tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post8793452600408720467..comments2023-10-26T07:58:23.045-07:00Comments on SAGE'S PLAY: A Cultural Obsession with Senior MomentsGaea Yudronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013222275959251523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-62120864327592412252012-03-12T18:08:33.131-07:002012-03-12T18:08:33.131-07:00Ronni Bennett had a great phrase in her Time Goes ...Ronni Bennett had a great phrase in her Time Goes By blog the other day. She pointed out that we've been brainwashed by certain ageist language since childhood and that it's dangerous "because it makes us complicit in our own stereotyping." That really says it well.Gaea Yudronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013222275959251523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-54331388801550413682012-03-10T22:42:08.909-08:002012-03-10T22:42:08.909-08:00You wrote: "I am not interested in defining m...You wrote: "I am not interested in defining myself by my deficits." <br /><br />I concur -- that's such an important concept and one I integrate into my work which has become primarily with older adults. I all too often find my patients expressing some of these stereotypical views of themselves that you describe here as being applied by others to older people. Really like the sentiments your song lyrics express.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-42529263121984643732012-03-07T17:35:20.072-08:002012-03-07T17:35:20.072-08:00Hi Celia, Thanks for your message. I like your phr...Hi Celia, Thanks for your message. I like your phrase "I don't make jokes out of myself" because it seems that's what a lot of older people do--act apologetic or make fun of themselves, kinda as if they were in blackface in a minstrel show. Well, this work of culture change is something I am called to do. Hope all is going very well at your blue cottage.Gaea Yudronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013222275959251523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-20973481721496867892012-03-04T13:06:41.885-08:002012-03-04T13:06:41.885-08:00It's a slow sell, coupled with this country...It's a slow sell, coupled with this country's inability to deal with death as just a natural part of life. Yet, I have hopes. I personally know I see things much differently that I did when I was younger and am much less stressed now because of it. If my parent had been comfortable talking with us about their aging would it have made a difference? I like to think so. So I talk about mine to my sons, my sisters who are all younger than I, and to my grandkids, and not in a scary way either. I don't make jokes out of myself either except with my nearly same age sister who lives much like I do.Celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485118642482033233noreply@blogger.com