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[quote=Anonymous]While it's good you are trying to find common ground with your relatives, it's usually not called "sundowning" unless it's in reference to dementia. It's odd that anyone in ok health and with mental capacity is "sundowning" in the commonly used since. My Mom has a friend who "sundowns" and has to be in a locked facility at night. You may not want to use that term. It just sounds like there is a family culture of giving up when the get older? Depression or anxiety? Pretty common in my family, especially after age 65 or so. It's an older attitude from when people died much younger, most people are getting away from that--but it could be that your family system is reinforcing these beliefs somehow. I'm in my 40s and have developed debilitating anxiety (in therapy right now) and now recognize that this anxiety/depression was what I saw in my older relatives, not necessary aging. [/quote]
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