Great Myths of Aging by Joan T. Erber & Lenore T. Szuchman

Author:Joan T. Erber & Lenore T. Szuchman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781118521502
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2014-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Why try to improve your life if the future is so brief?

Young and middle-aged adults are often afraid of becoming old, so it is not surprising that they assume people who have already reached their late years are a depressed bunch. Nevertheless, there is no truth to this assumption. Yes, older adults have most likely experienced losses: loss of loved ones, loss of some degree of independence, and loss of the ability to do some of the things they have enjoyed in the past. But as we've said before, there is no great personality change waiting for us in old age. Life circumstances may change, but we do not necessarily change appreciably. However, the fact that personality tends to be stable in important respects does not mean that older people are “set in their ways.” Some people are set in their ways from a young age and stay that way. Yet, many older people think of the future as holding possibilities, just as people in other age groups do. That's why psychotherapy is a valuable option for older people, as it is for younger ones: it can make the future better than the present.

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