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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Mom is well-educated and fairly -off but literally only watches MSNBC except when she’s going on her many doctors appointments.  No reading, exercise, travel, won’t go to a museum in DC, no lectures, no classes, no big social circle.   She lives for her grandchild, my child, but we live hours away.

I’m asking how to stay grateful and not let her get to me, and how I can try to live in ways to avoid becoming her.  Any advice?   Thanks.[/quote]

Your mom doesn't have purpose and is bored.  She doesn't have enough to occupy her mind and her time and it results in her stewing and being anxious.  Her excessive Dr's appointments may be a way of giving herself something to do.  I don't know if I have any advice for you other than to just be understanding.  If you don't want to end up like this, then you need to make sure that you maintain some sort of purpose and focus into your retirement.  It doesn't need to be work, but it does need to be something that feels valuable to you.  A book club or other type of hobby club that requires you to do or contribute something by a deadline, a regular workout schedule, regular visits to friends/family, doing something for others (volunteering, organizing meal trains for sick friends/family, etc.).  All people need a "job" - something that makes them feel useful and part of the community.  Your mother has lost this.  Don't let it happen to you![/quote]

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