". . . little shall I grace my cause

In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience,

I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver . . ."

(William Shakespeare's Othello, I.iii.88-90)

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Well That Explains It

A new study out of Great Britain suggests that people around the world are most likely to experience depression in their forties and that the average age at which people are the most miserable of all is 44.

Oh, great. I'm 43 and my husband is 44. So I guess that means things are going to start looking up for him but for me the worst is yet to come?

No wonder it's been a tough year. But the good news according to the study is that once a person makes it out of his forties his happiness level steadily starts to increase and that once he reaches his seventies he experiences a sense of well-being comparable to that of his twenties.

So that's why my mom is having the time of her life these days!

This study really doesn't surprise me. It's just common sense that when the most financially and emotionally challenging decade of one's life (due to the demands of family most people face) meets up with the realization that youth is fleeting and that the body is starting to show its age, one might get a little blue.

According to the report on this study that I heard on the radio today, the best mechanisms for coping with fortiesh depression are exercise and alcohol (in moderation of course). Well, there you go. I'm working on the first and will be happy to continue incorporating the second.

Anyone want to join me for a rum punch?

3 comments:

Melody said...

I don't know about rum punch, but I have another nice bottle of merlot over here...

Anonymous said...

Cheryl, I cannot drink with the meds they have me on...but when I get off of them..I will gladly join you for some rum punch!!!! Troy and I also love to make lemonade and add Raspberry schnapps to it.

Michelle

Hannah said...

Champagne. But only in a few years, 'cuz I'm only alcohol-legal within my own home with parents present ;). *hic* (oh no! I'm getting far too German for my own good!)