The reason why a person's temperament changes drastically

Under normal circumstances, people will show different emotions when encountering different things, but this emotional change is within a certain range, and the duration of emotional changes will not be long, as long as proper adjustment can be recovered. However, some people will suddenly change their temperament, and behave like a different person in every aspect. They will always lose their temper for no reason, and will often get angry or become irritable. So, what is the reason for a person's drastic change in temperament?

Reasons why older people change their personality

It is indeed distressing and regrettable for a person to have a bad temper. Losing your temper can indeed easily make people lose their rationality, and sometimes even turn relatives and friends into enemies. For the elderly, losing your temper is even more harmful to the body. Some elderly people always like to lose their temper. The reasons are mostly as follows:

1. First, you have a narrow mind. This type of old man likes to quibble about everything. If someone offends him in the slightest, such as accidentally stepping on his foot or accidentally spilling dirty water on him, he will refuse to forgive and will lose his temper or even curse. Some are overly demanding of others and get angry if they don't achieve their goals.

2. The second is excessive vanity. Some elderly people often regard themselves as "elders", "old men" and "experienced people", and try to maintain their dignity and authority everywhere in life. Once someone offends them or hurts their face, they will get angry and lose their temper.

3. The third is personality change. Frequent temper tantrums in the elderly are actually a reflection of psychological aging and personality changes. As these elderly people enter old age, their social skills gradually weaken, their self-isolation increases, they become stubborn and sensitive to things, irritable and prone to mood swings.

4. Four are signs of disease. Some elderly people have bad tempers, which may be related to certain diseases. For example, patients with liver disease have excessive internal heat, are irritable, and are prone to losing their temper.

If the elderly often lose their temper, it will definitely bring many changes to the family and family relationships. If you want to alleviate such problems, the elderly themselves need to pay attention to adjustments, and the family also needs to give the elderly more understanding and tolerance.

Mental status of the elderly

1. The elderly are overly concerned about their physical condition, have strong self-esteem, are stubborn, and easily excited, but are indifferent to the external environment, lack interest, and find it difficult to accept new things and adapt to the new environment.

2. Some people who are very career-oriented have to retire when they reach a certain age. At this time, they will experience a serious sense of loss and depression. When people are poor or lose their loved ones, they are likely to live alone and experience loneliness and stress. About 60% of people feel lonely.

3. Due to changes in the organs of the elderly, their behavior may also change, and they may become suspicious, agitated, and highly dependent.

4. Intentional memory is dominant among the elderly, while unintentional memory is rarely used. Judging from the content of memory, the mechanical memory ability of the elderly has declined, long-term memory is better than recent memory, and their recollection of past events is very accurate.

5. The intellectual functions of the elderly, which are directly dependent on their physiological structure, decline. The habitual intelligence related to the accumulation of knowledge and experience often increases with age, while their problem-solving ability, logical reasoning ability, and critical thinking ability decline, and their flexibility decreases.

6. The intensity and persistence of the emotional experience of the elderly increase with age, and their emotions tend to be unstable, manifested as easy excitement, irritability, nagging, arguing with others, and impulsiveness that is difficult to calm down.

Filial children can provide targeted help based on changes in the elderly's personality. On the one hand, this is beneficial to the elderly's physical and mental health, and on the other hand, it is also conducive to family harmony.

Five symptoms of mental abnormalities in the elderly

Abnormal behavior

Symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations may cause the elderly to exhibit some puzzling abnormal behaviors. For example, yelling at the air, mumbling to oneself, and making inexplicable movements; or movements may be numb, slow, stiff, and mechanical; standing or sitting still for no reason, or being in a daze for a long time.

Personality changes

"Suddenly he became a different person," this is how many family members of patients with mental illness describe their patients. If a person's temperament changes drastically over a period of time, he becomes suspicious, makes random inferences and judgments, thinks that everyone around him is against him, feels like he is being followed when walking on the street, and thinks that people are talking about him; or he is self-indulgent and thinks that irrelevant people of the opposite sex like him, etc., you should highly suspect whether he has thinking disorders such as delusions of persecution.

Emotional abnormalities

Emotional abnormalities are very common mental and psychological symptoms. Some elderly people are unhappy all day long, don't like to talk to others, have no interest in things they used to like, feel that life is meaningless, etc. Others are in high spirits, feel particularly good about themselves, and feel that they can do anything. Some patients may also laugh for no reason but with a blank expression, or be nervous or afraid for no reason.

Decreased will

When suffering from depression, schizophrenia and other problems, the elderly's "passion for life" may be suddenly interrupted. The elderly who used to be active and enthusiastic may often become distracted, or even lazy, unkempt, and lie in bed all day without wanting to move.

Neurasthenia or physical abnormalities

For some elderly people, psychological abnormalities first affect their bodies, with symptoms similar to neurasthenia, such as headaches, insomnia, frequent dreams and easy awakening, menstrual disorders, fatigue, and other symptoms; or they may have repeated physical discomforts but cannot find the cause, such as abdominal pain, dizziness, chest pain, chest tightness, and even limb weakness.

If you find that the elderly around you have similar symptoms, be sure to go to a psychological clinic or a psychiatric hospital for treatment in time.