Help the elderly from the fear of death
October 31, 2010
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For many older people, the “dead” or “death” related to a variety of words seems to be their biggest taboo, and, like as time goes on, the more afraid of the older death. So finding ways to stay away from diseases in the elderly has become an urgent pursuit of the matter.
<% crlf%>fear of death is an instinct
<% crlf%>terms of human evolution, for fear of the unknown remain, this is not a drawback, but is a means to protect themselves. For example, the characteristics of animals do not understand the fire, so instinctively afraid of fire, and this helps them on the fire escape from the fear of forest fires. Similarly, when a people who have never seen the face of the camera flash when the instinctive reaction is to retreat, even though the flash is harmless, but it retained the instinct of millions of years or play a role. Dead, perception activity naturally stopped, so no one knows how the future is like death. Of death is unknown, is also a fear that people will have one of the causes of death. For older people, to be near death more than younger people, so for the ignorant “another world” fear, naturally, to be more than the young.
<% crlf%>alone is more terrible than death
<% crlf%>from the perspective of social psychology in old age, began to increase risk of death. Maybe their still healthy, but every class reunion, go to the company to attend the celebration, chatting with peers, and found his year students, colleagues, old partners have passed away, inevitably lament. People may be afraid of death, but loneliness and solitude, no one would like. Similarly, from their point of view, death means and partners, their children goodbye, and if family harmony, are obsessed with each other give up, the natural fear of death will separate them. So for the elderly, loneliness brought by death, but also make people fear death.
<% crlf%>In addition, people are imaginative animals, when people from movies, TV shows, news and other programs see the dying struggle, moaning, wailing relatives often … … will want to “own will when he died is that?” The fear of pain, fear of death will inevitably move to itself.
<% crlf %><% crlf %> <% crlf%>really care for the elderly is the solution
<% crlf%>know the reasons for the fear of death, naturally, to find ways to cope. If you have entered old age, the first thing is to realize that everything has a world history of the rise and fall, life is no exception. Due to aging and death is a “good death” is the most natural way, is also the last part of your life complete. Second, after death, perception will naturally terminate the painful disease and can no longer continue, but there is no so-called “dead world” do not have to understand “what after death” and fear. Finally, although the death will separate us and loved ones, make them sad, but for us, the more we can do it quietly and calmly face death, the more it can reduce their fears, to alleviate their suffering.
<% crlf%>family has the old, children can do about it? People are social animals, fear all alone. Therefore, as children, usually taking the time to see more of the elderly, and even even more calls will reduce their loneliness, and thus reduce their fear of death. Speaking of our Chinese traditional culture of “parents, do not travel to distant lands, the son.” Talking is the truth. In addition to spiritual care in addition, the material should also help as much as possible, so that the lives of the elderly should be enough to live comfortably is the least. Moreover, we have elderly people to participate in regularly scheduled examination in order to timely treatment of the body with the problem.
<% crlf%>(internship Editor: Zhu Dong Man)
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