People who are experiencing a midlife crisis are believed to be battling with their own mortality and decide to put some of their duties on hold in order to have more fun. It is believed that feelings of depression, regret, and worry increase with age. And while many struggles to accept the truth that their lives are just half gone, a midlife crisis is a phase that makes them feel young again.

However, the emotional pain that people go through in their middle years doesn’t necessarily result in significant lifestyle adjustments that include the desire to relive their youth. In fact, a midlife crisis might even result in something good.

Signs of midlife crisis

• Falling levels of joy and satisfaction with life.
• Authentic sources lack life’s purpose.
• Self-doubt and frustration at changing responsibilities and tasks of life.
• Dissatisfaction with one’s life relating to relationships and career etc.
• Boredom in life
• Concerning about appearance and thinking how other people may perceive you.
• Thoughts about death and thinking about the meaning of life
• There may be changes in energy levels; there may be fatigue that may be unusual.
• Low motivation in things
• Some mood changes like anger, irritation, sadness, depression, etc.
• Deprivation of sexual desire.

Talk to an Online Counsellor if your midlife crisis is creating your mental health.

Stage of midlife crisis

If there is age-related distress there may be three stages under which they may fall. They are:

• The trigger: Concerns about aging, a loss of life’s purpose, or a fear of death are brought on by some stressor or tense moment. Job loss, health issues, a parent’s illness or death, children moving out, or even daily overwhelm are examples of common triggers.
• The crisis period: This stage often includes some evaluation of your self-perception, relationships, values, and doubts. If you don’t like what you find, you could feel lost and unsure and try to change your life by exploring other interests, identities, and romantic or sexual relationships.
• Resolution: When you start to accept, maybe even welcome, what life has in store for you and feel more at ease with yourself, that’s when the crisis seems to end.

Midlife crisis is not the only one but there are more that occurs to everyone at times. They are:

• Quarter-life crisis

In your mid-twenties, this happens. You feel as though life is still beginning although you have been out of school for a while. You experience some things where you may have not adjusted yet, fear, loneliness, and uncertainty as you adjust to your adult life.  You start to regret the things you never tried or could have done better as you reflect back on college or high school. Many of your peers may be ahead of you in every phase. They may be already married, in a successful career, or more advanced in achieving their goals than you are. You begin to worry that if you don’t complete specific goals by the age of 28, you might not be able to do things in the future also.

Depression and blaming others for your perceived faults are frequent responses to a quarter-life crisis. Giving more importance to decisions in an effort to seem more mature way to deal with the behavior.

• 30-Year Crisis

When you’re in your early to mid-thirties, another crisis is frequently there. Your twenties were a time of great transition, but that time is over. You’ve gotten used to life a little bit and have begun to consider your options.

When you look back on your childhood, you start to judge your parents negatively for the things you believe they should have done better. You take a look at your current career and determine it’s not the one you want to go down with. Because you don’t want to continue this for another thirty years as you have the impulse to explore anything else.

• Later-Life Crisis

You might believe the pain is gone once you’ve survived a midlife crisis but this may not be always true. According to some research studies, a later-life crisis affects roughly 33% of persons over the age of sixty.

This crisis also involves losing your sense of self-worth as you enter retirement. You could have feelings of purposelessness, hopelessness, and loneliness if you don’t maintain a strong social network and other forms of activity. It’s also typical at this point of life to lose a loved one. This can lead to a period of extreme grief and sadness.

Tips to cope with the entire crisis

• Acknowledging the feelings you are having and taking the help of an Online Counsellor will help.
• Remember one thing that you’re is expanding and not at all shrinking.
• Look at the stock of relationships that you are holding with you.
• Try to take care of your mental health by regularly doing mindfulness exercises or joining some mental health support group or doing meditation daily.
• Following a daily routine will also help you keep yourself busy

When the above things don’t show their way, visiting some Online Counselling will help.