Parents who stay at home alone should also be encouraged to cultivate some hobbies. For example, we can often encourage them to go out for a walk, play Tai Ji Chuan, go fishing, listen to music, and participate in square dances of other clubs. If parents can cultivate more hobbies, it will not only be beneficial to their health, but also help their children to go out and make more friends, and at the same time, it will also alleviate their loneliness and troubles.
Nine ways to adjust the loneliness of the elderly
1, go out and have a look.
Old people usually stay at home alone, and they can get in touch with the outside world through tourism, which broadens their minds and horizons; Getting out of the narrow and monotonous life increases the interest, which is naturally beneficial to physical and mental health and can also stimulate the vigorous energy of the elderly. Old people often travel with their families and like-minded relatives and friends. At the same time, they can make many new friends during the trip, which is quite beneficial to eliminate the lonely character of the elderly.
2. Learn to change roles after retirement.
When you are old and retired, no matter how high your official position is or how much money you have, you should forget your glory and glory and realize the role change as soon as possible. Be a kind elder at home, do more, talk less, warm your family with love and enjoy family happiness. Outside, you should put down your airs, treat others equally, make friends with ordinary people, feel warm and pass on happiness.
3. Insist on moderate exercise every day.
It is simple and effective to insist on physical exercise for about an hour every day and take a walk together. Exercise can also improve mental health, regulate positive emotions and eliminate mental stress and loneliness. Medical psychologists point out that the most important thing in psychological adaptation is the adaptation to interpersonal relationships. Exercise has become a good form to promote the psychological adaptability of the elderly.
4. Continue to study and enrich yourself.
After retirement, the elderly can continue to learn new knowledge, read books and newspapers, and care about state affairs. Conditional can join the university for the aged, enrich life, delay brain aging and prevent the occurrence of dementia. In the process of continuous learning, the elderly not only improve their self-worth, but also solve their loneliness in learning. Through learning, we can also strengthen the connection between the elderly and society and enhance their own sense of social value.
5. Dare to meet strangers
When the elderly move to a strange environment, they should face the reality, boldly go out of their homes, actively communicate with others, care more about helping others, establish new contacts and integrate into the new environment as soon as possible. Make more friends in all aspects, especially those who forget to celebrate the New Year. There must be some close friends or sisters. Appreciate and praise others more, learn from others' strengths to make up for their shortcomings, and constantly improve their own quality. Learning to open your heart and communicate with friends more will help to relieve your depression.
Step 6 cultivate hobbies
Reading, writing, calligraphy, painting, photography, playing the piano, singing, dancing, boxing, chess, raising flowers, growing vegetables, fishing, handcrafting, keeping pets ... Everything has inexhaustible knowledge and skills, which can open a window for you and let you see a colorful world. You can choose one or two and get involved. Doing what you like as a career is conducive to cultivating positive spiritual pursuit and keeping yourself happy, energetic and healthy.
7. Middle-aged and elderly people who think that professionals leave their jobs and retire.
When self-regulation is difficult or unsuccessful, family members will feel helpless in the face of such problems. And when the elderly feel unwell, in a bad mood or depressed, they should take the initiative to seek help, avoid taboo diseases and avoid medical treatment, and seek psychological counseling in time. Qingyuan Psychological Counseling Center has professional mental health counselors for middle-aged and elderly people. Psychological counselors have many years of consulting experience and have received a large number of similar cases. I believe I will provide you with professional help.
8. Make friends with widowed or divorced elderly people. It is also a good way to solve loneliness if you can find your favorite partner, reorganize your family and let love nourish your soul. However, remarriage must be considered carefully and carefully to avoid being hurt again. For the elderly, remarriage can not only take care of and support each other in life, but also communicate and comfort each other in spirit, so that they can achieve psychological balance and spiritual relaxation. It can make people spend their happy old age happily and enjoy the last stage of life.
9. Learn to appreciate yourself
Many retired people will have a negative idea that they are too old to work and have been eliminated by society. Actually, this is not right. Old people should learn to appreciate themselves. We are old, not incompetent or useless. When we were young, we had made due contributions to our family and society. Even if you are old, you are no longer productive. As long as you are alive, you must make contributions to your family and society. Don't feel inferior, don't be depressed, see your strengths and advantages, live a happy life with confidence, and face life with a smile. Don't be too frugal, enjoy yourself, dress yourself up carefully, wear fashionable clothes, and participate in various social activities gracefully. Lonely old people beware of depression. The elderly will suffer from depression because of loneliness, and those with severe depression will induce self-harm or suicidal tendency. Therefore, it is of great significance to prevent the depression of the elderly due to loneliness. So how to prevent it? Experts suggest as follows: ① cultivate a harmonious family atmosphere: family members should try their best to establish a warm and harmonious family atmosphere for the elderly and respect them; Old people should also communicate with young people and establish a family atmosphere of mutual understanding and support. ② More interpersonal communication: Old people often feel lonely after retirement. If you participate in more community activities, you can not only expand your circle of friends, but also find partners with the same interests and hobbies, communicate with each other and inspire each other, so that the physical and mental development of the elderly is healthy and the occurrence of depression can be effectively prevented. ③ Exercise prevention: Encouraging the elderly to participate in outdoor sports or group activities, such as playing ball games, dancing, doing aerobics and visiting and studying, can not only exercise and relax, but also play an important role in preventing depression. ④ Diet prevention: If the serum cholesterol is lower than normal, the relative risk of depressive symptoms will increase obviously. The older you get, the more prominent this situation becomes. Because the source of serum cholesterol is based on diet, we must start with diet, pay attention to the collocation of meat and vegetables, and strengthen nutrition. ⑤ Psychological prevention: The elderly need the spiritual care of their children, especially those with depression in the elderly, and need the support and help of their families to enhance their life and overcome difficulties, so as to fundamentally prevent the occurrence of depression.