”The green hills are still there, and the sunset is red for several times”. Each of us has to grow from childhood to youthful adolescence, and from middle age to old age. With the gradual hardening of cerebral blood vessels, the reduction of cerebral blood flow, the reduction of brain oxygen uptake, the atrophy and apoptosis of nerve cells and the weakening of nerve fiber regeneration, the brain, which is in charge of our spiritual, psychological and thinking, also ages with age, not only the body develops in the direction of aging, but also the psychological function.
The main manifestations of aging of mental activity are
Thought activity becomes slower, memory decreases, comprehension decreases, the ability to accept new things and adapt to new environments decreases, and the ability to learn and think creatively decreases. Some people even change their personality: they become narrow in their interests, self-centered, lack of initiative, unwilling to change the status quo, stubborn, and emotionally normal; others show slow behavior, clumsy and uncoordinated movements, etc. However, the speed of this psychological aging change is very slow, and varies from person to person. Although some people have reached an advanced age, but the memory is still very good, thinking is still very agile, profound, energetic. But some people, just into old age, memory is not good, slow thinking, lack of energy.
Mental aging is not parallel to physical aging. In addition to the close relationship with the brain, psychological aging is also related to many other factors, such as physical diseases, endocrine or metabolic diseases, infection and poisoning, trauma, as well as personal psychological characteristics and psychosocial factors (including social environment, economic conditions, family relationships, interpersonal relationships, cultural cultivation), etc. Therefore, psychological aging and somatic aging do not occur at the same time, and the speed of psychological aging and somatic aging is also different. Generally speaking, the speed of somatic aging is faster, while the speed of psychological aging is slower. The changes in the appearance of somatic aging (such as gray hair, wrinkles and age spots on the skin) are relatively obvious, while the changes in the appearance of psychological aging are relatively less obvious than those of somatic aging.
Among the many factors that affect psychological aging, personal psychological characteristics and psychosocial factors play a relatively large role. Because of this, it is possible to delay psychological aging: 1.
1.Look forward and look back less
People have taken many detours in their lives, and those who are in their old age often encounter many unsatisfactory things, such as their own illness, the death of their partners, some things that they are unable to do, etc. If people insist on comparing the present with the past when they were young, they will be more and more pessimistic and even feel that life is tasteless. Therefore, middle-aged friends above the best to face the reality, look forward to the future, less look back on the past, “rolling Yangtze River, the waves panned out the heroes. Right or wrong, success or failure, turning head empty. You can watch more comedic programs, participate in more pleasant gatherings with young people, do not rely on old people, “smile often, a permanent smile” to maintain calm optimism, happy and content.
2, more brain, think hard
The brain is the command of the organs of the human body, the aging of the brain, will inevitably lead to the aging of the organs, and the brain has a significant impact on human knowledge, wisdom and thinking. Therefore, more brain, think diligently, can make the brain cells and tissues and organs of the atrophy process slowed. In fact, as long as there is a strong desire to know, even the elderly can still master new knowledge. The reason is that the comprehension and judgment of the elderly are not easily reduced, but only the memory and calculation ability are reduced. Of course, in advocating the use of the brain, we must emphasize the need to use the brain rationally and scientifically, and the usual routine of living and rest is very important to protect the health of the brain.
3.Move your legs, exercise regularly
Physical exercise can improve and strengthen the physiological functions of people, enhance physical fitness, increase the ability to resist disease, increase courage and interest, make the spirit uplifted, happy mood, improve confidence, thus enhancing mental function and slow down aging. Physical exercise must be selected to suit their physical condition, otherwise more harm than good. Physical exercise should be persistent, three days fishing, two days is not helpful.
4, often peace, melting feelings
For the elderly, the most important interpersonal relationship is the family relationship. In the family, family members in life should get along with each other and have good feelings. The elderly should neither be too strict nor spoil their children and grandchildren; they should pay attention to their intellectual education, but also to their moral and aesthetic education. The elderly should be their own good world view, moral sentiment, life style, etc. to influence their juniors; and juniors can learn from the elderly to the good traditions, valuable experience, the old and young set off, forgetfulness, and thus also postpone the psychological aging of people.
5.Peaceful heart, self-congratulation
Aging is the inevitable path of life, the elderly can not compare with young people in physical and intellectual strength, and may not be in line with the trend of the times in ideological understanding, which is an objective natural law that can not be evaded. In this case, the elderly should learn to self-explanation and self-consolation, do not because of aging and produce inferiority, self-abandonment emotions. Try to maintain a peaceful state of mind, do not force yourself to do something that is beyond your ability, and think twice before you do anything, do not let your impatience and irritability get in the way of you. Be kind to the next generation, do not say that people are not, do not compete with young people to high and low, “a pot of turbid wine happy to meet. How many things in the past and present, are paid in laughing.”
6.Learn the art, temperament
Retirement is certainly a good thing, but suddenly changed decades of life habits, will inevitably make people have a sense of emptiness and boredom, loneliness and despair, which is easy to make the elderly psychological variation. To eliminate this feeling, the best way is to choose one or two activities that interest you as a spiritual support, to develop new interests and hobbies, and to actively pursue new life goals to enrich your life, such as reading, gardening, painting, music, calligraphy, travel, etc. You should also take time to get out of the house. You should also take some time to get out of the house and make more friends, so that you can live in a group of friends. At the same time strive to do what you can for the community, such as participate in some social welfare activities without pay, and the resulting sense of happiness and joy back around you, worries and loneliness will leave.
7.Go with nature and do what you do
People, of course, have to be old, this is the law of nature and law, no one can avoid and resist. Just like more than 2,000 years ago, the old ancestor Confucius stood on the bank of the high Yellow River and lamented to the Yellow River that has been rushing for billions of years: “The dead are like sif ……”. In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu said, “Man follows the laws of the earth, the earth follows the laws of the sky, the sky follows the laws of the Tao, and the Tao follows the laws of nature. The so-called “law” means “follow, according to, in accordance with”; the so-called “Tao” means “law, law “. The basic ideological characteristics of Taoism and even Chinese medicine health care are to revere nature, conform to nature and return to nature.
To maintain a good state of mind, to be moderate and not greedy, to accept all that nature gives with a grateful heart, and to cherish everything that nature gives, is the law of physical and mental health, and a long and healthy life.