"If I don't go up and down the stairs, if I don't look in front of the mirror, I'm like an 18-year-old girl," my late aunt used to say to those who asked about her situation. May he rest in peace, he was an elder of mine who spoke wisely, had a positive outlook on life and was an example to us.
We have patients who cannot become men of their age due to their illness. The first thing that comes to mind in a patient who behaves like a 12-year-old despite being 70 years old should be "dementia". If a 25-year-old young person feels like he is 70 years old and loses his performance in all areas of his life, "depression" is considered. If a 30-year-old patient sucks his thumb like a 3-year-old baby and lives detached from reality, "schizophrenia" comes to mind. Common features in the examples given are: people have illnesses, lack of insight, and impaired reality testing. Patients have valid excuses for not being able to live their age.
But what happens if healthy individuals do not "become a man of their age"? If we leave aside the older youth and young adults who live admirably and are healthy in daily life, individuals who have no excuse for illness and can test reality sometimes display childish or adolescent-like attitudes without realizing it. He regresses to the thought schemes formed in childhood and adolescence (the product of our early experiences) and cannot behave as his age should.
In order to "be a man of your age" and think and act appropriately for your age, you need to increase our awareness of our current age.
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