If you live in UK,
this midlife crisis study will offer you a proper guidance on the possible symptoms.
If you do not live in UK, you may still find it useful as far as you locate similarities
with your condition, while you make some small tweaking, accounting for a
different geographical location, cultural specifics, etc.
It shows a modern midlife crisis hits men aged 43 and
women at 44. The male midlife crisis lasts between three and ten years, whereas
women will only suffer the crisis for two and five years, the study found. Typical
signs include looking up ex-partners on Facebook, taking vitamin pills and
taking out a direct debit for a charity. Not being able to sleep because of
work worries, reading obituaries regularly in the newspaper and taking up a new
hobby are also indicators of the crisis.
Hair transplant center Crown Clinic who surveyed 1,000
people also found people in a midlife crisis fret over their hair thinning and
dye it to cover grey hairs.
The term mid-life crisis was first coined in 1965 where
early analysis suggested that it could happen anywhere between the ages of 40
and 60, but it is now shown to start much earlier. It is linked to younger
people beginning their careers earlier, and statistics show the average age of
company chief executives has fallen from 59 to 48 in the last generation.
Surgeon Asim Shahmalak from the Crown Clinic said:
"As people get older they worry increasingly about their appearance and
want to recapture their youth. “At Crown Clinic, we have found that people are
far less shy about making quite radical changes to their appearance, as they
get older.
"Men are less embarrassed to seek a transplant to
combat baldness.
"They worry about losing their jobs and know that a
more youthful appearance will make their more attractive not just to the
opposite sex but employers as well.
"It is interesting that David Cameron was 43 when he
became Prime Minister - the typical age men's mid-life crisis starts.
"His hair has thinned noticeably since he came to
power and stress is likely to have been a contributing factor.”
The top 40 signs
of having a midlife crisis
1. Desiring a simpler life
2. Still going to music festivals like Glastonbury
3. Start looking up old boyfriends or girlfriends on
Facebook
4. Realize you will never be able to pay off your
mortgage
5. Joining Twitter so your bosses think you 'get' digital
6. Excessively reminisce about your childhood
7. Take no pleasure in your friends' successes
8. Splashing out on an expensive bicycle
9. Sudden desire to play an instrument
10. Fret over thinning hair
11. Take up a new hobby
12. Want to make the world a better place
13. Longingly look at old pictures of yourself
14. Dread calls at unexpected times from your parents
(fearing the worst)
15. Go to reunion tours of your favorite bands from the
70s and 80s
16. Switch from Radio 2 to indie stations like 6 Music
17. Revisit holiday destinations you went to as a child
18. Cannot envisage a time when you will be able to
afford to retire
19. Read obituaries in the newspapers with far greater
interest — and always check how people die
20. Obsessively compare your appearance with others the
same age
21. Start dyeing your hair when it goes grey
22. Stop telling people your age
23. Dream about being able to quit work but know that you
will just never be able to afford to
24. Start taking vitamin pills
25. Worry about being worse off in your retirement than
your parents
26. Want to change your friends but do not meet anyone
new that you like
27. Think about quitting your Job and buying a bed &
breakfast or a pub
28. Flirt embarrassingly with people 20 years your Junior
29. Look up your medical symptoms on the internet
30. Start thinking about going to church but never act on
it
31. Always note when politicians or business leaders are
younger than you are
32. Contemplate having a hair transplant or plastic
surgery
33. Take out a direct debit for a charity
34. Can't sleep because of work worries
35. Hangovers get worse and last more than a day on
occasions
36. Constantly compare your career success with your
friends
37. Worry about a younger person taking your Job
38. Take up triathlons or another extreme sport
39. Find that you are very easily distracted
40. Realize that the only time you read books is when you
are on holiday.
