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. I'm starting with this list.

6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?

Honestly, either one without the other would be of little use to me.  
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rhodielady_47

rhodielady_47

March 29 2018, 05:29:53 UTC 3 years ago

Agreed!

Most people do not know that many of the different types of dementia that usually strike people in their old age can also strike people as young as their thirties (although it's rare).
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ysabetwordsmith

March 29 2018, 05:53:03 UTC 3 years ago

That's true. The most common ones to affect young to middle-age people are based on injury or infection, though. Sometimes those can be quite subtle, like the fact that many concussions -- even mild ones, even with helmets -- tend to cause pervasive brain damage that erodes cognition and eventually turns into dementia.
cat_sanctuary

cat_sanctuary

March 30 2018, 20:59:26 UTC 3 years ago

Maybe because in my family the mind of a 90-year-old is *better* than that of a 30-year-old in some ways--relatives kept on remembering and also learning--I'd say the body of a 30-year-old, all the way. Though my own personal body worked much better at 40 than at 30.