Psychology Today | 04.05.2026 03:04
Robert, 78, did not describe himself as depressed. He said he was “just old.” After retirement, his wife’s death, and a hip fracture that left him unable to drive, his world became smaller. He stopped meeting former colleagues, declined invitations from his daughter, and insisted he did not want to “be a burden.” What looked like ordinary withdrawal from the outside was psychologically more complex: Several foundations of livability were weakening at once.
