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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most people have a mid life crisis at some point. For many men they hit their mid-late 40's and realize their careers may have peaked well below what they hoped for. For many women, especially SAHM, they see empty nester hood on the horizon and wonder what's next for them.[b] It will turn into a crisis if they fail to cope with it. [/b][/quote]

Yep. This is where poor coping skill learned in childhood emerge.  The kids that had alcoholic or cheating parents or poor attachment.  They learned to self-soothe through sex and addictions.  Instead of looking inside, they compartmentalize. When the going gets really rough midlife and they are unhappy---the drink and the strange sex is the way they get the dopamine hit and try to cope.

Those with self-awareness and good coping skills see what is happening in midlife for what it is: aging, change in hormones and closer to end of life, parents dying, friends getting terminal illnesses, etc.   They actively choose healthy ways to cope: therapy or exercise or yoga, or anti-depressants for short-term, they don't fly completely off the rails.[/quote]

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