Be optimistic about life and maintain a good mood

After people enter middle-aged and old age, their moods will also change. Elderly people who are healthy, have certain cultural knowledge, have a relatively prosperous economic life, and have obtained opportunities to study, work or research that they like will have positive emotions, while some people think that they are aging as their physical functions decline, especially The elderly who have lost the purpose of living have no interest, flat emotions, stubborn temperament and depression. When facing death, they will have fear and negative and pessimistic emotions. In addition, with the corresponding reduction of economic income, they believe that their talents cannot be used, which will lead to loneliness, Emotions such as uneasiness and boredom; loneliness due to children getting married or living alone in other places, or being unable to live with children or grandchildren due to crowded housing. If the relationship between the old couple is not good. Or if there is a disagreement between the daughter-in-law, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or if the person is widowed or loses a child, the mood becomes even more depressed. It is generally believed that before and after retirement, the elderly are at a turning point in their emotional changes. When they are around 65 years old, their emotions are at their lowest ebb, because long-term working and living habits and their role in society have changed, and they have to go through several years of irritability, restlessness, and depression. The entanglement of negative emotions such as withdrawal, irritability, and suspicion. After the age of 70, as you adapt to the life of the elderly, your interest will gradually increase and your mood will naturally improve.

How can middle-aged and elderly people maintain a positive and optimistic mood?

1. The elderly have rich work experience and should continue to serve society if conditions permit. If there are job opportunities or the ability to work on the streets, they should make reasonable arrangements and participate enthusiastically and enthusiastically.

2． To strengthen artistic cultivation and cultivate a wide range of hobbies, you can learn some painting, calligraphy, music, poetry, etc., especially listen to more music. There was a patient with neurasthenia in Italy who failed to respond to long-term treatment. Once, the doctor prescribed three light music records for him and told him to play them at home twice a day for a week. A week later, the patient thanked the doctor for curing his illness.

In addition, growing vegetables, flowers, fish, fishing, bird raising, playing chess, etc. can not only increase the interest in life, but also cure diseases. For example, Sweden has established a unique fishing clinic in the coastal area of ??Bothnia, which is specially open to neurasthenia and all kinds of mental patients. According to the organizer, fishing is a sport that combines "relaxing the heartstrings" and "concentrating the mind". The two are both antagonistic and complementary to each other, so they are of great benefit to the health of the human nervous system. Health scientists in Britain, France, the United States and other countries are preparing to follow suit and establish fishing clinics on the lakeshore.

3. Travel is also very beneficial to the physical and mental health of the elderly because the beautiful scenery of nature can inspire people's souls. It would be even better if you can travel or engage in some entertainment activities with young people. For example, Shanghai and other places have held "Year-Ending Friendship" activities. The elderly exchange ideas with young people through various forms such as correspondence, symposiums, and get-togethers. Enriching life can help maintain emotional balance.

4. Attend study. Learning can not only expand your horizons. And it can delay brain aging.

5． We must insist on fitness activities and strictly abide by the work and rest system. After some people retire, they completely disrupt their life routine and think that sitting still means enjoying happiness. Eating in moderation, living normally, and having regular physiological activities have a great impact on the mood of the elderly.

Maintaining a good mood and treating life optimistically are indispensable qualities in life.

"Smile and you will be young for ten years; worry and your head will turn gray". Laughter has certain medical effects, is a response to good emotions, and is a good gymnastics. It expands the lungs and facilitates breathing. Laughter can also relieve mental and nervous tension, relax muscles, etc. Watching more comedies at ordinary times can not only relieve nervousness syndrome in the light laughter, but also cure many physical discomforts, such as headaches, itchy skin, stomach discomfort, etc. Older people should have a sense of humor. People who are full of wit and humor are much more emotionally stable than people who are not interested in anything.

Whether you can laugh or not, whether you can make people laugh is a measure of whether a person can adapt to the surrounding environment. Everyone must find joy around them. There is such a couplet in Mount Emei, I hope it can inspire you after reading it:

“Smile when you open your mouth, laugh at the past and laugh at the present, smile at everything; a big belly can accommodate, and the sky and the earth can accommodate, so what is the use of human beings? It’s unacceptable.”

The symptoms of mental aging are ever-changing. Some geriatric psychologists have summarized the following more obvious characteristics:

① Decreased sense and perception, decreased vision, hearing is not as good as before, taste is dull, and things that used to be delicious now feel bland and tasteless.

②Memory decline. I can't always remember the names of acquaintances, I forget what I read before reading, and I often can't remember things I just put aside.

③Imagination declines. There are fewer and fewer fantasies and a lack of curiosity about new things.

④Speech ability declines. His speech became slow and shaky.

⑤ Decline in thinking ability. It is difficult to concentrate and think about problems, and it is difficult to learn new knowledge.

⑥Emotional instability. Easier to be emotional and emotionally assimilated, and often shed tears. Encountering difficulties. Not as calm as before, often feeling inexplicable anxiety.

⑦ Will decline and lack perseverance in doing things. They like to rely on old experience and lack a strong spirit of exploration in anything.

⑧Responsiveness decreases.

My movements are not as flexible as before, and I am not as sensitive to things as before.

⑨ Reduced interests and hobbies.

⑩Produces a sense of aging and death.

More likely than young people to be affected by diseases, psychological and social factors, and become irritable, irritable, depressed, depressed, anxious, withdrawn, eccentric, and even inhumane.

Easily anxious. Many people's mood gradually stabilizes after menopause, but anxiety and anxiety often remain difficult to disappear.

Emotions are prone to significant changes. On the one hand, they tend to be indifferent to general stimuli, are not easy to express their joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, or their reaction intensity is reduced; on the other hand, when encountering major stimuli, their emotional reactions are particularly strong. Hard to contain.

Sensitive and suspicious. Often misunderstood or misunderstood things as harm to oneself and feel very sad.

Easy to feel lonely. His personality changes from extroverted to introverted, he lives in seclusion and is too lazy to communicate.

Easy to feel inferior. The main reason is that I feel that I am old and useless, and the inferiority complex will follow.

Habitual psychology is stubborn. It is not easy for the elderly to change habits formed over many years.

Obvious personality and psychological characteristics. Older people are more likely than young people and middle-aged people to stubbornly insist on their own opinions and disagree with other people's opinions and views.

The "Subtract 10 Years Old" health method

Scientific experiments have proven that optimism can lead to longevity, while depression is harmful to health. Elderly people should strive to be optimistic and cheerful, and have a psychological balance. The method of "minus 10 years" is beneficial to the health of the elderly. The "Minus 10 Years Old" method is to keep your hobbies, interests, pursuits and the entire psychological environment at the same level as 10 years ago. From the perspective of mental psychology, if a person can keep his mental environment at the same level as 10 years ago, then good mental quality will inevitably have a good feedback effect on physical quality. Research shows that the function of the human immune system directly depends on the brain, and a "rejuvenating" mental and psychological environment will inevitably promote the "rejuvenation" of the immune system function, which will consolidate and improve the functions of various organs of the human body in an all-round way. It can be seen that actively creating a "younger" mentality environment is greatly beneficial to improving health and delaying aging.

Emotions, emotions and health

Emotions and emotions are an important aspect of human psychological life. They are generated along with the cognitive process, and their roots are needs and motivations. When needs are met, positive emotions and emotions will be generated, and when needs are met, negative emotions and emotions will be generated. Both negative and positive emotions can cause psychological stress, but not all psychological stress can cause illness. For example, people's high sense of responsibility for work and study is a tense psychological state. Not only is it harmless to the body, but it can enhance the body's disease resistance. Another example is an old man in Tokyo, Japan. After his wife died of illness in 1965, he and his daughter depended on each other. However, the gangster group seduced his daughter, looted all his belongings and ran away from home while the old man was not at home, and his whereabouts are unknown. This catastrophe left the old man impoverished and unable to recover. Only kind-hearted neighbors provided three meals a day for him. In the winter of 1972, a neighbor saw him sitting alone in a cold room with his feet wrapped in rags. In his heart, he harbored a strong hatred for the daughter who abandoned him. Anger and hatred supported him and allowed him to survive tenaciously. The above situation is not uncommon. For a certain goal or belief, the body has been maintaining a state of tension, and the body is still very healthy. Once the task is completed, the problem is solved, and the body and mind are relaxed, you will get sick.

Negative emotions are a psychological activity for human beings to adapt to the environment, and may not necessarily become a disease-causing factor. For example, anger is always accompanied by an increase in the secretion of epinephrine, adrenocortical hormone and antidiuretic hormone, which causes accelerated heart rate, increased blood pressure, shortness of breath, slowed gastrointestinal motility, increased metabolic rate, etc. All these reactions are based on mobilizing the potential strength of the whole body to deal with the encounters faced. Without this kind of emotional reaction, people will not be able to adapt to the ever-changing environment, and they will not be able to achieve psychological and physiological balance. Therefore, "emotions and anger should not be expressed in color" may not be worth advocating. When people are sad, they feel better if they cry. Because people can suppress sounds, tears, expressions, movements, etc., but cannot control physiological activities, such as blood vessels, sweat glands, etc. On the surface, negative emotions may appear to be under control, but in fact they will turn into the body, which is called a "ticking time bomb in the body." Therefore, forcibly closing the emotional floodgates and preventing them from venting would be disastrous.

Emotions need to be vented. But know how to vent. Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty in China, once vented his anger through poetry. Li Bai was filled with anger at the situation in the court where traitors were proud and talented people were in decline. He wrote in the poem: "An Neng can crush his eyebrows and bend his waist to serve the powerful, which makes me unhappy!"

But there are also people who get angry when they are angry. In fact, getting angry not only cannot solve the problem, but also harms the body. Psychologists believe that people who get angry easily will only become more and more prone to anger, and excessive anger, whether vented or not, will increase the risk of illness. Those who are more angry are five times more likely to suffer from heart disease and die than those who are less angry. In addition, the tragic death of a loved one or sudden shock can lead to anxiety, headaches, and elevated blood pressure, which can lead to depression, severe neurosis, mental illness, and physical illness, which can even be life-threatening.

Therefore, negative emotions are not harmful to health. Because everything has a limit, if the negative emotional reaction is too strong and exceeds the self-regulation function, it will also make people sick.

Negative emotions can cause disease, but positive emotions can prevent and cure diseases. 51% of patients can be cured through self-function regulation.

Change negative emotions into positive emotions

Psychologists divide emotions into two categories: one is pleasant emotions, or positive emotions, including hope, happiness, courage, Joy, etc., and the second is unpleasant emotions, or negative emotions, including anger, anxiety, frustration, dissatisfaction, etc. Psychologists believe that negative factors tend to over-stimulate human organs, muscles or endocrine glands and easily induce various diseases. Positive factors provide moderate stimulation to the human body and are beneficial to the health of the body.

So, how can we change negative emotions into positive emotions?

1. Love life and have a clear goal. In the book "How Steel Was Tempered", there is a famous saying: "A person's life should be spent like this: when he looks back on the past, he will not regret for wasting his years, nor will he be ashamed of being inactive... "When a person has lofty ideals and lofty goals, he will feel that life is precious, consciously ask himself to exercise well, and be ready to fight and devote himself to the cause of the party at any time. Generally speaking, the elderly have left the front line, but the spirit of fighting for the motherland's four modernizations still seems to be on the front line. You'll be motivated when you think there's something to do.

2. Be selfless in your heart and be willing to be a paving stone. Comrade Tao Zhu once said: "Forget the past like smoke, and the selfless world is broad in your heart." The elderly must have the spirit of self-sacrifice, as Comrade Wu Yunduo said: "Even if you become a piece of soil, as long as it is spread on the street It is also the greatest happiness to let your friends stride forward on the road of truth. ”

3. We must respect facts and adapt our thoughts to the objective environment. This way you won't feel like you always have nothing to do and nothing to achieve. Understand this truth: do everything step by step, without being anxious, angry or worried. At the same time, you must be good at self-control and get rid of bad emotions skillfully. The Russian writer Turgenev once advised people: "Before speaking, turn your tongue ten times in your mouth." In this way, you can control your emotions and avoid unnecessary losing your temper or getting into trouble. Some elderly people memorize some proverbs to change their bad emotions, which is also a good way. For example, when you are angry, think of Darwin's words: "If a person loses his temper, he takes a step backward on the ladder of human progress." Maybe it will be better. "Being angry is punishing yourself with other people's mistakes. Anger starts with stupidity and ends with regret." Don't you think this maxim is also very reasonable? What should you do when you are depressed? Think of Pushkin's "If life deceives you, don't If you are depressed, don’t be angry. Just tolerate the bad times and believe that happy days will come.” This may help you get rid of depression.

There seem to be too many examples, so pick them based on your actual situation. As long as you find a way to get rid of bad stimuli, you can turn negative emotions into positive emotions.

In short, for middle-aged and elderly friends, maintaining a happy and positive mood is an important guarantee for lasting youth, health and longevity!

——Quoted from Yanbian People's Publishing House "Disease Prevention Master"