The main reason is that there is no hope and there is no hope in life.

Once I visited IKEA with my friends, ate in the restaurant, shared a table with four old aunties, and listened to their chat.

The average age of the old aunts is 65 years old. Each of them has a drink and a piece of cheesecake.

One of them said, "I'm in a very bad state recently!"

"I see you It’s not bad, I look good.”

“When I was young, I always thought about how to make money, buy a house, send my children to a good school, and find a good job. Now these wishes have come true, I think. I suddenly lost my direction and didn’t want to do anything every day.”

“I understand you very well. I was in the same situation a while ago. It was very painful.”

“Yes, yes, I am too.” . I traveled around a lot when I first retired, but now I don’t think it’s interesting and I don’t want to go anywhere.”

“I’m more open-minded these days. Peace is a blessing...”

IV. The individual sighed silently.

My friend sitting next to me rolled her eyes as she listened,

This is simply nonsense!

I have a pension, several houses, children and grandchildren, and no illness. Is there a more perfect old life?

In fact, these four old aunts are typical of the elderly suffering from depression. The future is a countdown to life, rather than the past when they were young and felt that the good days were behind them.

There will be no better days in the future, now is the best day.

If you think about it, the rest of your life will go from bad to worse.

Depression is also easy to understand.

People who were very motivated when they were young may lose themselves after retirement. The first episode of "I Love My Family" is about "using residual energy". The elderly are enthusiastic about community welfare, serving others and caring for their families. Friends, only by finding a life goal other than "improving" can you enrich your life and find the meaning of life.

The answer to this question is relatively complicated. In order to facilitate understanding, we will introduce it from the following aspects:

1. Physiological aspects

As we all know, old age is a body All aspects have entered a period of decline, during which many diseases are prone to occur. Depression is also one of them. I have popularized the causes of depression before. Many of the factors are physiological, so this is one of the reasons why the elderly are prone to depression.

2. Psychological aspects

When people reach old age, it means that life is about to end, and everyone will be affected by this. At the same time, abilities in all aspects have been greatly reduced. They are no longer needed and accepted by others, and they cannot easily complete things that were easy to do before.

3. Social aspect

No matter how beautiful the life was in the past, it will eventually come to an end. When social roles change significantly, it also has a big impact on the elderly. I am idle at home and realize that my children have grown up and no longer need me. But I need their care. This kind of psychological state requires adaptation, but the current social form and structure cannot create a good adaptation process for the elderly in our country. Coupled with social development, a large number of empty nesters have been created.

4. Medical aspect

With the development of science and technology, today’s medical level has gradually improved. The recognition of some diseases is also becoming more and more comprehensive, which has increased the incidence of depression to a certain extent. At the same time, diseases such as Alzheimer's disease can also show depressive symptoms in their early stages. This situation also increases the incidence of depression in the elderly to a certain extent.

5. Environmental aspect

The development of modern life has created many fast culture phenomena. Whether elderly friends can smoothly integrate into it, or adapt to this rhythm. In addition, my country's social resources are unevenly distributed, and many areas are still unable to create environments and services suitable for the elderly, which will bring a lot of inconvenience and impact to the elderly. Objectively, it increases their denial of themselves, so the gap between our country and developed countries is still very long.

6. Family aspects

The conflict between traditional concepts and modern life will greatly affect the mental state of the elderly. For example, should they give up their own lives for their children? Can the elderly accept and get used to the changes in family roles? Is the consumption concept consistent with that of children? Is the new accommodation suitable? Which one should I choose, remarriage or living alone? Problems such as these will affect the mental state of the elderly.

In addition, there are many practical problems faced in life that will directly affect the elderly to varying degrees and in different directions. It can be seen that in the face of the coming aging problem, no matter the country is currently Individuals are not yet fully prepared, so we still have a long way to go.

May all the elderly in the world be healthy, happy and find a life of their own!

According to statistics, the proportion of elderly people over 55 years old who suffer from depression can be as high as 10% to 15%. Some patients have very severe symptoms and even commit suicide. Therefore, the mortality rate of elderly patients with depression can be as high as 10%. Up to 30%.

Like young patients with depression, elderly patients with depression will experience unexplained depression and depression that lasts for more than two weeks when they develop depression. They feel that their mood plummets until they hit rock bottom. The most typical manifestation is that they are hopeless and uninterested in life, work and previous hobbies. Gradually, elderly patients with depression may develop more and more severe physical symptoms than younger patients, including:

1. Severe insomnia

Elderly people who originally slept well will suddenly suffer from insomnia. It becomes difficult to fall asleep, you fall asleep but wake up too early, or you fall asleep but feel you are not asleep. At this time, taking anti-neurasthenic drugs is often ineffective.

2. Unnamed pain

Some elderly patients with depression will also suffer from pain-based symptoms such as headache, heartache, low back pain, and joint pain. The patient takes painkillers to no avail, but the pain is relieved and disappears after taking antidepressants.

It is worth mentioning that the above-mentioned mental symptoms and physical symptoms can occur periodically, sometimes severe and sometimes mild. Even within the same day, the severity can be different. Generally speaking, they are more severe in the morning and worse in the evening. lighter. As the disease progresses, mental disorders will become more and more obvious. The specific manifestations are: strong feelings of loneliness and depression, greatly reduced memory, judgment, decision-making and learning abilities, tendency to cry, unwillingness to see others, and possibly There are increasing numbers of suicide attempts and even plans to commit suicide, which may eventually lead to catastrophic consequences.

3. Constipation

Elderly people who originally had normal bowel movements will find it difficult to defecate. In severe cases, they may remain constipated for a week. They will also be accompanied by various digestive disorders, such as greatly reduced appetite or even complete inability to defecate. Thoughts about eating, some may also experience symptoms such as bloating and bad breath.

4. Cardiovascular abnormalities

Elderly patients with depression often experience elevated blood pressure, rapid heart rate or certain symptoms of coronary heart disease.

Most elderly patients with depression are introverted and not sociable before the onset of the disease. After the onset of the disease, they are not understood or misunderstood by family members, colleagues, and friends. They may also have difficulty getting rid of the shadow of depression, which is detrimental to recovery. On the other hand, a harmonious and warm family and "social circle" are themselves a good medicine, helping patients get through the gray period of depression.

Given that the proportion of elderly women suffering from depression can reach 25%, which is much higher than that of elderly men, experts reiterate that it is more important for elderly women to prevent and treat depression. The reason why women are susceptible to depression is that there are many more "extraordinary periods" that affect hormone secretion in their lives than men. Once menopausal women suffer from menopausal syndrome, most of them will experience varying degrees of depressive symptoms. If it is not treated scientifically and thoroughly at that time, it will often become chronic depression and relapse in old age, greatly affecting the quality of life in later years.

Research on the causes of depression in various countries has achieved unprecedented knowledge: the fundamental cause of depression is the imbalance of brain secretion in patients; although depression is a "difficult disease", it is by no means incurable. disease. Depression, including geriatric depression, can also be effectively prevented.

At present, more than 10 new drugs with obvious effects are launched on the market every year. Generally, depressive symptoms can be reduced or eliminated after taking them. In addition, drug treatment is often more effective when supplemented with psychological treatment.

Experts emphasize that depression in the elderly is easy to relapse, so the disappearance of symptoms does not mean the end of treatment. Experts recommend that patients continue to take medication for one year after clinical symptoms completely disappear and insist on regular follow-up visits.

In addition, participating in more fitness and recreational activities, making more friends, trying to make your life as rich and diverse as possible in your later years, and learning to resolve worries can also play a positive role in preventing the recurrence of symptoms.

Why do older people feel depressed?

Let’s start with the factors that affect the mental health of the elderly:

After entering old age, most people have to retire from their jobs. From being busy in the past to living leisurely now At home, I feel that society doesn’t need me anymore.

This situation also causes psychological pressure on the elderly. In addition, the changes and decline in various physiological activities of the elderly will more or less cause anxiety and depression in the psychology of the elderly.

Retirement

After the elderly retire. Due to changes in social roles, the main role in society has shifted from the main role in society to the role in the family. The busy life in the past has become leisurely and comfortable, and the original colleagues and friends can no longer spend as much time together as they did at work. Therefore, It is common to feel lost, alone, lonely, and unfit.

Especially after the cadres who originally held leadership positions retire, this sense of loss is more obvious than that of ordinary cadres and the masses. Because most of the interpersonal relationships in the past were between superiors and subordinates, leaders and subordinates, after retirement, without a normal heart, the loneliness will become stronger.

Widowed

Because the old husband and wife have been together for decades, they have shared the joys and sorrows, and have relied on each other for life. If one party dies unfortunately, it will undoubtedly be a very heavy blow to the other party, which will cause serious mental harm and put the elderly in a high state of psychological stress. Because among the stress factors of life events, widowhood is considered to be the most stimulating stressor.

According to statistics from some scholars, three years after the death of a spouse, the death rate of the spouse is three times that of the average person.

Family Conflicts

After the elderly retire, their main activities are at home and they spend more time with their families than in the past. Various conflicts in the family will appear. In addition, young people have inconsistent views on a series of social issues, which can easily lead to conflicts. They are entangled in "housing, food and clothing, daily expenses, wife's illness, children's crime, out of school and unemployment, marital disputes", etc. These problems often plague the elderly. .

Economic Problems

After retirement, the elderly will have relatively less financial resources and will worry about financial problems. Some elderly people used to take care of their children and grandchildren and do housework; but as they get older,

they are unable to share too much housework for their children. They think they have added a burden to their children, and they often blame themselves. Cause psychological stress. Will become suspicious and depressed.

Some elderly people are easy to listen to the lies of some people, resulting in being deceived and suffering unexpected losses of property, which will aggravate the psychological trauma and even make them miserable.

Natural and man-made disasters

The elderly have experienced many natural disasters and are afraid of natural and man-made disasters and social unrest, and seek stability and peace. However, there are many unsatisfactory things in society, such as housing shortage, difficulty in going to school, difficulty in finding employment, too many vehicles, frequent accidents, etc. These will make the elderly anxious all day long. Once an accident occurs, it will have a huge impact on the elderly. In addition, young people have diverse beliefs and have very different concepts from the elderly, which makes the elderly bear more psychological pressure.

Reputation

The elderly have worked hard all their lives and should be respected by society and younger generations. If they are not respected by younger generations, they will feel psychologically disappointed and even think that they will be abandoned by society. .

These are key factors that contribute to depression in older adults.

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Generally speaking, there are the following reasons for depression in middle-aged and elderly people:

1. Work Reason

As middle-aged and elderly people gradually grow older, they also leave the jobs they have loved for decades, and instantly feel that they have nothing to do and have no place to reflect their self-worth. I also left colleagues I had known for many years, lost the harmonious communication environment, and easily fell into depression. The main reason was that the psychological gap was too big.

2. Family reasons

As children start a family and start a career, they reorganize their own families and have children. Children’s focus is on their own families and children, often Ignoring the middle-aged and elderly people, neglecting care and attention, and even more neglecting the mental health of the middle-aged and elderly people, resulting in depression.

3. Physical reasons

As age increases, body functions decline year by year, and many elderly people suffer from some diseases and develop depression. For example, the torture of chronic diseases such as cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, and diabetes in middle-aged and elderly people have caused a lasting and devastating blow to their bodies and minds.

4. Fear of death

Due to introversion or illness, many middle-aged and elderly people worry about everything all day long and cannot view death correctly, resulting in psychological problems. Fear, living in extreme fear.

When people reach middle age, there are older people and younger people. It is a very embarrassing thing to be caught in the middle of social life.

For most middle-aged people, they are no longer young, and many young people who have come later are already able to take the lead. Their positions are no longer important, but dispensable. No wonder, there is a popular joke on the Internet that young people cannot be scolded, because they can fall out and leave, but middle-aged people with children, families and elderly people can only stay where they are and will not easily choose to leave even if they are scolded to death. .

If you are a middle-aged uncle with a successful career, of course you are still prosperous, but for most people, the decline in life is difficult to change.

If in middle age you are not considered a successful person or a leader in the workplace, then it is best to be restrained, because in the eyes of the people below, you are just an expired uncle. In the eyes of the people above, you are no longer the high-spirited and usable talent, so you, who have gradually faded, must know how to express yourself freely. It is time to put away your weird temper, because your willfulness will not only result in no gains. If you succeed, you may put yourself in an embarrassing situation, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, try not to get involved in things that you shouldn’t worry about. Listen more to the opinions of young people and give full play to their role. That is a wise choice.

1. Middle-aged and elderly people bear more social and economic responsibilities and pressures. Under various pressures, they are prone to psychological problems.

2. Middle-aged and elderly people have parents and other elders at the top, children and juniors at the bottom, and brothers, sisters, colleagues, and friends in the middle. Various relationships need to be balanced and handled, which can easily lead to conflicts.

3. The physical functions of middle-aged and elderly people begin to decline. The mechanism to resist various physical and mental diseases is poor, and they are easily controlled by depression.

4. The learning ability and communication skills of middle-aged and elderly people begin to decline, and they are not good at resolving depression. Over time, depression becomes disease.

5. Middle-aged and elderly people have insufficient understanding of this disease and cannot take effective ways to deal with it. It is easy for their depressed mood and state to continue to develop and become serious depression.

Depression in middle-aged and elderly people should be caused by several factors.

First, society is developing too fast. Middle-aged and elderly people are learning, accepting new things, and integrating into the new environment. They cannot compare with young people in all aspects. They are faced with the old and the young. They also have to face the elimination of society. They try their best and can only linger on the edge of barely eking out a living.

Secondly, the physical function has declined across the board, and I am exhausted mentally and physically every day. There are many things that I can’t fix, and there are dual pressures from reality and spirit.

Thirdly, it is an emotional blow. A large proportion of middle-aged and elderly people are single, and some may still be struggling in the shadow of emotional injury. Even if they come out and live alone, their body and mind will inevitably be affected. Prolonged loneliness and hopelessness will inevitably lead to depression.

Therefore, we should pay more attention to the physical and mental health of middle-aged and elderly people. They carry families and are the mainstay of the entire society.

From a physiological analysis, it is very straightforward. During menopause, people play more and sleep less. Psychological analysis of the pressure on an only child to raise an older son and a grandson

That’s because middle-aged people have seniors and juniors, and they all need to rely on themselves. However, my health is getting worse and worse, and I find that I dare not Sickness or death, because there are too many responsibilities to pay, and one thing after another weighs you down. Suddenly one day you find that you have no support behind you, so anxiety, panic, and depression arise naturally.