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808scripture t1_iqwdu14 wrote

Well who the hell doesn’t want to stay engaged in a meaningful everyday life? Just because you are old or ill doesn’t make you less of a fully conscious being.

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Diogenes71 t1_iqwfqca wrote

Considering it’s possible for them to go the other way, it’s worth investigating.

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mother-of-pod t1_iqy80iy wrote

I think it’s particularly interesting that all 7 spheres of everyday life identified in the study are still desired during decline.

I would’ve assumed people drop their desire to engage in some (say, public opinion) and increase desire for others (relationships, for example). In my own experience, I definitely have felt that some things just don’t matter at all compared to my sense of safety or proximity to loved ones—especially when faced with existential crises. But it does make sense that people want to stay engaged as much as they can with anything they can still think or have feelings about.

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Strazdas1 t1_ir4sdn9 wrote

In my opinion people with the severest mental decline tend to have the strongest desire to engage in public opinion and have lost all pretense at nuance.

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frapawhack t1_ir042u3 wrote

the pandemic has proven this out. There are more people out there of any age who have been affected by isolation

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