Parenting
fromPsychology Today
2 days agoReclaiming Identity After the Kids Leave
Empty nest syndrome brings grief, identity loss, and emotional shifts for parents as their primary role changes when children leave home.
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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoPsychology suggests retirees who become genuinely exhausting to be around are almost never aware they're doing it - because the crankiness is grief wearing a disguise and the neediness is loneliness knocking on the only doors still open, and neither one feels like a choice from the inside - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to unexpected grief and identity loss, resulting in irritability and strained relationships.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoThe highs are extremely high but the lows are extremely low': when working out becomes an addiction
Tyburski was a professional adventurer, financing his pursuits via magazine articles and speaking gigs, and even making a documentary about his quest. His whole raison d'etre was to push past his limitations, showing what a person is capable of when their mindset is strong enough.
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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoI'm 66 and I've watched men my age harden into bitterness in retirement - and the ones who don't all seem to have one thing in common - Silicon Canals
Retirement isolation and loss of identity drive bitterness in men, while those who maintain social connections and emotional openness adapt successfully to retirement.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoThe specific kind of loneliness that hits people in their forties isn't about having no one around. It's about realizing you spent two decades building a life that looks exactly right from the outside while quietly starving the parts of yourself that needed something you never made room for. - Silicon Canals
Middle-aged adults experience profound loneliness not from isolation but from abandoning their authentic selves while pursuing external success markers like career, family, and financial stability.
fromBusiness Insider
3 months agoWhen my college football career ended, I hit rock bottom. Losing over 100 pounds helped me get my life back on track.
When my D1 college football career ended, I didn't just lose the game. I lost my identity. Football had structured my entire life: my schedule, my body, my purpose. When that structure disappeared, I didn't know who I was anymore. I had been living what I now recognize as a lukewarm lifestyle, doing just enough to get by, but not anchored in anything solid. Without football, there was nothing left to lean on.
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Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoIt felt amazing to be on the start line again': the rugby pro who became paralysed and is aiming for the Paralympic Games
A car crash left a former professional rugby player paralysed from the chest down, necessitating tracheostomy, extensive rehabilitation, identity adjustment, and relearning basic daily tasks.
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