People tend to pour scorn at midlife crisis, with a majority of them being of the opinion that it is a male issue. Truth being told, it is not something affecting men only, and a person can dismiss it as a truism until he or she actually experience it. Although reference is made to it as mid-life crisis, actually it is capable of happening to all genders at any age. Below is an overview of female midlife crisis and some of its causes.
This crisis for many women may not be as vivid as they would think. The lesser symptoms are boredom, a feeling of being worthless, being lonely, anxiety, lack of meaning, as well as depression. Other signs are regularly changing employment or partners, drinking excessively, shopping obsessively but never achieving the satisfaction they yearn for. Divorce, an empty nest, unemployment, a serious illness or losing a parent are some of the instances that can trigger it. It can also just appear from nowhere.
The vital questions to answer are why it happens as well as the deeply-rooted factors causing most women who are between 35 to 55 years old to pass through a long, isolating and frightening transformation. Most psychoanalysts are of the opinion that mid-life crisis is lesser of a chronology event and more of a physiological occurrence.
It is often during midlife that women figure out life may not be as easy as it may seem. They realize that it is possible for bad things to happen to good individuals. Actually, this can be liberating despite it sounding somehow grim, since it can stimulate them to quit floating. It can force women to carefully consider the choices they make, the impact these choices have on other people, and the plans they have for the remainder of their lives.
The world that people live in today is fiercely competitive, materialistic and individualistic. It puts emphasis on money, material possessions and celebrity, thus never letting people to slacken. For women, this is quite true since they are under intense pressure to appear pretty and young. They are regarded in accordance to their looks rather than what is inside them.
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 do away with the facade required to get them past lifes first half, they put less effort in pleasing others and become more willing to take chances. Most women are raised to prioritize the needs of others rather than their own. Thus, it is not surprising that it reaches a point that most of them get a feeling that they have no idea who they are.
It is hard to get concrete evidence on how rampant female midlife crisis is. Subjective evidence however shows that nowadays ladies are actually willing to do what is takes to cope with it.
This crisis for many women may not be as vivid as they would think. The lesser symptoms are boredom, a feeling of being worthless, being lonely, anxiety, lack of meaning, as well as depression. Other signs are regularly changing employment or partners, drinking excessively, shopping obsessively but never achieving the satisfaction they yearn for. Divorce, an empty nest, unemployment, a serious illness or losing a parent are some of the instances that can trigger it. It can also just appear from nowhere.
The vital questions to answer are why it happens as well as the deeply-rooted factors causing most women who are between 35 to 55 years old to pass through a long, isolating and frightening transformation. Most psychoanalysts are of the opinion that mid-life crisis is lesser of a chronology event and more of a physiological occurrence.
It is often during midlife that women figure out life may not be as easy as it may seem. They realize that it is possible for bad things to happen to good individuals. Actually, this can be liberating despite it sounding somehow grim, since it can stimulate them to quit floating. It can force women to carefully consider the choices they make, the impact these choices have on other people, and the plans they have for the remainder of their lives.
The world that people live in today is fiercely competitive, materialistic and individualistic. It puts emphasis on money, material possessions and celebrity, thus never letting people to slacken. For women, this is quite true since they are under intense pressure to appear pretty and young. They are regarded in accordance to their looks rather than what is inside them.
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 do away with the facade required to get them past lifes first half, they put less effort in pleasing others and become more willing to take chances. Most women are raised to prioritize the needs of others rather than their own. Thus, it is not surprising that it reaches a point that most of them get a feeling that they have no idea who they are.
It is hard to get concrete evidence on how rampant female midlife crisis is. Subjective evidence however shows that nowadays ladies are actually willing to do what is takes to cope with it.
