midlife crises
Middle-age identity upheavals
Midlife crises is the plural of midlife crisis—a period of psychological turmoil and self-doubt occurring in middle age, typically the forties or fifties.
The term describes anxiety about aging, unfulfilled goals, or mortality, sometimes prompting dramatic life changes: He bought a sports car and left his wife—textbook midlife crisis.
The phrase is often used dismissively or with irony.
- regretsSorrows over past actions
- anxietiesPersistent mental unease
- lost youthDeparted early years
- transitionChange from one state
- changeTo make different
milestone · ageing · hair plugs · reinvention · second act · uncertainties · empty nest · mortality · existential dread · inner child · reassessment · identity · watershed moment · sports car · trophy wife · self-doubt · peer comparison · affair
midlife crisesinner peace
Mental and emotional tranquility
equanimity · serenity · groundedness · contentment · self-acceptance
midlife crisesself-actualization
Achieving one's complete potential
life satisfaction · career satisfaction · generativity · peak experience
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