Posted by Dinah on October 13, 2012, at 20:46:35
In reply to Re: Psychology of aging, posted by phillipa on October 12, 2012, at 18:17:41
Well, from a purely physical point of view, there is a loss of function as we get older. My close vision was fine until I turned forty. Then, just as I had been told, I suddenly needed bifocals.
My therapist told me, as my father's health deteriorated, that death wasn't always a single goodbye, or a single loss. It was a series of small losses. A series of small goodbyes. I daresay aging is the same. The only thing to do is mourn the small losses and make the best of what we haven't lost for as long as we can. Radical acceptance.
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