Psychology, development, old age.  ---  .This section is about old age.  ---  1/24/2006

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  (1) Often, growing old means becoming cold, callous, mean, grumpy and curmurdgeonly.  (2) Also, losing the sparkle in the eye and the spring in the step.  ---  10/7/1999

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  (1) Smart due to experience yet dumb due to being slow and dogmatic.  (2) Weak body but strong psychology.  (3) Yoda.  ---  12/30/1992

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Decreasing physical and psychological energy and abilities.  ---  12/30/1992

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Disease, physical deterioration, no sex drive or performance, not in demand socially for like/lust or job.  ---  12/30/1992

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Enjoying golden years, ha!  Health goes, teeth go, knees go, energy goes, hips go, backs go, eyes go, strength goes, wind goes, sex goes, brain goes.  Once on top of the pack, and creative, you are left with nothing.  It is humiliating and degrading.  Pain and illness come.  Use it all while you got it, all the time.  Soon it will be gone, soon you will be gone.  ---  06/30/1996

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Growing old is about nerve death.  Nerve death in the brain, so that you can not think, feel or remember.  Nerve death in the body, so that you cannot sense things or move quickly.  You dissolve.  You become nothing.  Its a slow loss of energy and a loss of hope.  Slow living death.  Clock running out.  ---  7/18/1998

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Growing old unfulfilled, unsatisfied, having accomplished little or nothing, and knowing it, is painful.  ---  12/30/1992

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Old age at its worst: physically impaired, psychologically impaired, disconnected, withdrawn, give up.  Old age at its best: little loss of physical abilities, little loss of psychological abilities, engaged, connected, continue to work at solving the problems of the world.  ---  7/28/2006

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Old age does not imply smart and wise.  They forget a lot too.  ---  12/30/1992

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Old age leads to less catharsis, and therefore more neurosis.  There is less catharsis because  (1) More time for things to boil and burble and gnaw mentally.  (2) Less open minded, more set in ways and ideas, so less able to figure out new, healthier ways to look at things.  Less flexible to deal with changing situations.  (3) Less hormones, less sex, less exercise, less energy.  Less able to blow off stress through exercise and sex.  Less mental energy means less able to generate healthy answers.  ---  03/09/1989

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  People are living longer.  People are healthier and active for more years.  Thus, the definition of "old age" is changing.  ---  7/31/2006

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  People once had a goal of living to age 50.  Then people had a goal of living to age 75.  Then people had a goal of living to age 100.  Now people have a goal of living to age 125.  Do I hear 150?  ---  7/31/2006

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  The wipeout of old age is coming, even though you think it is not, or may not know it is.  The wipeout is coming soon, even though you may think it is a long way off.  A physical and psychological wipeout.  Time is running out.  Now is the time to get stuff done.  No more excuses.  ---  05/18/1997

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  They forget a lot.  Caught up in survival, they neglect ideas and ideals, they neglect important truths.  Dogmatism and narrow minded, if they don't write down stuff.  ---  12/30/1992

Psychology, development, old age.  ---  Used up, beaten down, kicked around, it is all over, sad, angry, bitter, weak, afraid, dried up (sex), no energy.  ---  12/30/1992