The Crazy Doesn’t Go Away as You Age

As someone who has spent a lot of time with older people over the course of my life and now takes care of an aging parent and in-law, can I give you some advice? You don’t get less crazy or personality disordered as you age. It doesn’t burn out. Old age is really hard to begin with. And whether you are obsessive or hysterical or unrealistic or narcissistic, it’s not going to get better when you are in your 70s and 80s. It’s going to get worse. So get therapy now, while you might be emotionally flexible enough to benefit from it. And before it is too late.