After Retirement
Anxiety and Depression

Recognising the Need to Soldier-On  I suspected for a couple of years that ‘things’ within me were not too good, a once-enjoyable job had transformed itself in a chore of almost Herculean ...

Out of nowhere...
retirement anxiety and depression  My husband and I both retired in June of 2010. I volunteer two days a week at the school where I taught for 30 years - my husband does nothing.

After ...

TV Addict in Retirement  I retired two years ago. At first I traveled extensively but grew tired of that. I have been camped out in front of the TV ever since. Have gain 12 ...

Retired and Still Struggling at 67  I wish that I could say that I have found excitement or even contentment in being "retired" for the past 3 years. But, I have not come to that place of ...

Can I Afford To Retire?  I am quite sure that people love the fact that their misery has a lot of company. I found some sort of weird comfort just reading the headings of people ...

Retired: Not One of the Bunch   I retired from a career that is ridding itself of older professionals. I knew with my increase in salary and age, the top was seeking to oust individuals ...

Bored Silly and Not Motivated  I have not been working for 2 years now (I am 65)... my husband has been retired the same amount of time he is just now 61.

It was his choice to retire ...

Granny Nanny,..
and not happy about it.  I am sure there are loads of lovely older mums whose children have produced lovely grandchildren, but how do learn to say no !!

I had six children ...

retirement fears....  Retired at age 62, after working 30 years at a job I loved. It was my decision to retire. Hubby is retired and loving it.

My problem is .... I'm waiting ...

Never Seen My Husband in Such a State  I am totally stressed out because my husband who recently retired at 60 but still works as a consultant, is having anxiety attacks. We have moved to an ...

Good Life, but just not happy.. WHY?  I'm falling into depression before I retire but I want to...

I'm 68, lost my abusive husband to alzheimer's. My younger sister and I had to take care ...

Regretting retirement  I chose to retire at the young age of 55. I thought I’d walk out the door from my job and fall right into happiness, far from it.

Six months after ...

Retirement: 2011 not a good year.  Lost job, best friend died, got cancer had to retire...

2011 has been a forgetful year. In February 2011 I was taking my best friend (57 years old)...

Retirement depression  I just want to thank you all for your comments and stories. I have a similar story.

I retired January of this year. I could not wait. I had a heart ...

Blindsided by Retirement  I was so ready to leave work; I just really hated it, plus it was really stressful.

But now that 2 months has gone by, I really feel like I'm going ...

Retirement: I was hoping to travel...  I was hoping to travel, but my husband don't like to travel! His idea of vacations was always time for fishing. I hate fishing, or I should say I hate ...

Retirement: what depression?   I "retired" a lot sooner than my retirement age.

All of a sudden I did not have my money to spend as I liked. Tough, we cannot have too many good things....

Retired: I'm not living anymore.....just existing.  I've worked outside the home all my life. I've been divorced for 11 years, have one son that is married and lives 10 hours away.

I've had anxiety, depression ...

Retirement and depression  I was terminated from my job and given a forced early retirement. I was (and still am) battling depression and anxiety. I thought I hid it very well, but ...

Reality set in after Retirement  I am 67 years old and had a part-time job working from my home. I loved my job and never wanted to quit.

Unexpectedly and due to the economy, my position ...

Retired without a direction or reason for being  I retired in Feb. 2010 and have been lost ever since. I call it retirement depression.

We have moved to a house we inherited and the renovations ...

Retired and Free to Be.. Who?  I have been retired for a little over two years and I am still finding it hard to adjust.

I retired a little earlier than I planned due to a change ...

Forced Retirement at age 58  I have been divorced for many many years and have two sons in their twenties who live in excess of 200 miles from me and while we are close they ...

Had to retire due to health, but sure didn't want to  I was often asked when I was going to retire and my stock answer was "I'm going to work until they plant me".

I don't play golf, I have no hobbies ...

Retired: Life After the Military - Who Am I???  I'm 38 years old and recently retired from the military after 21 years of service. Sounds great huh? I thought so too at first.

But not long after ...

Early Retirement - What Now?  I am 56 and worked for a utility for 22 years. I had planned on working until 60 with 26 years which would give me a good retirement.

With layoffs ...

Retirement: The world is waiting for you  After retirement is the time when you can look for doing all the time what you always wanted to do, all your life.

Think of two things at first: are ...

I am so nervous about retiring  My husband (59) and myself (55) plan to retire to Naples, florida next year where we have owned a condo for 15 years so we know the community.

However,...

Retiring very soon-and already depressed  I'll be retiring from my job of thirty years in about a month and I'm feeling a lot of anxiety already.

You see, my wife retired from her job after ...

Retirement: An Extended Vacation, and Then What?  When I retired two years ago I thought it was the greatest time in my life. I felt like I was on an extended vacation and thoroughly enjoyed my first couple ...

"So now what?"  I couldn't wait to retire, hated my job, it was so constricting, hours were weird and the stress level was high.

But now, retired for almost 6 months,...

Retirement Freefall:
From "I'm Flying!" to "Where In The Heck Am I Going?"  After nearly 30 years, last July 1, I slept in (on a weekday!) and then sat out on my patio, enjoying two leisurely cups of coffee and reading... for two ...

Early Retirement: Depressed and not enjoying life anymore  Hi,

I decided to post this just to see what feedback I might get. I retired about 3 months ago. I didn`t really want to leave but I was facing threats ...

RETIREMENT: Ready or not, here comes my next chapter...  I retired six weeks ago. I am not depressed; actually feel real good about it.

However, I have taken so many naps. A lot of sleeping. It seems I am ...

Retired and Destressed  I retired a year and a half ago. I could not wait. I thought of lounging around the house and watching all the t.v. shows that I could only catch if I ...

Crying with a loaf of bread under my arm... new to retirement  I was recently let go from my consultant contract and am having a terrible time dealing with the fact that this may be it for me in the work place. That ...

Depression and Retirement Transition  There are many stresses in life that may lead to depression, and growing old can be a key one. One very important for those suffering from depression is ...

How To Retire
(from someone's who has been there...)  It is always hard when you have to leave anything that you have been a part of for a long time.

When you have worked for an employer for a long time ...

Retirement Depression:
About Your Retirement  Hi Everyone,

I'm a first year grad student in a research and writing class at LaSalle University in Philadelphia PA.

I am writing about anxiety ...

Retired and Now: No purpose  I am recently retired and like many longed for leisure time, time to meditate on life and to do things I had always wanted to do.

The problem is that ...

Early Retirement. ..  I have just been offered VR (voluntary retirement) which I have wanted for 5 years now, why am I now having second thoughts, because it is my decision ...

Retired, What now???  I just retired from teaching/playing music last July. I am 59 and have worked since I was 14.

I really looked forward to my freedom but now feel ...

Making the Change to Retirement, Sucks...  I am still in pre-retirement stage. Became severely depressed 3 years ago. Seem to have many regrets in my past family and business aspects.

Too ...

Can A Stay at Home Mom Retire?  I cratered eight months after my youngest son left home. I was so happy to have done a great job and thought I would love my empty nest.

I decided ...

ATTENTION DANNY A.--GOOSE CREEK, NC.  This early "forced" disability/retirement at the tender age of 54--was crap for the birds for me. Even though it has not been an easy road to follow--I ...

Retired & Can't Stop Crying  I am a 56 1/2 Y/O male and am going into my 25th day of retirement. I have never been so depressed or anxious in my life and I think I've only had 3 or ...

What's worse?  I had a job that was becoming impossible. The expectations, particularly 56 hrs/week, unreasonable managers and the dangerousness of the work was making ...

Forced Into Retirement  In 1992 I was forced into retirement due to a nervous breakdown. It wasn't something I wanted to do.

I felt energetic and still able to hold down ...

Retirement: We dreamed a dream.. but it didn't work out  We had planned to return to our love of camping and travel once we retired.

Both of us planned an early retirement and we got it, sooner than we wanted ...

Retirement - I guess I wasn't ready...  I guess in my retirement I was not ready to go.

At the time of retirement I was experiencing stress and anxiety. The first time I went through something ...

Retirement: Whole New Life  It is true, retirement does depress you. And why it shouldn't? When you work for an institution for all these years and then they suddenly ask you to go,...

Retirement:
Boredom is a measure of sucess  I retired at age 57 from civil service in New York State, I am 60 now.

I have seen it all in the field of Forensic Psychology and don't want to see ...

Depression in Retirement
is not Normal  There are many stresses in life that may lead to depression, and growing old can be a key one.

One very important for those suffering from depression ...

Retired, Just Because I was Ready  When I retired I did become depressed for a few months. I started spending more time with friends and spent more time on my hobbies and that helped me ...

Avoid Retirement Depression with Planning Activities...  It is always hard when you have to leave anything that you have been a part of for a long time.

When you have worked for an employer for a long time ...

New Retiree dealing with ANGER...  I did not realize how angry i am i am walking around with f--- y-- attitude, i am now out of the rat race, don't have to fit in or please anyone, or impress ...

Disability, Depression at Retirement, Counselling helped me.  Yes depression is a kind of disease which can lead to so many problems. Yes I had depression after my retirement.

It lasted for 1 year and now iam ...

Retirement - Keep Busy  When I retired I did become depressed for a few months.

I started spending more time with friends and spent more time on my hobbies and that helped ...