There is a tendency by people to scoff at midlife crisis, dismissing it as a male affair. As a matter of fact, it does not affect men only, and it is only until someone experiences it that they stop considering it as a truism. Despite it being called a mid-life predicament, it can happen at any age to both men and women. This article examines female midlife crisis and some of its contributing factors.
This predicament for many women might not be as dramatic as they would expect. The less severe signs include boredom, feelings of worthlessness, lack of meaning and anxiety. Other symptoms include constantly changing a jobs or a partner, excessive drinking, obsessive shopping, while never actually getting the satisfaction they are looking to get. It is likely to be triggered by a serious illness, empty nest syndrome, loss of parents, redundancy or just appear out of nowhere.
The lingering question to ask is why it happens and the deeply-rooted factors causing many women aged between 35 to 55 to experience a frightening, long and isolating change. According to most psychoanalysts, the mid-life crisis is more of a physiological experience than a chronological event.
Mid-life is often the time that women find out that life is not a bed of roses. They find out the possibility of bad things occurring to nice people and the other way around. This can actually be a good thing since it will spur them to take life more seriously. It will enable women to carefully think about the choices they make as well as what they plan to do with the remaining parts of their lives.
Nowadays, people live in an aggressively individualistic, competitive and materialistic world. This world worships possessions, money, celebrity and perfection, and never ever lets people take their foot from the treadmill. This is especially the case for women as there is a lot of pressure on them to look young and beautiful. They are measured in terms what they look like as opposed to what is inside.
A mid-life predicament is without doubt painful and is capable of being destructive, but can also act as a vital waking-up call, particularly for ladies. According to certain research, a major attitude difference between gentlemen and women experiencing midlife predicament is that ladies have twice the likelihood to hope for a better future. When faced with the challenges of mid-life; whether illness, divorce, the changes that these challenges will trigger are surprisingly positive most of the times.
As women drop the facade needed to get them through the first stages of life, they grow less concerned with pleasing others and more inclined to take risks. Many ladies are brought up to put the needs of others over their own. Hence, it is not surprising that many of them reach a certain point whereby they have a feeling that they no longer know whom they are.
There is lack of sufficient evidence on the spread of female midlife crisis. Anecdotal evidence however suggests that women are now more prone to it or simply are willing to take it head on.
This predicament for many women might not be as dramatic as they would expect. The less severe signs include boredom, feelings of worthlessness, lack of meaning and anxiety. Other symptoms include constantly changing a jobs or a partner, excessive drinking, obsessive shopping, while never actually getting the satisfaction they are looking to get. It is likely to be triggered by a serious illness, empty nest syndrome, loss of parents, redundancy or just appear out of nowhere.
The lingering question to ask is why it happens and the deeply-rooted factors causing many women aged between 35 to 55 to experience a frightening, long and isolating change. According to most psychoanalysts, the mid-life crisis is more of a physiological experience than a chronological event.
Mid-life is often the time that women find out that life is not a bed of roses. They find out the possibility of bad things occurring to nice people and the other way around. This can actually be a good thing since it will spur them to take life more seriously. It will enable women to carefully think about the choices they make as well as what they plan to do with the remaining parts of their lives.
Nowadays, people live in an aggressively individualistic, competitive and materialistic world. This world worships possessions, money, celebrity and perfection, and never ever lets people take their foot from the treadmill. This is especially the case for women as there is a lot of pressure on them to look young and beautiful. They are measured in terms what they look like as opposed to what is inside.
A mid-life predicament is without doubt painful and is capable of being destructive, but can also act as a vital waking-up call, particularly for ladies. According to certain research, a major attitude difference between gentlemen and women experiencing midlife predicament is that ladies have twice the likelihood to hope for a better future. When faced with the challenges of mid-life; whether illness, divorce, the changes that these challenges will trigger are surprisingly positive most of the times.
As women drop the facade needed to get them through the first stages of life, they grow less concerned with pleasing others and more inclined to take risks. Many ladies are brought up to put the needs of others over their own. Hence, it is not surprising that many of them reach a certain point whereby they have a feeling that they no longer know whom they are.
There is lack of sufficient evidence on the spread of female midlife crisis. Anecdotal evidence however suggests that women are now more prone to it or simply are willing to take it head on.
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