The carvings of years can calm a cranky senior or make some amiable people grumpy. Studies say that as people age, their sense of control, for example, becomes weaker and their sensitivity stronger. Some illnesses can make an elderly person who is emotionally peaceful become irritable, and maybe that's why they are angry. So what are the specific reasons why the elderly love anger? How to maintain a good mood of the elderly? Next for you to introduce one by one, for your reference.
What are the specific reasons why the elderly love anger?
1, hyperthyroidism
Patients with hyperthyroidism will have an increase in metabolism and sympathetic high excitation. The function of the patient's body systems may be hyper, panic, heart rate increase and other symptoms, the external reflection will be overly nervous, it is also easy to appear irritable mood. Taking hyperthyroidism equal medication can effectively control the symptoms of hyperthyroidism.
2, depression, Alzheimer's disease
Some mental illnesses are also the direct cause of irritability. Examples include depression and Alzheimer's disease.
The clinical symptoms of depression typically include a reduction in three dimensions of activity: depressed mood, slowed thinking, and diminished volitional activity. Specifically, it can manifest as significant and persistent depressive pessimism. Elderly patients with depression can be accompanied by irritability, restlessness, hot and dry body, flushing and sweating and other symptoms.
3, blood sugar instability
Blood sugar instability, temperamental. Elevated blood sugar will cause metabolic dysfunction of the body, affecting the absorption of B vitamins and even lead to a lack of B vitamins in the body. When the elderly lack of B vitamins, it will affect the stability of the nervous system, thus appearing temperamental, temperamental phenomenon.
Therefore, a sudden change in temper should be promptly tested for blood sugar levels. It should be reminded that even when blood sugar is not high, some elderly people's moods are affected by a lack of B vitamins. For example, eating too fine a diet or drinking alcohol regularly can interfere with the absorption of vitamin B1.
4, iron deficiency
The elderly lack of iron, atrophy. Some elderly people eat vegetarian food for a long time, or gastrointestinal digestion is not good, can lead to iron deficiency. Iron-deficient elderly people will feel depressed, sleepy and tired, poor concentration, irritability, low libido and so on. These physical discomforts can easily affect the mental condition of the elderly, making an even-tempered elderly person become impatient and irritable.
5, zinc deficiency
Zinc deficiency is also one of the key factors leading to the elderly irritability. The most obvious manifestation of zinc deficiency in the elderly is that they often feel abnormal taste, eating is not good, no appetite. This is because zinc is involved in gustatory hormone synthesis, which enhances the sensitivity of taste buds and has the effect of promoting appetite. Easy fatigue, movement disorder is also a manifestation of zinc deficiency in the elderly.
Decrease in physical activity and decline in body functions in the elderly leads to poorer absorption of zinc as well. In addition to this, mental disorders and memory loss in the elderly may also be caused by zinc deficiency. The decline in all aspects of functioning leads to moodiness and emotional instability in the elderly.
6, elderly anxiety
Anxiety in old age, restlessness and fear. Anxiety in old age is often very disturbed and fear, accompanied by sympathetic hyperactivity, muscle tension and other plant nervous disorders. In addition, if the elderly suffering from atherosclerosis temperament change, personality become withdrawn, timid, emotional instability, temperamental, while headache, dizziness, numbness of the limbs and other symptoms appear, we must consider is not the old age neurosis.
Old age neurosis often shows depression, anxiety, and accompanied by cardiovascular disease. This type of interrogated disease will affect the mental health of the coming years, resulting in the elderly can not control their temper, it is easy to produce anger because of some external factors.
7, psychological problems
Some of the retired elderly due to the decline in physical condition, working ability to decline, from the original fast and tense pace of life on the transition to the leisurely pace of life after retirement appeared to be suitable for the bad situation, easy to produce a sense of loss. Coupled with some of the things in front of them, it is naturally difficult to adapt, which in turn has a negative impact on the mood, becoming irritable and dissatisfied. Coupled with a smaller circle of life, the lack of emotional outlet, often unknowingly to the people around the "prick", the heart of the dissatisfaction out. As a result, the old man's temper is irritable.
How can the elderly maintain a good mood?
1, do not drill the bull's-eye
Look at anything can not be recognized dead, otherwise it is easy to drill the bull's-eye. To learn to look at things from different perspectives and analyze the problem, to find different ways to solve the problem, to get rid of by looking at the problem brought about by the rigidity of the bitterness.
2, happy to admit failure and defects
A person will inevitably encounter failure, disappointment, or their own existence of some kind of defect. In this regard, the experts pointed out that when you are willing to recognize the fait accompli, and happy to accept what has happened, you have the first step to overcome any misfortune that comes with it.
3, make new friends, not forgetting old friends
On ordinary days, not forgetting old friends, but also to make new friends, make friends with young and middle-aged people, make friends with their children and grandchildren, and old friends are not just couples, and strive to become close friends. Good at chatting, talking, talking to people can ease the depressed mood, reduce loneliness, broaden their horizons, but also an effective way to maintain mental health.
4, keep mentally young
With age, physical aging is unavoidable, so the elderly should keep mentally young. Anyone who understands that aging is a natural law, but may not always be able to do a better job of staying young psychologically.
Psychological age and physical age can be completely out of sync, to prevent people before the old heart first old, should establish a few years younger than their actual age of mind. The elderly will be much happier living this way.
5, cultivate their own hobbies
Elderly people should cultivate their own hobbies, life has a focus, people's mood will also be good. Elderly people to the retirement stage should look for the joy of life, do what they like to do, appropriate hobbies can be cultivated, such as painting, writing, playing tai chi, square dancing, etc., as long as they like can learn.
Out of the family, towards the community, into nature, as long as the feeling of interest, can make the state of mind, broaden their horizons, can cultivate their own activities, go to actively participate in, not afraid of gossip, not afraid of gossip. This not only can pass the free time, but also can enjoy the mood.