Retirement anxiety, post-stroke emotional regulation, medical trauma, and the uneasy business of becoming human again after the detours. In Brief Retirement can remove the structure that once helped keep anxiety contained, especially after major health detours like cancer treatment and a hemorrhagic stroke. In this Active Aging reflection, I look at retirement anxiety, post-stroke emotional regulation, medical trauma, irritability, and the practical search for counselling The Uncomfortable Thing I’m Noticing I have been thinking about retirement, aging, and the uncomfortable possibility that I am becoming harder to live with. That is not an easy sentence to write. It is tempting … Continue reading Anxiety After Retirement: When the Usual Coping Tricks Stop Working