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[quote=Anonymous]I am turning 50 this year and am freaking out a bit. There are a number of things I want to change about myself and don't know where to start-I feel overwhelmed. I feel like I've made a lot of mistakes and have a ton of regret. I spend a lot of time dwelling on the past which I know is not healthy or productive but I can't seem to stop doing it. I've started therapy, am eating healthfully, exercising, have been trying to meditate but am stuck. Just wondering if anyone has really "turned things around" in midlife. On the surface my life is fine-I have an okay (not great but not awful) career and a good marriage but I feel disconnected from others and really unsure of myself. I second guess myself all the time and am less confident now than I was as a young woman-this frustrates me as I feel like it should be the other way around. Just wondering if there's anyone out there who was able to get themselves out of a rut and thrive post 50. My thought processes tend to be anxious, depressive and envious towards people who are happy or more externally successful-I recognize how detrimental this is and make a lot of effort to appear as a positive person but it feels forced. I don't like how I think but am not sure how to change it...[/quote]

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