Many Americans are feeling the weight of financial strain. Mounting bills to shrinking savings is causing money-related stress and has become a daily reality for households across the country. Discussing budgets and bills is a part of our life. The psychological impact is just as significant to address.
Americans too often separate age groups into rigid categories like schoolaged kids, working-age adults, “elderly, or elder-aged” for seniors. We are missing an essential human connection. Children and senior adults share deep psychological needs that are uniquely fulfilled through intergenerational relationships because they are at opposite ends of the lifespan spectrum. The bond between the youngest and oldest members of society is rooted in history as well as known psychological principles. When children and seniors are meaningfully connected, both groups experience emotional, cognitive, and social benefits that cannot be replicated any other way.
We never really know what is going on in someone’s life on any given day. With so much negativity in the world these days, it seems problems and feelings just seem to pile up higher with each day. A philosophy I adopted, maybe 9 or 10 years ago if I recollect, is fake-it-til-you make it.
Previously I wrote about the roles of various healthcare providers in mental healthcare, except one! This past week I was talking with one of our own Medical Doctors here in Hamilton Hospital and the importance of the PCP in accessing mental health services was brought up. I thanked the MD for reminding me of this important fact. Please allow me to now discuss the importance of the PCP!
As I have said on many occasions, I pride myself on being a southern gentleman [SG], even though I fail often at my duty as a southern gentleman. I had been thinking lately that the rules of being an SG have been updated, whether I like it or not. Over the years, with women being seen as equals and in most situations, this is true, not all women like to be treated by a true SG in a gentlemanly way.
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