Am I Normal?emotions
Regardless of my age, I still feel like a teenager on the inside
Psychologists call this the maturity gap — most people report feeling internally around 15–20 years younger than their chronological age. The subjective sense of self remains relatively stable while the body and circumstances change, creating a persistent gap between felt age and actual age.
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Research published in Brain and Cognition found that as people age, the gap between subjective and chronological age consistently widens — a 70-year-old typically feels around 45.
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