Process of Aging

Aging is a part of life that will always occur and cannot be stopped. Although, it is possible for aging to be slowed down or sped up depending on 7 different aspects. The aspects of aging are physiological, psychological, biological, social, occupation, chronological, and geographical. Some of these aspects are controllable and some are not. Biological and Chronological are the aspects that are uncontrollable. You cannot change your genes or change your family health issues. Also, regardless of how you respond to these aspects of life, you still can’t live forever. Time will eventually catch up to you, but you can still try to prolong the time on this earth by controlling aspects of aging. For example, your behavior will determine how you age. If you don’t drink or smoke, you have a better chance of aging better. The possibility of contracting diseases like cancer and other chronic diseases are lowered if you do not drink or smoke, as your behavior is extremely important to your health. If you’re active and you eat healthily foods, you are less likely to become ill. Socially, if you stay socially active with your community it could help you mentally. Not being social has a negative effect on your mind which could lead to loneliness, which could also increase the rate of aging in an individual. The environment that you are in could have a positive or negative effect on aging. For example, if you live in the city you have more of a chance of becoming sick due to coming in contact with other people and germs. People living in rural areas are not introduced to all these germs that people in the city are, which helps them avoid sicknesses and other diseases which could be terminal. An additional thing with the environment you live in, is where you work your occupation is located. An example of this is if you work at a coal mine you are more likely to contract lung disease than a person working in an office, or if a person is working at a desk all day they are more likely to have back problems or to become obese. Your occupation has a strong effect on your aging especially since you are more than likely working 40 years or more within your lifetime. All these aspects go in to how you age. If you do take care of your body, you will more than likely have a healthier and longer life. Personally, being active is in my opinion the best way to influence your aging in a positive direction. Being active influences most of the aspects of aging in a positive way and will more than likely help with the aging process in a way that further allows a longer, healthier life.