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Elderly Sadness and Depression is real.

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Feel Better About Yourself; Late Adulthood

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Feel Better About Yourself; Late Adulthood

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Feeling older hopefully makes you realize that this is your life right now. You are in it. You can no longer plan for what might happen when your life begins i.e. when you grow up. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sophie-keller/how-happy-is-5-positive-a_b_267967.html)

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Negative language and attitude

Brooding- entertaining dark or unhappy thoughts

Complaining as a way of life

Playing the victim and not accepting responsibility of choices

Continual Loneliness (more than being alone)

Being unfulfilled or unhappy in marriage/relationship

Disengagement with people/society/life

Maltreatment by others and unable to physically/mentally fight back

Wanting to escape it all and give up because of lack of strength and weakness

Feeling hopeless and un-needed by others.

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Positive language and attitude

Openness to new ideas and ways of doing things

Being in a healthy marriage/relationship

Interdependency

Active/continuity with family and community

Gratifying daily activities

Achieving personal goals

Strengthening of self-awareness to gain self-acceptance

Emotional Intelligence and how to self-regulate emotions

Acceptance of current state

Appreciation of life and all this it has brought you.

Staying Healthy has a positive impact -

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Characteristics that mitigate and exacerbate the impacts of aging

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Characteristics that mitigate and exacerbate the impacts of aging

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Mortality- unhappy with choices in life if they weren’t fulfilled

Upset they don’t have much time left

Angry they are all dying (missed opportunities)

May have alienated/loss of relationships

No growth-May not like who we’ve become

Depressed that we’ve lived this long

Can't keep up with the times (technology, world changes and many others) and have anxiety as a result.

Physical deterioration- Loss of hearing/eyesight. Depression, trouble sleeping

A need for medication may become prevelent. This could impact a person's sense of autonomy and health.

A person has more to contribute to others from the experiences that he or she gains as they age - passing off wisdom. A sign of successful navigation through Erikson's stage of late adulthood.

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Mortality- happy to have lived this long if they’ve lived a good life

Older- Wiser in life experiences and can predict human behavior based off those experiences

Friends- remember the times they shared and experiences together if had good relationships (or a wide variety of experiences and friends

Family- appreciates having them around later in life to share and love; if positives relationships then happy to have them “visit” or to take care of us in old age.

Self-aware- deeper knowledge of self and likes, dislikes; settled in the knowledge and no longer guessing/questioning motives and intentions

Healthy mind- Happy state of mind to live this long and to have made choices in life to lead them to this place

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Characteristics that mitigate or exacerbate the effects of aging:

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Characteristics that mitigate or exacerbate the effects of aging:

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-Independence (understanding the weight of the responsibility and choices have consequence)

-Career comes first (focus on how to make life or end of life better)

-Relationships takes backseat to work (dollar driven and focused on self-sufficiency)

-More expectations (expectation that others will come through even when they don’t)

-Trying to stay ahead of younger generation (wanting to stay relevant and “hip”)

-Not wanting to take steps to being an adult and become a motivated member of society.

-Trying to "keep up with the Jones's" so that you can be an accepted member/family in the community.

-Not being able to live up to what mom and dad want you to do in your career and experiencing relationship buriers because of it.

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-Less relevant to society (disengaged with people or didn’t want to learn new thigs to be relevant)

-Empty nest syndrome (life was lived for children and not a balance of self and family)

-Caring for their own aging parents (refusing to accept mortality)

-Coping with loss (refusal to accept what is or refusing to go through the mourning process)

-Not feeling like a contributing member of society (depression or loneliness)

-Lose credibility (not accountable to others, selfishness)

-Health goes down/battle with health (depression and negative outlook contribute to this)

-Physical strength diminishes (not taking care of body/mind as a lifestyle)

-Unwilling to accept that their mortality is real because of fear.  This can lead to not making plans after they pass to make it easier on their family members.

-They can become very tired because of their older age and use their age as an excuse to not do anything.

-Giving up on anything motivational because they are "too old" to do that anymore.

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-Experience (recognize who and how people are based off observing people through the years)

-Gain respect (understand what is important to the human race, not just your sphere of influence)

-Independence (able to make choices freely and with some confidence)

-Goal Achievements (gratifying activities and desire to give/do more to others)

-Children (happy to be leaving a legacy /testament to you as a person)

-Relationships and Growth of Relationships (understand social intelligence and how to self-regulate)

-Recognition in Workplace (feeling accomplished and that you have a meaning to the world)

-Feeling the desire to get accomplished to become and contribute to society.

-The ability to start new life traditions both individually and as a family unit.

-People will start to take you seriously in life after completing college and starting your career.

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-Building good relationships (positive outlook and language/ they want to be around you)

-Not as concerned about image (self-awareness has breed self-confidence in who you are)

-Light at end of tunnel (retirement) (worked hard to create this life and happy with choices made)

-Responsibilities slow down (parenting, job,) (ready to pass baton/keeper of knowledge and culture)

-Enjoy more hobbies (openness to change and willingness to learn new things and settled in that)

-Financially stable (made good choices – or making good choices- and feel comfortable in that)

-Career stability (feel active in daily duties and fulfilled at job)

-Get to experience new things and accomplish lifelong goals along the way.

-Spend more time with Grandchildren and impart their experiences on them and create new traditions.

-They have seen how fast life can fly by, so they truly make every moment count and slow down while they are at it.