Anxiety due to retirement scare

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Asked for Male, 59 Years

My father currently works in the ministry of external affairs and he will be retiring this year. However over the last few months he seems to be very lost, agitated and irritated. He loses his cool at little things and is not able to behave normally in social gatherings or at work. This as you can guess is worrying the family. We think this might be because of the post retirement life scare but we are not sure. We also do not know what kind of therapy is required for a case like this. Would you be able to shed some light on this regards as to what kind of treatment or therapy we should look into? Please do let me know.

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Ms. Hema Sampath

Psychologist 18 yrs exp Bangalore

Probably, true. There could be other related issues because of his retirement. From his perspective, he may be little apprehensive about it.

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You can fix an appointment with a psychological counselor in your city, so that he can share his feelings vs to them freely.

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Dr. Venkat Raghav

General Physician 7 yrs exp Bangalore

Hello.... Retirement from duty is normal for everyone.. Everyone living on earth has to leave it once... May be he is too attached to his work.. Counseling is required in this condition.. He will adjust to new environment later on. He needs acompany.. Be with him.

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Hi I before suggesting something I would also like to ask have you noticed any increase in forgetfulness? Moreover what do you mean by lost, please elaborate with a few examples.

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