The Ageist Language That's Killing Us Research by Becca Levy at Yale School of Public Health has shown that the messages we absorb and repeat to ourselves about growing older are linked to our health outcomes.
People with positive beliefs about aging tend to walk faster, heal quicker, take better care of themselves, and show fewer signs of cognitive decline.
We perpetuate a culture of ageism through our language, using phrases like "I'm too old for this" or "It's all downhill from here.