What is Midlife?
Midlife is usually defined as the period between 40 and 60. This is the time in which you are confronted with your own mortality. Most people think they are going to live to around eighty and they realize that half of their life is over. They are confronted with new experiences such as friends getting sick or dying, their own health problems worsening, new mental and emotional states and children leaving home. This can be a very traumatic, trying period for many people. The psychologist Carl Jung was the first to identify Midlife and called it a normal part of ‘maturing’. However, often Midlife can feel very uncomfortable, especially if you are not aware of the physical and emotional effects that Midlife can bring with it. Often a Midlife crisis might require professional help. Midlife is experienced differently by different personality types and by different cultures. In Japanese and Indian cultures, some studies have found that there is little evidence that people undergo Midlife cri
