Retirement Stress

Retirement can be one of the most stressful events in life. After the mounting responsibilities and pressures of work which come as the result of age and experience, after the daily organized routine, either supervising
or being supervised, the companionship of colleagues, the turmoil of travel, there comes a sudden stop.
There is a beginning of what may be twenty more years of living.

Stress From A Lifestyle Changed

For those who have not planned ahead for this change it can be a traumatic experience. Men and women
will miss the satisfaction of having a clear purpose in work, they have to face a change in finances, the wife will will have more meals to prepare and will find her privacy is invaded.

For some there may be an ill-considered change of residence, perhaps amongst strangers. The shock of these unprepared-for changes in life-style may cause a number of bodily re-actions. Illness may creep up, not so much because of old age but as the result of a sustained reaction to the stress of a major change.

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