Charting the Depths

Reflections on the science of depression.

Old Age and the Secret of Well Being

Our stereotypes of old age are of people in the midst of a physical and mental decline. Gone is the vigor of youth....It's all aches and pains on the way to the inevitable...

What, then, are we to make of a recent telephone survey of 340,000 people aged 18 to 85 conducted by the Gallup organization, in which older people scored much higher than younger people on global well being? Read More

Do unto others as if they

Do unto others as if they were you. As we age others see us as rellics from the past. Let us live evermore in the present to stay alive and contribute to the present. Wisdom and experience available as needed only. Being there when needed is so very important. Pay attention. LOVE LOVE LOVE the only antidepressent that truly works!

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Jonathan Rottenberg is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida, where he directs the Mood and Emotion Laboratory.

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