Winter is also the best time for the human body to recuperate. Affected by cold temperatures, various physiological and psychological functions of the human body will change. How can we adjust our physical and psychological state and spend the winter smoothly? Professor Liu Xiaolin, a psychologist at Wuhan Mental Health Center, specially reminds the elderly to do mental health care well in winter, so that elderly friends will no longer feel cold this winter!

The psychological variation of the elderly is often one of the factors leading to physical diseases of the elderly such as cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis and myocardial infarction, and it is also easy to lead to mental diseases of the elderly. In addition, the elderly with psychological variation often take some drastic actions in the process of interacting with people, bringing some unnecessary consequences and troubles. The psychological variation of the elderly mainly includes the following types: numbness type, domineering type and childish type. Children's psychological variation The elderly are like a child in thought and action, which is what people usually call "old children and old urchins". However, as long as the methods are proper, the psychological variation of the elderly can be overcome, mainly from the following aspects:

First of all, we should learn to comfort ourselves and understand that aging is the only way in life. It is an unavoidable objective reality that the elderly are not as good as the young in physical strength and intelligence, and may be out of step with the times in ideological understanding. In this case, the elderly should learn to forgive themselves and comfort themselves, and never give up on themselves because of aging. At the same time, the elderly should try to keep a peaceful mind, don't force themselves to do things beyond their power, and think twice before doing anything. Don't be impatient with yourself and feel sorry.

Second, look for spiritual sustenance. Retirement can completely relieve the responsibility and pressure at work, which is of course a good thing, but suddenly changing one's living habits formed over the past decades will inevitably make people feel empty, bored and lonely, which is prone to psychological variation for the elderly. The best way to get rid of this emotion is to choose one or two interesting activities as spiritual sustenance according to your actual situation, so as to enrich your life, such as reading, gardening, painting, music, calligraphy, traveling, and participating in some social welfare activities. You can also take some time to go out and make more friends, so that you can live in the friendship between groups and friends.

In addition, learn more about self-mental health care. Old people should face up to psychological variation, spend time learning more about self-care, find out the physiological reasons and main manifestations of psychological variation, and once some signs of psychological variation are found, they should exercise self-restraint and correct themselves. If you find yourself depressed for a long time and can't solve it, you should seek the help of a psychologist in the psychology department of a regular hospital in time to restore your healthy psychology as soon as possible. In short, if the elderly can maintain a good attitude, overcome psychological variation and do a good job in psychological health care in winter, it will be of great benefit to health and longevity.

Psychological health care in winter

Emotionally. To prevent emotional disorders in winter, there will be symptoms such as listlessness, mental depression and depression. To change this bad mood, it is necessary to spend more time in the sun, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables containing vitamin C and vitamin B, and regulate the function and mood of the brain. You can also participate in various recreational activities to stimulate your enthusiasm and yearning for life. In daily life, it is necessary to increase sleep in winter, and it is necessary to go to bed early and get up late. Getting up late is not a lazy bed, but the sun rises. Going to bed early to nourish yang and getting up late to nourish yin is conducive to the accumulation of latent yang and yin, preparing for the vigorous development of the next spring. Moreover, sexual life in winter should be controlled, which can nourish yang and protect yin and has the function of saving energy.

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In terms of diet, we should eat less salty food. Eating too salty will increase the burden on the heart and kidneys. You can also eat some warm products properly to help others be yang and keep out the cold. Such as mutton, dog meat and pepper, pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and so on. But it should be noted that hot and dry things are easy to hurt the stomach. Yellow rice wine in winter is also a treasure. Yellow rice wine is a low-alcohol and high-nutrition health wine. Has the effects of dredging channels and collaterals, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, warming spleen, eliminating dampness, expelling wind and promoting qi circulation. Drinking yellow wine while it is hot in winter can resist cold stimulation and prevent colds. Although the degree of yellow rice wine is low, it should be drunk in moderation, and it is appropriate to drink 100 ml every day. In terms of sports, we should reduce freezing and keep warm in winter. Don't exercise too much and don't sweat because of overheating. Should be gently nursed back to health, to avoid colds and other pathogens invading the human body.