Post-power Syndrome

Post-power syndrome is a psychiatric term for someone who lives in the shadow of the days past success (career, intelligence, or anything else), and could not accept the reality that exist today. Patients always want to express and show how great he was in the past.

Some of the factors that caused the post-power syndrome, among others.

1. Early retirement and work fired
When people are getting early retirement or who fired the work could not accept a state that energy is not used anymore, especially if he feels can still contribute significantly to the company it will be easy to occur post-power syndrome.

2. Condition that requires her to quit her career
Examples accidents experienced by a football player who led his leg was amputated, can cause post-power syndrome.

How to Help People with post-power syndrome

1. Understanding of their beloved ones
It would be very helpful person if the person is to see that their loved ones still can understand his situation or lack of ability to earn a living, he would be more receptive to think it could have a cold. This will restore the ability and productivity, rather than always sarcastic, grumbling, even mocked him.

2. Support from the environment
Families can be very helpful during this post-power syndrome. Understanding families and children must be very necessary in an effort to expedite passage of this period, with a wise way we as a family member can suggest something that could be used to do anything within its capabilities.

3. Creating a positive activity
If a post-power syndrome sufferers can find a place to channel capacity, would be very helpful. For example, an employee who has retired or been fired but he was able to do new business or other activities such as agribusiness, it's easier and faster to adapt quickly and can accept the current situation.

In some cases the post-power syndrome causes mental disorder severe enough suppose can not think rationally in a certain period, depression, and may cause health problems.