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To: Don Hurst who wrote (172875)	10/19/2005 3:00:32 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

Nope- not kidding There was a good article in the NEJM, but I can't get to it since I don't have a subscription. Loss of purpose and depression are relatively common in retired people, and retirement often contributes to inactivity, which is a big killer. Many people derive quite a bit of social interaction from their time at work, and isolation can be a huge problem for older people. Health is related to psychological well being, and retirement can unhinge that. Or so the studies I have seen indicate. If you have other studies, please post them. I'd be interested to see them. What I've read seems to indicate that activity, mental alertness, and mental health are all supported by working, and likely to be damaged by retirement. If you read up on it, you will see "There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your......<insert whatever it is you are using to evaluate things here> (I'm not going to put philosophy/science, since it is from science experiments that I derive my information, and you might be using something else)