Are any other seniors experiencing a need to cry more often?

I think it should be viewed as a privilege. sigh

Consider antidepressants. I had the same issue and started some. It’s been very helpful. Extended periods of the blues is not good for one’s cognitive health the experts say

Perhaps get into a momentary rage (spitting an expletive or two) helps to cool down when I find Why don't WE help Each Other with what is free and immediately available: Socially nurturing connection, in person, over phone, over zoom, in common community places. One study that Harvard Univ founds helps with longest healthy life is Meaningful Social Engagement. Indeed S.G. Murthy has said years ago in his first appointment under Obama:

"Unlike many other illnesses, what I find profoundly empowering about addressing loneliness is that the ultimate solution to loneliness lies in each of us. We can be the medicine that each other needs. We can be the solution other people crave. We are all doctors and we are all healers. The question is, do we have the courage to speak up and to stand up for others, to reach out to them when we feel they may be in need."

It lifts my spirit every time I find one more effort has dashed in My Face.
https://qz.com/1420602/feeling-lonely-vivek-murthy-says-to-get-out-of-your-head-and-help-someone-else/
We can be the medicine that each other need”: The 19th US surgeon general on ending loneliness

I've joined a retired people's lifelong learning group that will start in 3 weeks. I hope it will help. In the meantime I'm busy with others, one is about dementia, another a book club on Sackler's Pain Empire, a poetry get together in a Library. I feel I must keep looking in areas that interest ME, or I'll have double the reason to curse Myself.

And yes, stay healthy with what we still can: nutritious diet, regular activity, some nap after lunch. It assures me sound sleep in a 80 y.o. body.
Good luck folks!

Yes. I’m 65 and frustrated over the distance I am being made to travel to access major medical care. After being made to travel 3 hrs to a specialist appointment I am not getting specialist treatment! Do you know what my husband said to me about it? “Go buy a brand new version of the car that your daughter & son in law has.” What kind of State or Country would treat a parent with lesser health care then they would an adult child? My husband worked his entire adult life and we have been living on retirements for the last 23 years. We have been married for over 40 years.

Patientrevolution.org

I love what this group is trying to do.

Sisyphus-

A careless swipe of the touch pad has erased my deeply thought out reply. I’ll try again. Appropriate?

There may be times that our emotions are expressing something we don’t yet know how to put into words. This is especially the case when we are in realms for which prepared fixes don’t exist.
Feelings are our body’s way to talk to our mind.
It may be worth trying to sit with them a while to see if we can get a message that we can move with.

Is our need for purpose, meaning, curiosity and focus really different at 75, 55 or 35 years of age?
Our life has always been happening at the same time: Now!
Usually when I focus into that basic “Now” I find I can make peace with my emotions, and even receive their blessing.
I don’t have to manage 75 years of life all at once, I’m just responsible for this morning.

Yesterday, as I walked into the library, I exchanged cheerful greetings with someone who was walking out. In that moment a gloomy cloud that had been surrounding me for three days popped and floated away. A new book had been located and delivered just for me!

Grieving is the price we pay for love. I’ve learned over the years to replace the sadness of losing someone with the thankfulness of having them in my life for a season. Thankfulness always makes things better.

75 is not old. I am going to be 90 next month. That is old. The beginning of the end.

I beg to differ. We all age differently. I feel old at 75. My energy level has dwindled significantly. I have several health issues. Please do not judge others based upon a number.

Thank you for your inspiration.