De onde vim e onde estou: perspectivas de vida a partir de um olhar amadurecido

Abstract

According to Alves and Silva (2013), from the perspective of Developmental Psychology, aging has been considered a stage of the life cycle that has aroused increasing interest among researchers. Aging is a process permeated by changes, such as physical, psychological and social. The individual becomes more sensitive to the environment due to the decrease in adaptation capacity. It is necessary to ensure that this process is healthy and active, which means encouraging elderly people to practice their independence and self-care (Alves, 2013). Furthermore, it is worth highlighting that this research was carried out with the aim of giving new meaning to stories. The term “resignify” denotes giving a new meaning to something, in addition, according to humanistic psychology, the meaning that is attributed to an experience will always be associated with an emotion, so giving another meaning means focusing on another feeling in order to end possible psychological suffering.