Does a man's character deteriorate in old age?

Question

We say 'venerable' old man.But actually old people are not particularly 'venerable'at all.

Answer 1

Not if he had it when he was young .

Answer 2

The onset of deterioration occurs through inactivity of brain and physical functions.

Working adults when faced sudden retirement after 30 years initially take the first one to three years easy, only to subsequently find boredom and becoming displaced and distance from society, through lack of social communication.

Similarly, persons without employment for a number of years or without activity. It is more of inability to socially relate to the next person given changing times rather than character alone.

In generalisation, the generations that came out of world war 2 find the small things in life precious, such as chocolate. Whereas your generation would probably find chocolate almost ubiquitous, having not gone through years of going without food and deprivation through the Great War. As these people have little in common with later generation, they are less likely to socially mix; but greater are the generations that have never seen days of deprivation, who demand more, become less tolerant of "non-ideals."

To blanket 'venerable' old men and women, would probably be truer of a harder age. The technological and digital age compounded with commercial advertisements, has made instant gratification the modus operandi; more distractions less 'venerable' old folks. You could probably find living venerable old folks amongst the retired rich that have gone from rags to riches without old wealth.

Answer 3

I'm a A.A. member and have noticed in the rooms of this group that sometimes mature adult males realize there own mortality late in life. this and the feelings that they have lost allot of time to alcohol,and regret the years they weren't productive in society. As a an adult matures we become less able to do as we once did,our endurance lessens and well we start to fall apart.I'm forty this year and have noticed changes that I'm not particularly happy about.I was severely injured in a fall back in '04 and it changed my life completely. It would be very easy to be bitter over it but ..well I did allot of soul searching and determined to just live for the day and trust in God to lead the way I Hope this montage helped you with your question BE Good and God Bless

Answer 4

The body deteriorates, and so does the mind, but there is a lot of knowledge in an old mind as well.

Answer 5

it does not...but it depends a lot on how much (and what kind) of stimulus they are getting, how active they are, what sorts of social relationships they have.

i recently read that studies have shown that people over the age of 50 who have positive views on themselves and on their lives up to 7.5 years longer than those who don't--this is more than the 1-4 year difference that low cholesteral, low blood pressure, etc. can add to a person's life.

Answer 6

actually character byitself is some thing you keep building it all through your life. so it is up to you maintain your character or change according to the curcumstances and situations.

Answer 7

no it should mellow with age.