Early Retirement Blog

Research by scientists in Sweden concludes that early retirement may cure depression and alleviate fatigue.  The survey of 13,0oo French men and women, found a significant decrease in mental and physical fatigue, after they retired.

The study also discovered, a full 25% of respondents, suffered from depression in the year before their retirement.  One researcher was quoted,  “if work is tiring for many older workers, the decrease in fatigue could simply reflect removal of the source of the problem (work). . . furthermore, retirement may allow people more time to engage in stimulating and restorative activities, such as physical exercise.”

If you suffer from depression, the cure may be as simple as, quitting your job and retiring early.  Work may be the problem that is causing your depression.  And the one sure way to beat work related depression is an early retirement.  Many other workers may be suffering from depression, as they watch their retirement dreams slip away, in the current economic collapse.

Take a look at the graphic at the top of the article.  It is from Yahoo’s trending now chart, which shows, the top ten current search terms.  This chart appeared a few weeks ago, and clearly illustrates, the retirement angst that is taking place in the country.  Search term 1 is Depression and search term 2 is Retirement Plans.

The good news is that early retirement, your possible depression cure, is not as hard to achieve as you believe.  First of all, millions of workers, are in a position to retire right now but can’t,  due to a faulty retirement formula.  A formula which can over-estimate your retirement savings needs, by up to a million dollars or more, forcing you to work years longer than necessary.

Try our Early Retirement Calculator to find out if you can stop working and retire today.  Even if you discover that you can not stop working right away, your early retirement depression cure, is much closer than you realize.  Read our “How to Retire Early” web page, to learn how to control the amount of savings you need for retirement, and when you can retire.

There is no shame in admitting that work itself, not your job or the people you work with, is causing your depression.  Instead of taking useless and dangerous drugs, changing jobs or complaining about co-workers, why not learn how you can retire early and end your depression?  Get started on the cure by trying our Free Retirement Calculators.

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