Why do people become so sad in Old age ? -

I ve seen so many people of Old age around me whose children have grown up , many of them have good money, But still they look sort of depressed amp; a face which earns much sympathy !! I am 18 yr old guy |::::|people of old age become sad because of their age as well. they return back as if they are special babies. sometimes you do got angry with them. that`s why they think that they were not important and they are ``pabigat``. better solution is to have ample time or enough time for them so they won`t be like that. don`t shout at them. think of them. let them feel they are special and you loved them a lotssssssss. okay that`s all.|::::|Imagine your self restricted as to what you are capable of doing physically, mentally, psychologically or emotionally. Imagine yourself only just few steps from your grave and can t build dreams anymore. That sounds so sad, right. But if at a person s younger years he had been satisfied with his performances in all these aspects, old age must be a golden year to reminisce the past. |::::|Dear Reader, i think when you get old, you start to introspect,see if you did right in life, or you weren t that good. basicly old age is a reflection of a life lived, and the wonder of the life after death, will i be one of the lucky ones that make it, or will i be one of the damned, you start to understand life s frailties,and hopefully come to understand your own. you start to see that life is just a quot;Bus Stopquot; which eventually leads to a much bigger journey. it isn t all that depressing,if you ve done well in life you have nothing to worry ,Believing in God is the most important. i wish you all the best |::::|Maybe their children have left and if they are rather old their partner may have died as well and old friends too, pass away. Then that means one is rather very much alone. A lot of old people feel society does not want them anymore.. if they don t belong to a church function or a special club.. for elderly people.. then they have nobody of their age group to talk to... young people often are in a hurry and think the old people are in their way.. The children move perhaps far away and only can go and visit on rare occasions.. I have both my parents living in Europe... I am an only child.. My mom is 71 and my dad 81. Fortunately neither of them is housebound.. they still go out every day.. shopping and sometimes on a seniors trip by bus.. and my best friend visits them.. my mom s half sister is only 60 years old and she visits them once every fortnight.. I am married.. my husband and I live 3000 miles away in Canada.. we have unfortunately no children.. I am sure there are old couples worse off than my parents.. if their partner is dead and they have no family at all.. and if they are too ill or in some constant pain.. from rheumatism .. that won t kill anyone but it s a severe pain and makes movement very painful and difficult.. so those people may looks sad out of loneliness mainly and because some do have bad health.. and if their best friends pass on.. they got nobody close by to talk to.. Loneliness is horrible at whatever age. it makes people depressed. We all need at least one person in our life we can talk to and consider a friend..otherwise we feel life has no longer any purpose.. that is a reason often if an old couple have been married for a very long time like 50 years and then one of them dies.. the other loses the fighting spirit and even if they are healthy.. all of a sudden they catch a cold and they lose the will to live and 6 months to a year later they follow their partner... they are lonely.. some old people who got nobody.. even are so depressed they commit suicide.. it s not just young people with depression.. old people get depressed out of loneliness and because they feel they are a burden to everyone and society thinks they are useless.. that s horrible but true.. Oh don t think that old people have regrets about the past.. My dad travelled most countries in the world.. he was really lucky .. he retired from work at age 59 and enjoyed good health.. he has seen India, Afrika, Russia, the USA, Canada, a lot of continents.. and countries. every year he goes somewhere still.. and my mom had an adventurous youth.. so I don t believe they regret things they never did.. because they have done a lot in their life.. some people may not do much and then live and regret in old age on the things they missed out on and then some illness and old age prevents them to realize their dreams.. but most old people did have a fulfilled life.. which is also why when old people think about the inevitability that all of us have to die sometime, they are a lot less scared of the word death than young people, because they had their life.. all they may be afraid of is to die alone and to have a lingering illness.. I asked my dad and he told me he is not afraid, that the only thing that he would not want is to linger for a long time.. otherwise he lives every day to the fullest.. but without fear if the time for him should come..|::::|we tend to look back when we are old. maybe some old people are not happy of what they have been.. and feel bad that they can do nothing or very little to correct their mistakes... or, there are things that they want to prove and do, but they just can t.. there are lots of limitations when we get old. as i observe it, most old folks that are happy are satisfied with their life when they are younger and were able to do what they have to do..|::::|they have been into four corners of life and dealt with all sorts of human relationships their sadness and depression are products of lack of knowledge of true center of happiness, that is knowing and believing one true God who remains with them all their life, their one true loyal trusted Friend|::::|when the age wears down their hope and dream that never achieve they regret of their youthful joy they have never done anything forbidden in which they wish to do lots of list going on.....btw i am not old but i can understand them but some people who life fullest wont be so depressed|::::|i think it could be because a lot of their family is gone and this is depressing but they probably know they don t have much time left which would make alot of people sad it could also be because they may have health problems|::::|Grown up kids have their own concerns within their life to deal with and do not spend as much time with their parents as they would like to. Parents get lonely when their job is done and their kids leave the nest.|::::|because they are remembering their childhood....... age slows them down its quite upsetting really i like being young 14 is a good age to be