By the time they reach the age of 30-35, many men begin to experience a complex of depressive sensations associated with attempts to assess the path of life and future prospects. This condition is called a midlife crisis, and it can ruin the mood for a long time not only to the man himself, but also to his loved ones.
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Step 1
It is perfectly natural for a person to try to understand how his real life coincides with his plans and aspirations. A midlife crisis tends to arise from an apparent discrepancy between youthful dreams and current reality. Mixed with this is the existential fear of impending death, since in especially vivid cases a man is sure that the peak of his life has already been passed, and now he is slowly but surely moving towards the end.
Step 2
Naturally, in most cases, all this is nothing more than a dramatic exaggeration. If you understand what is happening, try to isolate the reasons for your discontent and feelings, then, most likely, it turns out that most of them are frankly far-fetched. As a rule, young men have an extremely idealistic view of the world, people and themselves. The middle-aged man chuckles at the dreamy young men, knowing full well how far their fantasies are from reality. Try to treat your teenage plans with the same degree of irony, looking at them from the height of life experience, and you will realize that in fact there is practically nothing to regret.
Step 3
To worry about the past, dividing it into mistakes and unfulfilled hopes, is a fruitless and harmful exercise. It is necessary to perceive the past life as a source of useful experience that will allow you to more effectively dispose of the future.
Step 4
As for the reflection on the "withering", in human history there are hundreds of thousands of examples of how people at a much more mature age radically changed their lives, starting to live in a new way. In fact, by the age of 35, a person does not reach the peak point of his development, but the starting point, since it is at this age that a person comes to the ideal combination of life experience, knowledge and a sufficient supply of energy to embody the most daring ideas.
Step 5
Strictly speaking, the midlife crisis is nothing more than a stereotypical fallacy based on values imposed by society, such as a career or a successful marriage. From this position, 35 years, indeed, are a certain turning point, but being in captivity of this delusion leads only to useless reflection. In the end, history knows a lot of examples of whirlwind romances, rapid career turns, incredible adventures and events that happened to people who have long crossed the line of the so-called middle age.
