Why do many old people like to pick up garbage?

The elderly are getting older every day. Staying at home all day with nothing to do. Picking up garbage can help support the family's income; and it also gives me something to do. Be happy without doing anything. Many elderly people who come to live in cities from rural areas are mostly those who prefer to work. They feel that young people nowadays have a lot of pressure in life, so they don't want to be a burden to their children, so they pick up garbage to subsidize their living expenses.

As the body of the elderly gradually weakens, more and more things become beyond their ability, and they gradually feel that they have lost control of the things around them. This can cause psychological anxiety in the elderly. Collecting old things serves as a form of psychological compensation, allowing the elderly to gain a sense of control and accomplishment.

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What children need most is to have an in-depth understanding of the elderly’s behavior of picking up garbage, and to understand the compensatory psychological complex behind the elderly’s behavior of picking up garbage. Don’t simply deny and reject it. Don’t just complain and reprimand, let alone stop them blindly and forcefully. Don’t easily regard the elderly people’s behavior of picking up garbage as a bad thing, let alone a loss of face.

As children, we should learn to put ourselves in the perspective of the elderly, and understand the various psychological needs behind the elderly picking up garbage. Appropriate response After understanding the various psychological needs of the elderly picking up garbage, children can take advantage of the situation and adopt corresponding roundabout response strategies.