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What Causes Excessive Crying In An Elderly Woman?
my mom has excessive crying issue. she can cry for hours for even the smallest thing that can upset her. example.. I told her why you kept the wooden spoon in another drawer. for that she cried for 2 hours. please advise what could be the reason behind.
Fri, 12 Jul 2019
Hello,
In order to understand the reason for excessive crying over trivial stuff, the most important thing is age.
I presume your mother is an elderly lady above 65. In elderly people, there are a lot of issues which can cause frustration, especially for those who have been active their entire life, but now due to age are unable to carry out the activities as efficiently as they used to earlier.
This can be a probable cause. The best thing that can be done in such scenarios is having healthy communication and acceptance of the inevitable phenomenon called aging.
However, if she is a young individual, this could be an entirely different matter nevertheless first step would be a healthy communication and trying to understand from her the reason, is there any issue in particular which is bothering her.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Jatin Bhatia, Radiation Oncologist
In order to understand the reason for excessive crying over trivial stuff, the most important thing is age.
I presume your mother is an elderly lady above 65. In elderly people, there are a lot of issues which can cause frustration, especially for those who have been active their entire life, but now due to age are unable to carry out the activities as efficiently as they used to earlier.
This can be a probable cause. The best thing that can be done in such scenarios is having healthy communication and acceptance of the inevitable phenomenon called aging.
However, if she is a young individual, this could be an entirely different matter nevertheless first step would be a healthy communication and trying to understand from her the reason, is there any issue in particular which is bothering her.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Jatin Bhatia, Radiation Oncologist
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