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80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by jumanchiss »

mmel wrote: post #45
BatFastard wrote: post #12

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Its not too late! Socialize more, exercise everyday, and take something for depression! Learn new things, I had a rough spell a few years ago which took its toll. Now what I find is I have to walk the razors edge everyday. Make sure I sleep enough, eat right (low carb and fasting), exercise twice a day. If I dont I start to lose the edge.

>"Take something for depression" What happy pills do you recommend?

Red pill, it's not "happy" per se but it's what most people need these days.

Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by Wildgoose »

derekp7 wrote: post #50
BatFastard wrote: post #20

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Go to some meet ups, join a church, coach something... Good luck!

I really wish there were good community organizations that bring people together like a church, but weren't religious based. I guess that's what organizations such as the Moose lodge, or Lions club attempt to fill?

Join your local Go Club - they're always looking for new players. Mentally stimulating and in my experience Go players often work in an IT-related field. Play Go and you will find new friends worldwide.

Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by [deleted] »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #46
biofox wrote: post #34

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You just described my life with uncanny accuracy. I have suspected for some time that my problems were due to social isolation, but I have been too apathetic to make an effort to do anything. You've just given me the motivation to change that. Thank you!

I wish there were a Tinder for friends. It's a shame no one would use it.

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Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by Zorlag »

jfabre wrote: post #53
sillysaurus3 wrote: post #46

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I wish there were a Tinder for friends. It's a shame no one would use it.

Try https://www.me3app.co/

They ask an awful lot of personal questions that I am not comfortable with being on a server in reach of US authorities

Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by pmyteh »

gojomo wrote: post #16

Step 1: Achieve admission to, and enroll at, Harvard.† Step 2: ? Step 3: HAPPY LIFE -- † As a male in 1938.

It's precisely that many of the participants did not have happy (or healthy) lives that makes the study interesting.

You're right that the initial sample is much narrower than ideal. That's why they've broadened the study to include a comparator group of city men and second-generation participants of both genders.

Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by beefield »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #46
biofox wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You just described my life with uncanny accuracy. I have suspected for some time that my problems were due to social isolation, but I have been too apathetic to make an effort to do anything. You've just given me the motivation to change that. Thank you!

I wish there were a Tinder for friends. It's a shame no one would use it.

At some point I thought there should be an app for lonely people to get know each other. but I am a bit afraid that being lonely is much more difficult to admit to even oneself than being single, so I started thinking that the app should not be about loneliness, but about things to do or help needed in simple things. So I guess it should be something remotely resembling twitter that is geographically filterable. so that you could "tweet" things like

"We need one more person to our game evening, anyone nearby? #Games"

"I am driving to Los Angeles. Ayone need a ride? #Rides"

"Need more potatoes for our #food. Bring some and come to eat"

Obviously you would also need to figure out a way to keep creeps civilized and a currency/counter to keep the small asshole minority just taking advantage of others help.

Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by louhike »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #46
biofox wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You just described my life with uncanny accuracy. I have suspected for some time that my problems were due to social isolation, but I have been too apathetic to make an effort to do anything. You've just given me the motivation to change that. Thank you!

I wish there were a Tinder for friends. It's a shame no one would use it.

A lot of people use OkCupid for that. You can put in your profile that you're looking only for friends.

Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by CalRobert »

derekp7 wrote: post #50
BatFastard wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Go to some meet ups, join a church, coach something... Good luck!

I really wish there were good community organizations that bring people together like a church, but weren't religious based. I guess that's what organizations such as the Moose lodge, or Lions club attempt to fill?

I've never been, but I believe that's the idea behind https://www.sundayassembly.com/ .

Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by [deleted] »

biofox wrote: post #34
rubicon33 wrote: post #8

What I take from this article is that social interaction is extremely important to ones health, and it's something that we largely taken for granted. In the age of computers and secluded work environments, I think we need to be aware of the effect that even casual interaction has on our mental and physical health. I have some personal/anecdotal experience which back this research up and affirms my belief that communi…

You just described my life with uncanny accuracy. I have suspected for some time that my problems were due to social isolation, but I have been too apathetic to make an effort to do anything. You've just given me the motivation to change that. Thank you!

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Re: 80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life

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Post by Double_a_92 »

amenghra wrote: post #49
rubicon33 wrote: post #8

What I take from this article is that social interaction is extremely important to ones health, and it's something that we largely taken for granted. In the age of computers and secluded work environments, I think we need to be aware of the effect that even casual interaction has on our mental and physical health. I have some personal/anecdotal experience which back this research up and affirms my belief that communi…

By spending most of your time at home, your immune system probably dials down. I noticed I was falling sick when I took a short break from work and was mostly home. Everything returned to normal once I resumed my normal work schedule.

The immune system also get weaker when big stress is suddenly gone. E.g. I usually got sick after exams or in the first days of holidays...
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