midlife crisis
Age-triggered identity upheaval
A midlife crisis is a period of emotional turmoil and self-doubt occurring roughly between ages 40 and 60, often triggered by awareness of aging and mortality.
It may prompt drastic life changes—quitting jobs, ending marriages, buying sports cars—as attempts to recapture youth or find new meaning: He's having a midlife crisis and just bought a motorcycle.
- adulthoodState of being grown
- agingGrowing older over time
- life stagePeriod of development
- climactericCritical period of change
- regretSorrow over past actions
retirement · existential reflection · mortality · life purpose · reassessment · fresh start · transition · burnout · career change · self-discovery · menopause · generativity · change of life · lifecycle · introspection · youth · hair plugs · younger woman
- dramaTV drama, acting, television drama, drama school, playwright
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- life changesmarriage, death, divorce, birth, graduation
- life choicescareer change, career choice, college choice, family planning, childfree
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
midlife crisisteenage angst
Youth's emotional turbulence
quarter-life crisis · childhood innocence · youthful idealism · empty nest syndrome · senescence
midlife crisisequanimity
Unshakable mental steadiness
contentment · inner peace · emotional stability · peace of mind · stability
midlife crisisaging gracefully
Accepting life's later stages gracefully
coming into one's own · self-actualization · wisdom · life review · second act
middle, crisis, critical, criticism, midday, critic, criticize, midpoint, middling