Generally speaking, our perception of getting older is negative, and we often describe old age by half of our body buried in loess , wind candle , and the end of life to describe old age. Not only that, film and television works often focus on the deterioration of 's living ability in old age, 's decline and 's negative side.
When people reach old age, they will indeed show a series of changes characterized by decline. physiologically, the various physical systems of the body decline, the functions are weakened, and the physical fitness is reduced; psychologically, cognitive activities are reduced, which is more likely to produce negative and depressed emotions.
Some psychologists believe that when a person reaches old age, it means that loses , body is no longer as healthy as when he was young , looks gradually decline , gradually marginalizes , and society also shows more vitality and excitement of young people, and even its status in the family is not as good as before. Alzheimer's disease and other geriatric diseases caused by decline began to appear. The original busy life became idle , and the contact with old colleagues and old friends gradually decreased , which would cause loss and loneliness because of unhappiness .
Is recession the whole of old age? The answer is no.
Psychologist Eriksen divides old age into late adult . At this stage, the individual's task is to to obtain a sense of perfection , avoid disappointment and disgust to experience , and experience the power of wisdom . At this stage, if you are satisfied with your life, you will develop a sense of perfection. This sense of perfection includes the long-term formed sense of wisdom and philosophy of life , and the elderly will also show a positive side. psychologists such as
Baltes believe that a person's life is constantly developing, and the elderly stage is also developing. Although some psychological functions of the elderly have decreased , some complex functions such as logical thinking are still continuing to enhance . In simple terms, this logical thinking is wisdom . This wisdom encourages the elderly to look at some things more comprehensively or even longer, because they have richer life experience. This is probably the psychological reason why the wise man in film and television works is always the image of a gray-haired old man .
Just like the Confucius said, " I am determined to learn at thirty, I am not confused at forty, I am fifty at fifty, I am obedient at sixty, and I am obedient at seventy, and I am not out of line. " The elderly do not only have decline and negative , but also we should discover their more positive side.
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