Women have hormonal imbalances during their pregnancies making them comparatively difficult to deal with. Men however, are a lot worse when the midlife crisis sets in. But unlike that with women, it’s not a case of the hormones; we’re not talking about mood swings or a sudden craving for cake. One can regard midlife crisis as a philosophical state where man judges himself and his identity. Others see it as a point in their life where they realize that they have crossed the halfway mark. Whatever the insight, the signs of someone undergoing midlife crisis are easy to detect.

When do you have it?

The usual age range of men having midlife crisis teems between mid-thirties and late forties. Of course, this is also subject to personal beliefs. Some of the factors that affect this include:

  • a long term disease/diseases

  • knowledge of the average life span in the family

  • physical disability/disabilities

There is no specific day wherein this occurs. Midlife crisis can be triggered by internal or external factors. An external factor includes a variety of physical representations like balding or receding hairline, shortening in height, and weight gain. An internal factor is more of a realization about one’s age, status in life, and a general rundown of achievements in life. This usually occur days or weeks before turning a certain age.

Truly, the approach of a midlife crisis is as inevitable as a teenager’s battle with acne. However, keep in mind that unlike a breakout of
pimples, midlife crisis cannot be simply cured with ointments. Also, it is not something one should suffer.

No one “suffers” from midlife crisis

As some people would say, it’s all in the mind. However, it’s not about mind over matter when dealing with midlife crisis. Men don’t suffer from midlife crisis. What takes a toll on them is the sudden burden they put on themselves, the emotional baggage, a realization of a hundred or more inadequacies in their lives. In reality, midlife crisis is just like a man’s very first heartbreak, only multiplied by a big quadrant (his age). During heartbreak, we ask ourselves what we could have done to prevent it, if it were our physical looks that were to blame, or if it was our problems with being intimate. Accordingly, these are also the typical categories of a man’s midlife crisis. Keep in mind that men can have all of these while some men simply don’t believe in midlife crisis.

Kinds of Midlife Crisis

Material Inadequacy (greed)

At this point, a man looks at what he owns and says it’s not enough. Fueled by success or lack thereof, men tend to go forth and buy more and more luxury items that would reflect their stature in society as successful, important, and relevant. Like a drunk hitting on a pretty gal at the bar, men with material inadequacy have little hesitation in their purchases. And mind you, this is the most expensive stage during a midlife crisis that men could have. Purchases may come in the form of a household item like the newest line of entertainment equipments, sporting peripherals such as a new set of golf clubs, automobiles, wrist watches, and so on. There is also no saying where the madness would end. Each person has his own personal threshold and objective as to the purchases.

Physical Inadequacy

Watching someone go through the stage of Physical Inadequacy can be fun. But for the person having it, it’s no joke. As the term implies, physical inadequacy stems from a chink found or recognized in a man’s body. As mentioned, this could include weight gain, a receding hairline, shortening in height, stress and fatigue, and many more elements that would conclude that he is in fact old already. It is basically a denial of what you have been over the past number of years a man has walked the earth.

Men in this stage would try to counter these by trying to look younger. This would include the sudden urge to work out, purchase a fresh set of clothes, going to health clinics, all in the name of trying to turn back time, or at least not looking their age. In a way, this is also the easiest stage to deal with when a man undergoes midlife crisis.

Inadequacy of intimacy

Of all the types of midlife crisis, this could perhaps be the most costly.

What’s more expensive than a new property or a luxury sedan? A marriage. Inadequacy of intimacy isn’t just having a girl on the side. It’s about the need to have one due to the lack of intimacy expected from the spouse, or lack of reciprocation thereof. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean all men who have this problem have mistresses. The third party usually comes in when all attempts at invigorating the couple’s intimacy are rejected. But why the need for spicing things up? Perhaps increased sexual activity would give the male the old stud feeling he had years before.

Dealing with midlife crisis

Not only are men the only people affected by their midlife crisis. Usually, their spouses also get caught up in the rampage and war against age and beauty.

The best way of dealing with midlife crisis is not carrying the burden all by yourself. Talk to people like friends, family, and other authorities that you look up to. It’s different when you hear the words of someone who has overcome his midlife crisis.

Friends make fun of your story, making it seem childish and irrelevant to what’s really going on in life. The wife is also a strong partner in dealing with it. She can suggest products that could help you fend off the physical aspect of growing old, keep you from spending too much, and serve as your ever loving companion for the years past and the decades to come.

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