On what ages does 'Mid-life crisis' usually happen for men and how long !
Question: What happens during the midlife crisis and what are the feelings?
Answers: What happens during the midlife crisis and what are the feelings?
Mid Life crisis is no fun and can happen from as early as 30 something to as late as 50 something. It is possible that if you have a midlife crisis at an earlier age, that you might wind up having it twice as a friend of mind did. Basically it is a down turn in your life and usually results in a lot of depression and the need for medical attention. It can lead to the desire to commit suicide, which i can tell you and respectfully say do not attempt it. You will make it through it, i did.
randy
Generally it is thought to occur after age 40, but it can occur much earlier or even much later than that age.
From a 'consciousness' perspective, it occurs because of an over-identification with the conditioned beliefs of the ego - a sense that you are ONLY your thoughts, perceptions, feelings and reactions. Believing this, it is inevitable that you eventually hit the proverbial 'brick wall.' Reality is no longer satisfying.
Either, what you have been conditioned (by the early environment) to pursue and have actually achieved, leaves you ultimately dissatisfied, or what you have been conditioned to pursue has NOT been achieved and you are frustrated, feeling worthless or angry.
The 'mid-life' crisis is generally understood as a man's tendency to attempt to 'start over' again, which often leads to the same end result and ultimate sense of either being 'valueless' or LIFE being of no value.
A BETTER option is to look inward and reconnect with one's authentic needs - the essential nature and WHAT you are truly passionate about. This requires observing your patterns of thought, feelings etc. and the effects in reality. Ultimately, you must discard the conditioned ego identity in order to return to simply "being." Reality mirrors the contents of consciousness.