Not everyone knows that the middle-aged crisis also happens in women, we are somehow more used to applying this term to representatives of the strong half of humanity. Perhaps this is because earlier ladies were less independent, and today they are experiencing serious psychological stress. Or maybe because only in recent years women have begun to talk about their problems. But anyway, the problem of the middle-aged women's crisis exists and it is necessary to know how to survive it.
Symptoms of the crisis of middle age in women
Before discussing how to overcome the crisis of middle age, it is necessary to understand how it manifests itself and when its arrival is to be expected.
The main symptoms of the mid-life crisis in women are:
- loss of interest in work and hobbies;
- joyless thoughts about the future;
- search for the meaning of life;
- sad spending free time;
- revaluation of relations with relatives and friends, often in a negative direction;
- general depressed state, depression.
When the mid-life crisis occurs in women it is difficult to say, usually it is from 35 to 50 years, but it can overtake a younger woman, it can happen later in life, and it happens that women practically do not notice this period. Therefore, the exact answer can not be given to the question of how long a mid-life crisis lasts. Everything depends on the woman herself, on her character and her position in life. Someone will find a way out of the crisis without letting it grow into a serious problem, and someone will be able to help only a competent specialist.
Causes of the crisis of middle age in women
According to psychologists, avoiding the crisis of middle age will not succeed, since it is a natural condition for a person to transition from one state to another. But there are women who do not say that they are experiencing a crisis there. What's the matter, are they good actresses or are there groups of people who are experiencing this period more easily? Both options are possible, but psychoanalysts identify groups of women who are more exposed to the severe course of the crisis.
- childless women;
- very demanding and self-critical ladies;
- women who survived the death of a husband or children;
- single women;
- women, late departed from the parental care and therefore did not have time to realize some of their dreams.
How to overcome the crisis of middle age?
Many women feel lost, useless to anybody simply because they do not know how to survive the crisis of middle age. They think this state is abnormal, they try to quickly drop it, taking up time with empty entertainments that do not bring the desired result. And they can not bring it, because the crisis needs to be experienced, it is time for inner work, reassessment of values, search for a new sense of their place in life.
Crisis is not bad, just now it's time to think. Up to this point, you have been somewhere in a hurry - to finish school, university, build a career, get married, have children. And now there has come a lull, everything that is supposed to have been done, the goal in life has been lost, hence the apathy, the unwillingness to do anything. Sometimes you just need to take your mind off the routine, take a vacation and go to a quiet place,
But if you are experiencing a crisis of middle age for a long time and do not understand at all what to do with it - neither rest, nor support of relatives and friends does not help, it is worthwhile to contact the therapist. Otherwise, then we will have to think how to deal not only with the crisis of middle age, but also with prolonged depression and nervous disorders, and this is longer and more expensive.