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 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 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.
It is usually at mid-life when women realize that life aint as simple as they may think. They realize that bad things can happen to notable people or the other way around. Despite this sounding somewhat unpleasant, it can actually be liberating, as it can pressurize them to stop drifting. Also, it can make women to carefully think about the life choices they make, the impact they have on other people, and what they want to do with the rest of their lives.
The modern world is quite competitive, materialistic and harsh. It worships money, perfection, celebrity and material possessions; hence people must always be on toes in order to survive. This is especially hard for women since they are always under lots of pressure to look attractive and young. The world measures them on a basis of looks as opposed to personality.
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 ladies drop the pretense needed to succeed in lifes first half, they have no concerns about pleasing others anymore, hence taking more risks. Women may be raised in a way that they are supposed to please other, but it reaches a point that they have enough and put their interest first.
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 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.
It is usually at mid-life when women realize that life aint as simple as they may think. They realize that bad things can happen to notable people or the other way around. Despite this sounding somewhat unpleasant, it can actually be liberating, as it can pressurize them to stop drifting. Also, it can make women to carefully think about the life choices they make, the impact they have on other people, and what they want to do with the rest of their lives.
The modern world is quite competitive, materialistic and harsh. It worships money, perfection, celebrity and material possessions; hence people must always be on toes in order to survive. This is especially hard for women since they are always under lots of pressure to look attractive and young. The world measures them on a basis of looks as opposed to personality.
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 ladies drop the pretense needed to succeed in lifes first half, they have no concerns about pleasing others anymore, hence taking more risks. Women may be raised in a way that they are supposed to please other, but it reaches a point that they have enough and put their interest first.
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.
