i think they are real. my dad went out and bought a motorcycle when he had his.
2007-07-18 15:04:31
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answered by nicole f 5
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No I dont think it is a myth. When you leave School its like driving out of a servo with a full tank of petrol, and its said, you should keep learning, but if you dont, and the tank of petrol runs out, because it hasnt been drip fed, your in a mid life crisis! You soon find having learned algebra, is no benefit when your trying to deal with new technology etc. When I left school, mobile phones computers,teller machines,CD's DVD's video cameras, were not yet been invented....and a normal home phone, meant you could pick up, dial a number and speak to a PERSON now its a blasted machine!! .....Trying to keep up and deal with it all is 'crisis' like,..... so yes I'm still in the midst of my mid life crisis!!
2007-07-19 02:14:01
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answered by deedubya 5
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The period of middle age is typically marked with physical changes (loss of reproductive capacity in women), as well as new responsibilities of caring for younger children and grandchildren, and also older parents. Also, this period of time is one in which adults take on new responsibilities at the workplace and therefore often feel a need to "reappraise previous life structures with an eye to making revisions 'while there is still time'" (Huyck, 1997). The term of "mid-life crisis" was originally coined by Jaques (1965) who claimed that people encounter a crisis as they realize their own mortality and a change in time frame from "time since birth" to "time left to live" (Shek, 1996). Specifically, the mid-life crisis is often thought to include: worries about the future, inability to enjoy leisure time, a feeling that health is deteriorating, a negative evaluation of the marital relationship, a negative evaluation of work life, and stress arising from taking care of the elderly (Shek, 1996).
2007-07-18 22:05:43
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answered by Linda 6
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Honestly I think everyone will a experience mid life crisis at one point in there life.
2007-07-18 22:07:01
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answered by Ty 1
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i don't think so. There is also a quarter life crisis.. a la John Mayer
2007-07-18 22:05:12
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answered by Math Teacher 3
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Yeah, happens a lot. Makes men act kinda stupid.
2007-07-18 22:05:38
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answered by Dawn 5
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no it's not a myth. but not everyone goes through one. and those that do handle it differently.
2007-07-18 22:06:07
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answered by frostbite 7
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I think it is true in lots of cases.....
affairs, expensive cars, reliving youth..... travel.... adventures.... it's all about the same thing, just how you live it out..... productively, or non-productively
2007-07-18 22:04:47
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answered by from HJ 7
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Yes.
You can have a crisis at any age.
:)
2007-07-18 22:04:33
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answered by Kay 5
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Nope.
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_life_crisis
Check it out for info on what it is and such.
2007-07-18 22:05:30
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answered by d8i8s 4
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