Feb 10
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Men, You Can’t Blame Mid Life Crises Any More!
We’ve all heard that somewhat cliche term now “mid life crisis” or how about midlife crisis mobile? That’s the funny term someone coined for a middle aged man who goes out and buys some ridiculous fast sports car when he has only up until then driven reliable cars like Hondas and Toyotas. But new research is suggesting that there really is no such thing as a mid life crisis, at least not any more, and not for the modern man (and yes, occasionally women can go through these too, but theyr’e a predominantly male thing).
The new research shows that men and women are typically actually happier as they approach and pass the age of 50, which is officially mid life for the population, who is living longer today than back when this “disorder” was coined by a psychologist to describe the weird things that (typically) men do when they reach this age, like have affairs, go out and do things they’ve never done before, and live life on the wild side a little bit, acting younger than their actual biological age.
You see, research is showing that we as a people are actually evolving and learning to appreciate “mid life”, since we live longer, and the perception is shifting to not being half over, but to being more confident, more knowledegable about yourself, and more secure in your desires and dreams. People tend to do the things they really truly love with their lives when they reach this age because they are past a lot of the self judgment and self doubt that plagued them in their earlier years. Sounds good, now mid life doesn’t sound so bad at all! It’s not all having to pop Viagra for sexual performance, and drinking beer on the sofa, only to go to a dead end job the next day!
