2007-07-10 15:01:06 · 32 answers · asked by Yahoo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
no....I'm having the best time of my life!!
I got the time and the money to travel....buy anything I want.....and still have my health!!
2007-07-11 04:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are two reasons to be depressed when you are a senior citizen.
Your health is not what it used to be. I don't care what people say about all they do physically. Your body ages & it DOES NOT operate as it did when you were younger. You can have all the plastic surgery you want & look 25 years old, BUT your organs on the inside are your actual age & that is how they act.
The other reason is money. You can plan all you want to, which is good & the right thing to do. BUT something can happen you have no control over & the money is not there. You can't go out & make it all over again if you are already retired. You are stuck trying to make it.
Those two things can bring on depression. You can't repair either one, so you feel depressed.
2007-07-10 17:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No not really. I still have my health and vigor, I planned as well as I could money-wise for retirement. I do lunch with my friends and travel. My mortgage is low in a home that I owe. My car is paid off, and I can still save money with my retirement check.
I try not to get depressed although sometimes its unavoidable. Like I am a sandwiched generation, meaning I have to look out for my mom who is now doing home dialysis. It has been pretty stressful taking the training so I can help her, but not depressing.
Life is not always going to be the way you plan it. I am learning its the attitude, your reaction to things that happen that you have no control over that can stave off depression.
But I love not having to get up and go to work on someone else's time schedule. I can even grocery shop at 8:30a.m. if I want too. I am a mid senior who retired young and I am loving it.
2007-07-11 13:37:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not depressing to be a Senior citizen if you:
1) Have reasonably good health
2) Have saved and invested money.
3) Have kids that are grown and on their own.
4) Your home and car are paid off.
5) You have friends.
6) You have hobbies.
7) You belong to a church or synogogue.
8) You don't have to get up to go to a job.
9) You can sleep until you wake up.
10) You can enjoy your life. It is your own!
2007-07-11 07:18:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, if you're just sitting around the house, not getting out.
My Mom sat in front of the TV, knitting, and worrying about all the kids. Anxious, never going anywhere. Would not go to Senior's Club because you had to pay dues. She didn't last long.
Now, I'm retired. I get out of the house every day, at least for a while. Volunteer, go out for a walk, get into groups. Made friends. ... Seems a good thing. I look forward all week long to my ceramics class.
You have to have a reason to get up in the morning.
2007-07-11 07:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by kiwi 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you consider 52 as being a senior citizen, yes it's depressing for me. I recently got divorced with no college skills and my parents are elderly and I have a divorced daughter with 2children and a son in the Army. I can't find a job in the field I'm accustomed to and I feel it's because of my age.
So life isn't the best right now.
I'm sure there are seniors who have planned well and are on easy street. I'm happy for them.
2007-07-10 18:13:56 · answer #6 · answered by gabeymac♥ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its only depressing if you let it be depressing. sometimes it is sad to see a senior with no family around. Assisted living is a great place for seniors to be around other people all the time and to be able to get out and do things.
2007-07-10 16:11:54 · answer #7 · answered by michelle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it is very liberating. There are a lot of things that used to get me all worked up that I don't give a "add expletive here" about now. I do what I want, say what I want, think what I want, dress like I want, all without a care as to what someone else thinks.
When you are younger, especially when you are a teenager, it is all about validation by your peer group. We seniors have lived long enough to validate ourselves. We do not need the approval of anyone else.
2007-07-18 00:08:05 · answer #8 · answered by geniepiper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my age it would be depressing not to be called a senior citizen. I have reached it I deserve It and I want it.
2007-07-10 18:32:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not from what I hear, look at people like the great classical guitarist, Andrea Segovia, he was still making babies at 72, he traveled the world and really seemed to enjoy himself. Einstein was another one he seemed to enjoy every minute of his life, regardless of his age. Angela Landsbury doesn't seem depressed, Sean Connery was voted sexist man alive, and he sure doesn't seem depressed about that. I could go on and on, no I don't think it's depressing, I think it's what you make of it, and of course it depends on your heath, I think I know more depressed young (especially teens, and people in their twentys,) people then I do seniors !!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-12 17:56:42 · answer #10 · answered by chessmaster1018 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more so than being a junior citizen.
Time moves faster...its easier to ignore annoyances...it can be sad as people you know die (The up side is although friends are dying, so are your enemies)...The pressure is off to "get somewhere, be someone" because you already are...sometimes you just feel good knowing been there done that
2007-07-10 15:10:18 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋