How to Stay Mentally Healthy in Old Age

Congratulations! That you are reading this means you are mentally healthy. Your mind is on an even keel. You can understand and make clear and sensible decisions; your mind doesn’t seesaw between fantasy and reality. You can appreciate the colors, sights and sounds around you; feel the warmth of your children’s hands and the smooth…

What is Bipolar Disorder and How to Cope with It

Are elderly people cranky? Does their mood rise and fall like the tide, or follow the lunar cycle? These are the common perceptions younger people have of elderly people. While a few may fit the mold, but they are the exception rather than the rule. A lot of old fellas are friendly, jaunty, jovial and…

Get Rid of Anxiety Disorder Once and For All

Has this ever happened to you? You wake up in the morning feeling great and ready to go. After a wonderful sleep, you feel refreshed and full of vigor for the tasks ahead. Then from out of the blue, something intruded into your mind that agitated you, made you feel restless and irritated or nervous….

What Music can Do to Improve Mental Health

When you talk about “health” with friends, in most cases, the focus is on physical, not mental health. There is nothing wrong with it. Except that it misses the bigger picture – mental health dictates your level of physical health. Mental health refers to “cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being – it is all about how we…

Forgetful? Don’t Worry, We All Are

Let’s face it, at our age we have bouts of forgetfulness, i.e., misplaced keys, an acquaintance’s name, birthdays, anniversaries, phone numbers, etc., – things we ought not to forget, but do. We all have “Excuse me, what’s your name again?” episodes, don’t we? We can laugh at some of them but others are irritating and…