20世纪80年代后期,戈尔曼博士采访了年已八旬的埃里克松及其妻子琼(Joan)。最初,埃里克松的人生社会心理发展理论包括从幼年直至老年的八个阶段。然而,当埃里克松夫妇自己迈入老年之后,他们发现还需要补充第九个发展阶段,且智慧在这一阶段里发挥着至关重要的作用。“他们描绘了这样的一种晚年图景:老年人对自己身心的完善充满了自信,这种信心足以抵挡因身体逐渐衰老所带来的绝望情绪,”戈尔曼博士在《纽约时报》上写道。
In the final years of life, "Even the simple activities of daily living may present difficulty and conflict," Joan Erikson wrote in an expanded version of her husband's book, "The Life Cycle Completed." "No wonder elders become tired and often depressed." The book adds: "To face down despair with faith and appropriate humility is perhaps the wisest course."
到了暮年,“即便是日常生活中的简单活动也可能成为难题,”琼·埃里克松在她丈夫的著作《生命周期的完成》(The Life Cycle Completed)的扩展版中写道。“无怪乎老年人开始感到疲惫,时而觉得沮丧。”这本书补充道:“以信念和适度的谦逊来面对绝望或许是最明智的选择。”
"One must join in the process of adaptation. With whatever tact and wisdom we can muster, disabilities must be accepted with lightness and humor."
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