I think my midlife crisis has begun.

I'm really not looking forward to turning 45 this year. I don't know what it is 🤷‍♀️. My mom's midlife crisis also started around age 45 I think. I don't remember my dad having one, or maybe he didn't really talk about it.

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WhateverWorks · 36-40

It helps to try to tap back into your sense of joy/passion/purpose starting with small things. A lot of people have a ‘midlife crisis’ because they’ve been disassociating from what makes them happy for so long, getting by to get by. Suddenly it catches up with them because suppression and disassociation aren’t sustainable. The sudden crash is the existential dread hitting them.