Empty Nest Syndrome – The 23rd Listed Major Life Event – 5 Tips to Help

You are not crazy. It is actually quite common to feel depressed and lonely when your kids leave home. Empty Nest Syndrome is the 23rd Ranked major life event.

According to the Social Readjustment Rating Scale by Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe, Empty Nest Syndrome ranks below death of a spouse or divorce, and ranks higher than trouble with in-laws or a change in living conditions. Readjustment to the empty nest takes time.

A feeling of loneliness that parents or guardians may feel when one or more of their children leave home; it is more common in women. The role and influence of the parents seemingly becomes less important. Many parents have spent twenty years or more of their life bringing up their children and when the last child leaves, parents can feel their most important job has finished. A mother is wounded deep somewhere by her child’s departure.

Empty Nest Syndrome is the feelings of grief, pain and depression experienced by mothers or care givers after children come of age and leave their home. Coming to terms with this stage in your life is not easy. Psychologists have created the term, “empty nest syndrome” to describe the mixture of emotions that parents experience when their children are no longer around them each day.

Some things that you can do help get through Empty Nest Syndrome are:

1) Talk and cry (it’s OK): talk with your spouse and others about the kids, finances, and other issues that your may be worried about. It will take time to feel better.

2) Stay in contact with your kids, just not too much. Call your kid no more than twice per week. You can text a little more often; they may prefer texting.

3) Invite your kids home for big events, like grandpa’s 75th birthday. Keep them informed of the family calendar. Do not guilt them into coming home.

4) Get busy! This is also a time to do some things on your own, with your spouse, and with others. REMEMBER to keep your partner informed with what you are doing and keep a common calendar.

5) Send your kids stuff: cookies, care packages, articles about their old high school. This will keep them connected. Perhaps they will call you to say thank you?!



Source by Tom P Raymond



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