Seniors Issues Reviews

Fighting Loneliness

Fighting Loneliness

When you are raising your kids in your adult years, it seems you will never sense a minute’s peace. Each day was another explosion of yelling, running and wild activity in the house from the moment the kids are born until they are grown and moving out. It was when the last one finally made their way into the world that you actually knew what is was to be respective, at least the two of you.

A full energy conforming as this makes the adjustment to exceeding citizen status, retirement and the time you may spend alone and with time on your hands a bit of an adjustment. The adjustment is even more beneath if you enter your senior years alone and you find yourself alone much of the time. The problem of loneliness is chronic in senior citizens so it’s good to get out ahead of it so it doesn’t engender serious problems the longer it goes on.

The negatives of loneliness in senior citizens are well known. Excessive loneliness can juicy lead to a sense of isolation, desperation and depression. This can result in substance hurt or worse if the senior citizen doesn’t find a way to fight back against that feeling of being alone. It is easy if you are in your house that used to be filled with children to feel unbefriended and resentful when your day passes with no human contact. If you have relocated to an assisted living center or nursing home, the problem may be even worse as you don’t have the comfort of familiar surroundings.

But to stroke sorry for your self and blame your children for not coming to see you is not a healthy way to fight this enemy. Yes, your children should recount or recur see you more often. But short of moving in with you or you with them, the problem of loneliness will have to be solved by you and using other means. It may seem like a simplistic answer to loneliness but the beginning of solving these problems is a untroublesome prescription which is – Get Out of the House!

If waiting in your house or dwelling for individuals to bring companionship to you has not worked ergo far, it probably isn’t going to. So you have to get out skillful and admit life directly. If you can become proactive and take command of the situation, you will find the opportunities to find friendship and companionship are diverse and abundant. Among some of the ways you can get in the company of other tribe are…

. Senior citizen functions. If you are in an assisted living or retirement home, there are events being planned all the time for you to get out and meet your neighbors. But even if that is not your living arrangements, most local communities have senior centers that have as one of their primary missions in zing to implement social outlet for senior citizens. So use that resource to its fullest.
. Volunteering. There are so many excellent ways for you to volunteer at church, with civic groups or in the arts that you can continue continuously buried. Not only do you get the gratification of doing something good for others, you get out and good people which is a sure cure for loneliness.
. Church. If you are active in your church, they always have ways for you to be involved during the day. Some of them will represent volunteer opportunities but others might just be attending a good bible study or sociable time with your Sunday School class.
. Pitch in with the grandkids. This is a wonderful way to get out. You love those grandkids and by giving your children a way to get out and leave them in a trusted place, you do them good and get tons of great prerogative time with those sweet children.

These are just a few great ways for you to get out and meet people who will welcome you with unbolted arms. These are areas of life that are eager for an enthusiastic Grandma or Grandpa to jump in feet first and get involved. Getting involved means staying busy and staying busy means never feeling uncherished again. And that is the permanent cure for loneliness.