Three weeks ago, a 54 year old friend had a brain aneurysm. His wife finally made the difficult decision based on advice of the docs to take him off life support and he passed away night before last. So sad. My heart breaks for this family.
Another friend was on vacation with her husband, early 60’s. He took a bad fall and hit his head on concrete. Was initially paralyzed, had surgery yesterday, and now has some feeling in his extremities. Prognosis TBD.
And then there are always celebrity deaths and bad diagnoses. Jimmy Buffet recently gone at 76 and Bruce Willis, only 68 and diagnosed with FTD.
I’m grateful for the health that DH and I enjoy, but seeing death and serious injuries/diagnoses around me is depressing. Objectively, I know it’s just part of aging, but I’d appreciate others’ perspectives on how to keep from getting depressed by this. I’m trying to stay in the present, focus on what I enjoy doing or need to do now, and keep busy, which is not too hard because we are in the middle of a cross-country move.
I’m sure our being surrounded by illnesses and deaths will continue and get worse as we age, especially since we are moving to a 55+ community. Hopefully not us yet, but even if not, it will strike close to home.
How do you keep from sinking into depression? I’m generally a positive person but I’m feeling really sad and I’m worried about how I’m going to feel as I age and see more serious illnesses and deaths happen regularly.
Another friend was on vacation with her husband, early 60’s. He took a bad fall and hit his head on concrete. Was initially paralyzed, had surgery yesterday, and now has some feeling in his extremities. Prognosis TBD.
And then there are always celebrity deaths and bad diagnoses. Jimmy Buffet recently gone at 76 and Bruce Willis, only 68 and diagnosed with FTD.
I’m grateful for the health that DH and I enjoy, but seeing death and serious injuries/diagnoses around me is depressing. Objectively, I know it’s just part of aging, but I’d appreciate others’ perspectives on how to keep from getting depressed by this. I’m trying to stay in the present, focus on what I enjoy doing or need to do now, and keep busy, which is not too hard because we are in the middle of a cross-country move.
I’m sure our being surrounded by illnesses and deaths will continue and get worse as we age, especially since we are moving to a 55+ community. Hopefully not us yet, but even if not, it will strike close to home.
How do you keep from sinking into depression? I’m generally a positive person but I’m feeling really sad and I’m worried about how I’m going to feel as I age and see more serious illnesses and deaths happen regularly.