40 signs that you are afraid to turn 40

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Perhaps no stage related to age is only buzzing than becoming a 40-something. But reaching this great middle-aged referee tends to come with anxiety and fear, instead of a sense of accomplishment. ThisisPossible to enter your 40 years with confidence instead of trepidation, as long as you face reality.

The first step? Recognizing how you really want to hit the Big 4-0. So read to see if you expose revealing signs thatturn on 40 You panic.

1
You will not talk about your birthday.

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"You are afraid to turn 40 if you avoid talking constantly to talk about your birthday," saysKatie Ziskind, Authorized marriage and family therapist toWISDOM TO TIPS In Niantic, Connecticut.

Evolving the subject completely indicates that it is a "painful subject", explains Ziskind. "Your friends and friends can be excited to welcome a party for you ... [But] with your attitude Bah-Humbug, you are a debate Debbie."

2
You plan a relooking.

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"A sign that you are afraid of turning 40 [is] you start taking serious stocks in aging," saysSarah PayneApproved beautician and co-founder ofSarah Nicole skin care. "Output of pure anxiety and fear, [you] Reserve the first appointment to refresh your look."

Although there is nothing wrong with make up, in itself, an appointment on stress is never a good idea. "Change your appearance because it makes you feel good, it's all good and dandy, but doing without research or think through you can send you a regret," Payne warns.

3
You have not told someone from your real age for years.

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If you did not have the courage to talk and tell others that you have 35, 36, 37, etc., you are certainly not ready to say that you turn on the BIG 4-0.

4
You are terrified by the term "average age".

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Not even able to hear the word "average age" without reacting shows, there is a deeply sit anxiety. And tell anyone who uses it that it's rude or obsolete means that you wear fairly strong fears over the next decade.

5
You follow the latest anti-aging science.

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Even if a study indicates that the fountain of youth is in the roots of some rare tropical nuts, hunting for that does not usually cause calm and reasonable thinking. In fact, it is likely to fight fear.

6
You are obsessed with the exercise.

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Exercise is a fantastic and crucial thingnecessary after reaching 40. However, think that missing a day at the gym will cause you to fall dead from old age means you do not think right.

7
Your shelves are stored with products that promise to make you look younger.

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Skin care is important for many reasons, but trying to deceive people thinking that you are still in your mid 20, is not one of them.

Just because you have shelves that all promise to take years of leave your skin does not mean that applying them simultaneously will send you a decade.

8
You think you can instantly become big.

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Yes,Your metabolism slows down After 40. No, it does not mean that eating a piece of cake of sponge will transform you into a seaside sponge yourself. If you can not reasonably moderate your diet to accommodate your changing body, it's a clear sign that you enter in your forties.

9
You can not stand it when people refer to you as "Monsieur" or "Ma'am".

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When you reach a certain stature in life, others start referring to a title. Become frustrated every time they do it means that you are terrified from aging. With your experience, you deserve the respect that the title involves. So, get used to that!

10
You do not separate from your 20s clothes.

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Everyone has an article of clothes or two that, for any reason, holds special meaning. But it's a problem when you can not separate from your JNCO jeans without meaning (and frankly ugly) or your hot pink leg heaters.

Just because you wore something when you were younger not to say that he has a sentimental value. It is of course that if you are terrified to age.

11
You use cutie names for your parents.

Referring to your seniors like "mom" and "daddy" -or -or-or that it's along these lines - is probably the result of trying too hard to return the clock. Talking as a child does not mean you become one. It makes you simply juvenile.

12
You will not get out of the day or penetrate with people your age.

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Suspending with or date someone from a younger crowd from time to time is perfectly perfect.VSoffnated Being the oldest person in the room, however, is a problem.

And if you make comments from the hand, "Oh, my age people are so boring," It's clear that you have a full fear of confronting your age.

13
All movies you look at are your youngest days.

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Retwatcher old movies of your youth when you are close to the 40-year-old brand could be because you are afraid of what comes next. In addition, while we understand the obvious traction of nostalgia, how do youmay be Find these kinds of things still funny?

14
You do not know your savings for retirement.

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Do not have any economy because all your money is spent for living expenses and pay debt is one thing.Ignore The need to save because you are convinced that you will never have to retire is another.

As soon as you start to convince that your own aging process takes place in one way or another differ from all those who came before you, you know you have a phobia on your hands.

15
You did not see your doctor away too long.

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Miss the appointments of your doctors means that you are afraid of what your doctors have to say - and that means you are afraid of aging. The fact is that most people are at least a little interested in their health, so if you avoid the news of your choice as it is the plague, it means that something is terrifying you.

16
You keep telling people younger than you want them.

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Of course, all of time telling someone 20 years fewer than you how lucky they have is one thing. Who does not lack the general attitude without worries of being a 20-something? But once it starts to become a popular chorus, it's probably because you are dealing with a fear of aging.

17
You always tell the same kind of stories.

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As you get older, the stories you tell about social gatherings should also mature. If your tales were always involved involving mute indiscretions and impulsive actions, rather than moderateMiddoyal Condition Ageinggs, It's probably because you have trouble accepting your 40s and everything they involve.

18
You avoid your reflection.

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Actively avoid mirrors and all reflective surfaces is a clear sign that you can not face the aging process. Of course, you look a little different to 40 years, but to predict. To pretend that nothing has changed is a simple illusion and a person who, with the prevalence of glass and screens nowadays, will not last very long.

19
You are experimenting with radical regimes.

Starting a new diet can be a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Change every month to a newradical In the hope that it will keep you young forever, however, is not. Going from carbohydrate without carbohydrates alone - Gluccides-with-Blue-Food-Dye-Dye Diet are not only unhealthy, but it also comes from despair.

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20
You fantasize on the manufacture of changes of extreme lifestyle.

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When you are younger, it is perfectly natural to dream of abandoning everything, to move in the Caribbean and culture and selling coconuts to live the rest of your days. As for these types of fantasies that you are nearly 40, however, is more likely because you are looking for an escape.

21
You tease people who are barely older than you.

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When teenagers teasing their grandparents on being old, it's rude. When they do them make their parents, it's a little funny. When an old 40 year old does it at their cousin of 43, however, it's just sad. Call someone one of the things you fear that most go out yourself - and maybe, a bit mean.

22
You refuse to consider common health problems for people in your age.

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Every decade in a person's life brings his own set ofhealth concerns to look for. Reject the possibility of these problems is not just irresponsible, it also means that you are afraid.

23
You are obsessed with stories about people "meet" in quarantine of quarantine.

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Everyone likes to hear about people who have not discovered their true appellant before later in life. But devouring these tales as the complete works of Shakespeare can become obsessive, it is probably betray an intense fear of your age.

24
You try to reconnect with all your old friends.

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This can be an excellent experience to reconnect and rediscover the connection with you with old friends. But try to restore contact witheveryone Since your 20 years (even the least desirable), it's more than you try to recover your youth.

25
Looking for famous people who died in the quarantine.

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People sometimes die in the quarantine. Tragically, people die in their 30s, 20 years old, teenagers and even younger ages. But looking at all the celebrities deceased in the age you are about to reach is not a wise way to monitor your own health. It is actually a constraint induced by fear.

26
You skip the birthdays of your friends.

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If other people age you fear, you are probably dealing with serious apprehensions about your age. Of course, it's going to skip the birthday parties of your friends from time to time, but are remarkably missingall40th anniversary meetings means that something deeper is happening.

27
You maintain your thirties until the last second (literally).

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When someone wishes you "happy birthday" at 10 o'clock and your answer is to explain that, in fact, you were born at 3 pm, so you are not yet 40, you have a problem.

Of course, it could give you a few hours to go through your 30s, but only fear convinced you that it's a good idea to suggest that everyone changes his birthday celebration to welcome your phobia. After all, there is a reason why it's called a birthdaytimeand not a birthminute.

28
You are trying to convince you that 40 is not a lot.

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Try to manipulate numbers to make 40 sound as it is closer to 20 is just an attempt to hide your own fear. In addition, reasoning that "it's actually as I was 20, then ten years passed, then five, then five others", do not laugh anyone except maybe you.

29
You try everything you can to avoid becoming your parents.

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As they get older, most people are starting to better appreciate their parents. Actively trying to get away from your parents when you are close to 40 years old, a rebel teenager is the result of a fear of the next decade. The fact is that parents transmit many features and useful habits. Embrace them!

30
You try to enter modern pop music.

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Pop music tends to fall favorable to people as they get older. Styles change and allegiances remain with your first music loves. If you are actively trying to get into the top 40 music, even if you know subconsummentally that it's not for you, it's a good sign that you are afraid of age.

31
You are looking to enter a younger neighborhood.

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To complain that your neighborhood is just not what it was? The problem could be you. Although it can be ideal for vitality and energy, blaming a loss of vigor on your environment is a clear sign that you can not cope with your own ascent in the middle age.

32
You already look at the best hair dyes.

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Search for better hair dyeing brands to soothe your own fears to go gray before you are not a healthy behavior. Shopping compulsively for dyes while your own gray hair is rarely a fear of your 40 years.

33
You still avoid commitment.

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Do not want to commit in your 20 years is perfectly natural. Avoid making long-term plans that you are nearly 40, simply avoid the course of nature. If the thought of buying a home sends chills in your spine, for example, it is likely that the thought of age does exactly the same thing.

34
You get up when people gather with your peers.

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If you find yourself systematically telling you that you are "nothing like" people in your age support, you have both wrongand Fear of your age. We tend to share a lot with those of our generation. Deny who is a sign that you want you to be in anothercough, Young generation.

35
You ask someone else to do your taxes.

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Paid taxes are part of life and a certain sign that you are an adult. But if you can not sort all the papers involved - and rather transfer responsibility to your parents or a loved one, it's a clear sign that you avoid being an adult. And that's probably because you're scared.

36
You lie about your age on dating applications.

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Most dating applications have no way to check that you have the age you say you are. But the seizure of the possibility of significantly distorting the number of years you spent on this land is a clear sign that you are afraid of aging. (And frankly, it's also wrong.)

37
You use a lot of slang.

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Desperately trying to bring back "guy", "sweet" or "gnarly"? You are probably afraid to have aged, guy.Using the slang An activity is better left in your 20 years and these terms belong specifically in the 90s.

38
You treat your body as if it were in its 20th birthday.

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When you are the only person on a basketball court filled with nearly 40 years, go to full rain with dives and sprints, you skip your age. The fact is that your body is aging, it requires different treatment.

Ignore this fact does not show that you have skills; This simply shows that you have problems. Not to mention, it probably leaves you badly undergo.

39
You still dress like a child.

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Wear sneakers throughout your 20th anniversary is a bit acceptable. But if these bright yellow kicks were not deeply in the closet (or if you are donated) as you are nearly 40, you are desperately trying to avoid recognizing your age. Every 40 some 40 years must dress in the same way, but they should not come out colleges to recreation, either.

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You can not admit that you thought and do a lot of stupid things.

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As you get older, it should slowly fall clearly how stupid you are and bell. It's not a blow on your youngest me. It's just a fact of life: more experience means more knowledge.

If you find yourself instead, you defend the actions of your 20-something, you are probably too strong. And it's probably because of a fear of the future. But if you are ready to enter your 40s with acceptance and trust, read it forThe top 40 ways to conquer your 40s.

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