Does Everyone Have a 'Midlife Crisis'?

[@sam_i_am1143]

What about a general life crisis

[@johnbagel2560]

Sam Livondo too true

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Everyday their a potentials for a crisis

[@Nagarath16]

I have had one since I was 10.. X_x

[@dogf421]

Thats called depression

[@metametodo]

Did I hear someone calling for me?

[@ZamanSiddiqui]

"How do you do, fellow kids?"

[@guillermoroldan8074]

I read that in his voice!

[@saigotheanimator1098]

I'm doing well

[@tesseraph]

I'm so glad SciShow Psych exists. All of the SciShow channels expose me to ideas I haven't heard of and fallacies about the ones I have, but - for me, personally, at least - SciShow Psych takes the cake for consistently educating about both interesting and important facets of society and life. Such excellent topic choices and writing!

[@feynstein1004]

Hey man weren't you featured on a PBS Spacetime Episode once?

[@tesseraph]

Feynstein 100 I think so, I just can't for the life of me remember which of their videos that happened in, so I can't claim to be certain about it. Regardless, I find it so funny that anyone would recognize me this way, although I do basically live and breathe Complexly and PBSDS! :D

[@feynstein1004]

+Topi Lol okay

[@Rubikscube0094]

Plus Brit is a dime 👌

[@goyonman9655]

I find scishow mediocre

[@basedaudio1]

I'm 27 and I'm losing my mind, I don't wanna age anymore. It's sad I haven't accomplished too much..

[@coolkid7377]

Bruh I'm 18 and panicking

[@Sochi_Mochi]

…Wait till your 40☝🏻

[@kirillzotin1983]

Its normal. Soon you ll realize looks isnt important and accept youslef the way you are. Then you ll start hobbies and enjoy life again. You ll be fine.

[@yoursubconscious]

@@Sochi_Mochi- i hate. hate that I completely agree 😂😂😂

[@Aeleas]

I thought the job-quitting, Ferrari-buying phase was retirement.

[@maxsalmon4980]

Pensions...oh, sweet summer child...

[@dilyanadobreva3101]

Me too - *that’s why* I’m in midlife crisis! :-)

[@ghenulo]

Well, I'm unemployable and can't drive, so I won't ever be doing those things.

[@_ch1pset]

Crimson Vale SS is a payment from the government for you to live. That is in addition to whatever else you have for retirement. Never think of SS as a pension, it simply is not a pension. It literally is just redistribution of wealth from young to old... except nowadays, most of the wealth is concentrated with the old, so it's questionable whether SS is even necessary.

[@OptionalBean]

Hah, not in my country for sure.

[@Kaneanite]

For my "midlife crisis" I took a trip from California to the Field Museum in Chicago to get a selfie with SUE before their dismantling. I know, I know, I'm just the coolest guy to ever live.

[@jamesboaz4787]

That is actually pretty cool. Isn't Sue overseas now? Or in New York?

[@gooseanimations9930]

No, she actually has her own exhibit.

[@Kaneanite]

@Jake Stockton Sue is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is one of the largest, most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. It was discovered on August 12, 1990, by Sue Hendrickson, an explorer and fossil collector, and was named after her.

[@jordanekl5383]

There are people that are jealous of you. Always remember that it was an event that can never be replicated. It is your amazing memory, and WAY better than so many other choices you could of made lol!

[@theCodyReeder]

I won’t have my midlife crisis till I’m at least 140.

[@jeronic7768]

Cody'sLab no reply? Lol

[@AmeshaSpentaArmaiti]

That's the mercury doing good work, I reckon.

[@hanssondaniel]

Cody: If you manage to survive to 40, I think you'll have accomplished more than several lifetimes worth of achievements!

[@namenotavailable9989]

That's why you get midlife crisis

[@JerehmiaBoaz]

I've had mine at age 14. I'm in my fifties now and my happiness is through the roof.

[@TheNikolaiwolf]

in recent years there is also the Quarter life crisis that happens between getting out of college and trying to figure out wtf to do with your life

[@Alexis_005]

I have been there

[@johnm.castillo3163]

Good luck!

[@Musicmaneuvers]

Age 40 man, is in the middle of raising kids, grinding away on career, I think the crisis comes in realizing that your no longer really chasing and preparing for life, you now are actually living your life. I just turned 40, I loved the building the marriage, building the family, building the business. Now I'm just maintaining it all and trying not to lose it lol.

[@threePwny]

I don't know when to have my midlife crisis because I'm not sure when I'm gonna die. So I compromise: I live in constant crisis.

[@angelic8632002]

Would be really interesting to see a study that looks at this in different cultures. I suspect is has something to do with our perception and attitude towards age and aging.

[@radicaledwards3449]

I always thought that this was more of a white people thing. I never heard black people talk of midlife crisis

[@radicaledwards3449]

I always thought that middle class people live the fakest lives... Maybe that's why their daughters like ghetto guys

[@radicaledwards3449]

@Jake Stockton well you don't know enough people

[@Tsutaru]

I feel like I've been having existential life crises like this my whole life and I'm only in my 20s lol.... my 40s are gunna suck.

[@roadcut]

That is your Quarter Life Crisis, then. ;)

[@Nagarath16]

Same.

[@JanetStarChild]

That's pathetic. Most people feel their lives really begin in their 20s when they're finally out of school and have grown-up privileges with real money to splurge. Of course, they then come crashing down to reality from that high once they hit 30 and realize they have done nothing productive.

[@Tsutaru]

As a millenial who is in her late 20s right now and who knows many other millenials who are in their 20s and 30s, what you describe is unfortunately not the case for almost anyone I know (in real life or from what I've seen online from around the nation). Older generations may have experienced this, but having any sense of "splurgable income" even years after college is a fantasy for most people I know (some of whom even struggle to afford to eat). I hope we can change this situation for gen z and future generations, but it's very common for millenials to struggle with existentialism, nihilism, and depression (a lot of it due to the situation we are in). The idea of "finally being able to live life" and to "feel the freedom of adulthood" and all that is absolutely out of our reach for many of us. This is partially where the memes about drinking bleach came from, but that's a whole other discussion. So, basically, the reality for the individuals I'm referring to who are like me is: Having no prospects in life due to crippling debt and the inability to land jobs even with college degrees (among other issues), having no time or energy left to "finally live their lives" in their 20s or to really produce much of anything valuable because everything is spent on trying to get solid ground under our feet, and then we only get more depressed at 30 when we "realize" we never even had the chance to try to do something "productive", let alone succeed at our dreams because we spent everything trying to get by. Some of us are lucky; but many of us are not.

[@Nagarath16]

I was going to say same as Tsutaru but s/he said it way better than I ever could. I'm not even from country what has college fees and still.. Because living close enough college or other schooling is so expensive - you have to get a loan to survive. With no hope for getting a job.. Especially if you're less than perfect and don't have rich connections. Or parents.

[@114418514]

The way I understand mid-life crises is by examining the adage "Young people have so much free time but no money; Old people have so much money but not much time left" Maybe the 40s is just that sweet spot where you have enough time, energy and money to do the things you really want to do and thus your mid-life crisis is born

[@jordanekl5383]

Then how do people that are poor and have it anywaus? Or anyone that hits an early mid life crisis by having mental and/or physical things progressing early? Maybe you shouldnt speak when you are only making assumptions...

[@arinasan247]

I'm 46 and I dont feel like any major "crisis" is occurring in my life. What I definitely DO FEEL is that my perspective on time has changed. For example, looking on the internet and seeing old places and people that I once knew....... and they are either gone, changed drastically or dead! Thats the zinger for me, everything changed. I find myself doing what I call "age math" were I figure out the difference between a person that I once knew verses a different person or business establishment that I once frequented. Then I step back, astounded at the comparisons. For example a person that was 18 years old when I was just 2 could have actually hung out at the same tennis court that I did when I was 23. He would have been 39 years old when I played him ("that older guy"). Now I look back and realize that 39 isn't that old and just because he remembers the 70s doesn't mean that he is from a radically different generation than me. In other words, time perception changes and I am just now getting the hang of seeing the "bigger picture". I do not feel like midlife crisis should be called midlife crisis. It should be called something that has to do with a paradigm shift.

[@calichef1962]

I had a midlife crisis when I was in my 40s, right before menopause hit. I didn't buy a fancy sports car, or anything financially stupid, but I certainly did have a couple of years as a dedicated cougar. I dated a dozen men 20 years younger than me, and it was one of the most fun periods of my life. I think the memories of that time help to make these post-50 years more pleasant. If I could change one thing about those years it would be to not fall in love with one of them. He wanted children and a family life, and I'd already done all that and my child was an adult. I couldn't start a second family at that age, even if I had wanted to do so. I just couldn't do it all over again, I'd earned my freedom.

[@roadcut]

Mine was last year. I didn't do anything financially stupid, but I spent a week in the worst soul-sucking depression I've had. Math started it. Mom had just had a stroke at 71 (she's doing great) and Dad was getting ready to turn 75. Adult me said "well, you're 51, that's how it is." Fragile me did some math and snatched onto the fact that when my youngest is 50, I'll be 83. *what?* It was a horrible week, worse at work. Nature pulled an absurdity on me, got me thinking outside the depression again. Who knew bouncing acorns had that power (If you read Allie Brosh's "Hyperbole and a Half", it was my pea under the fridge moment.) I wouldn't say I've completely got it under wraps now. It's like the hole left when a tooth is pulled... can't keep my tongue/thoughts away 100%. But I keep telling myself that 1) I came to grips with death as a child (mine, my parents), nothing new on that front. 2) If the depression is based on how unfair it is, "life is too short", then it is too short for me to waste what little is left dwelling on the fact. This verse and commentary from the I Ching helped, too: In the light of the setting sun, Men either beat the pot and sing Or loudly bewail the approach of old age. Misfortune. "Here the end of the day has come. The light of the setting sun calls to mind the fact that life is transitory and conditional. Caught in this external bondage, men are usually robbed of their inner freedom as well. The sense of the transitoriness of life impels them to uninhibited revelry in order to enjoy life while it lasts, or else they yield to melancholy and spoil the precious time by lamenting the approach of old age. Both attitudes are wrong. To the superior man it makes no difference whether death comes early or late. He cultivates himself, awaits his allotted time, and in this way secures his fate." So I'm not buying the convertible, I'm not wallowing; I'm moving forward the same way I got to this point, by remaining open and continuing to learn. And watching for acorns and peas. Have to keep your sense of the absurd.

[@liawatson5789]

Freedom does not ever need to be earned. Your way of thinking is not healthy.

[@dapro2524]

calichef1962 I'm 20 want to hook up?

[@calichef1962]

@June Clevy-- I completely understand about the math. When I wrote this I'd just realized that I am almost four years older than my grandmother was when I was born. I don't have grandchildren yet, and likely won't. My son is in his early to mid-30s now and he's very ambivalent about the idea of having his own children. Between the political climate, the environmental issues that half the country refuses to acknowledge, the lack of good paying jobs, services for the needy and even affordable housing, he's just not interested in bringing children into a divisive world on the edge of collapse. I can't say that I blame him or even find fault in his thinking on the topic. If I hadn't had him when I was 22 I probably wouldn't have ever had him. By the time I was 25 I could see what trickle-down economics was doing to our society, and it wasn't anything good for the majority, and still isn't. Yet half of our society still clings to it like survivors of a shipwreck cling to flotsam. A lot of young adults don't even realize that it doesn't have to be this way. It's heartbreaking.

[@calichef1962]

@Lucky Kitty-- You're still a child. You may legally be an adult, but I kind of doubt it. If you choose to have children of your own someday you'll understand what I mean by "earning your freedom" once your children are grown. See, once you decide to have a child your life is no longer your own. Your child(ren) MUST be the focus of your life and their needs come FIRST. ALWAYS. Once they are grown and out on their own, you can reset your priorities so that your needs come first, if you choose. My way of thinking is VERY healthy, particularly for my child. You are just too immature to understand it.

[@AaronTossing]

Isn't a midlife crisis just a reaction to the sad realization that you've "settled"?

[@howtubeable]

Perhaps. But so many doors get closed for you. "Settled" implies a choice. The sad realization is that those opportunities were never real. You've just been chasing lies.

[@Alexis_005]

Yes!!! After college life can be dull and you feel like you are not in control and simply settled

[@purpleeuphoric8917]

aaron taussig you can go through a mid life crisis in your 20s and you can go through a mid life crisis all the way up to your 60s and 70s some people get it in their 20s and then it continues all the way up to their 60s .

[@Alexis_005]

I dedicated my 20s to studying and being the “good girl” I’m 37 married wondering if I missed out on my youth. Mid life crisis is already hitting me hard since I had high expectations, I thought my hard work would pay off. But I’m still waiting

[@dsciulli]

this is where i am now

[@boatdoctors]

How are you making out now?

[@jordanekl5383]

Late reply, but i feel like people with psychological mentalities like us tend to hit it in their mid-early 30s. Also depending on life events (such as my wife passing nearly 10 years ago) Really seems to make that mentality have a jump start. What im trying to figure out, is if im in denial, or if i want a reason for these feelings and this can explain some things lol.

[@ThePurpleCosmos]

This was reassuring; can't wait to see the one about existential crises

[@benjaminvroman5553]

Funnily enough I actually get happier when I think about my own death

[@dilyanadobreva3101]

Yeah, that’s what keeps *me* alive, too... :-)

[@ghenulo]

Yeah. Life sucks! Why wouldn't you be happy that your time is running out?

[@SaadMohammedGhori]

Benjamin Vroman why?

[@KingreX32]

No more bills, no more expectations.

[@dilyanadobreva3101]

KingreX32, hahaha, true! :-)

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

I like to do everything at the last minute. I'll remember to have my mid-life crisis at 91 or so and just do everything. Kinda like backtracking to get a 100% clear before fighting the final boss.

[@LC_JSE]

Well I can one up you! I'm having a quarter life crisis :'D

[@tairneanaich]

„Seeing as it is impossible to know which part of my life is the middle as it happens, I have decided to have an ongoing crisis“

[@giuniral]

Oh boy. I turned 30 last September. It hasn't been easy since my 20's. I'd call it a permanent midlife crisis.

[@bluewker]

Hi! Turning 30 here. How are things going for you, Giu?

[@sebern2]

A new idea to consider... in mid-life, we are raising children as well as caring for aging parents while working a full time job. Depending on the situation, how flexible the job is and how time intensive parents and children are, dictates when the pressure valve can handle no more. The person in the middle does something seemingly rash based on previous behavior just to maintain their sanity.... in an effort to keep providing for those who rely on them.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

I think the midlife crisis stems from the fear of dying because of old age. They're scared of the inevitable, and they don't want to miss out on the things they want to do while still alive.

[@GayGHvain87]

I've been having this "I failed to accomplish any of the things I wanted when I was younger" phase for years.. and I'm not 31 yet... so either I'm having depression, or I'm not going to live past age 60 x)

[@TreesPlease42]

I have a midlife crisis twice a year. Really speeds up when you acknowledge the significance of every action and the prevalence of death.

[@jordanekl5383]

Thats called paranoia...

[@Xnosequeponer]

Where is muscle Hank

[@6telephone]

and angry hank?

[@heymrhimr]

probably going through a midlife crisis

[@cyanblu700]

Yzach Dominguez psych is for the weak so he didnt watch this

[@ClockworkRBLX]

in hell

[@MadameRaven1]

For my mid life crisis I joined a ghost hunting group, then got involved in politics, now I have a tiny youtube channel. :(

[@MadameRaven1]

Alpha Centauri but very relaxing oddly enough. And i got to see a lot of places in amazing buildings that the public wouldn't be able to see.

[@JoseVasquez-vj3lo]

Nice channel. Seems interesting, it gives out this "mysterious" feeling throughout my body. Haha I love it

[@inkerikavantera]

💓🧚‍♀️🤟🏻😊👍🏻🎙🎹💟🎼

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Maybe everyone has it. It is just that stable people expect it and use it as a positive. Maybe the personality just shines through.

[@TechnicolorDojo]

But...but...I was really looking forward to quiting my job and buying a ferrai!

[@user-dx8nj7qj2g]

maybe not everyone has a midlife crisis but im having a end of highschool crisis

[@Ian-bf4yk]

Cody Sewell haha..ha ..... Yeah yeah me too.

[@meerkatnip892]

Called a quarterlife crisis

[@purplekitten6637]

@@meerkatnip892 Saaame. It’s terrible. Why isn’t the quarter life crisis more discussed?

[@sadiasharmeen942]

I think im having mine now. Lol. But its a quarter life ofc lol

[@theotherway1639]

The book "30 Days to Overcome a Midlife Crisis" by Harper Daniels is pretty good. Takes a mindfulness approach.

[@GranRey-0]

lol I've been miserable since I was 20, and I'm 27 now. My goals aren't unreasonable, I just have no friends. So I can't wait for my "crisis"...

[@Angell_Lee]

Thank you, you are a great host!

[@zerocentpictures]

Interesting, I didn't think of a mid life crisis marked with misery but mostly a point of conflict that can continue into complacency or action. I've heard about quarter-life crisis as well. I felt this way when I was 24 working in a dead-end job and not knowing what I wanted to do in my life. Because I felt like I wasn't achieving everything I wanted, I went back to school and started working towards life goals. I don't think mid life crisis are necessarily bad. To me, it's just an awareness of a new stage in life. It's an opportunity to do something or accept how far you've come.

[@incollectio]

I have a perpetual "life crisis". Does that count? Can I get a prescription for that?

[@spontaneouscat6791]

im 34 and im started questioning everything.. everyday its all the same, when im young i used to party drink and have fun when im married i still hang out with friends but i spent a lot of my time with family but still it doesn’t motivate me im still thinking what will i do to bring back my excitement in life because everything is the same material wont make me happy iether because its nothing i mean life is so meaningless i just live and that all then accidentally i read the ecclesiaste a book in the bible then i start my spiritual journey thru the bible and everything in my life change

[@akankshaandadityasingh9888]

Thank you so much for this video...... My mother is going through it.

[@LapisGarter]

Midlife crisis is a psychological reaction to the aging process. Just like body dysmorphic disorder is a psychological reaction to puberty.

[@carpo719]

A midlife crisis is most likely to happen with people who begin thinking about life far too late. They have expectations that they didn't accomplish what they wanted, so they try to buy happiness. Or do risky things. It all comes down to expectations, don't have too many and you'll be happy

[@Anyone._.]

This video is so interesting!!! Can you please do a video on why people complain¿¿¿¿

[@howtubeable]

People complain because your question marks are upside down.

[@Sluggii]

My dad had affairs with a woman 7 hours away before leaving my mom, buying the trans am he wanted as a kid, and just did a lot of extreme stuff all around the time he started feeling old (like mid 40's), so I think the stereotype has a base in reality to an extent

[@barbarahouk1983]

It actually has to do with with the next phase of brain maturity. There is a U curve (my observations as a Psychiatrist makes me propose there is an emotional U curve). This next phase in brain maturity is after the human is fully adult (females at 25, males at 30). The brain then goes into integration. The body/brain beginning change for females is between 30-40 and this is known as menopause. This process is 30 yrs long. The male body/brain beginning change is between 40-50 yo and is complete at 70, again a 30 yr process. As to how low the bottom of the U curve seems to correlate to how many insults in childhood were hidden in compartments and as to how well the integration process goes. Children hide incongruent information so that adulthood is possible to obtain. Try thinking about this perspective.

[@Whollysmokey]

I like to say I had one. HAHA! I bought a motorcycle as a middle aged mom of 6 (and I'm so glad I did!)

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

Literally every scishow psyche episode ever *We dont really know how it works but it's interesting, huh*

[@aponiaataraxia1655]

"Aging is a medical problem; it's bad for you" -Aubrey de Grey

[@goyonman9655]

Ageing is not a medical problem

[@skinnyraf]

Around my 40th birthday, I had a few episodes of sweaty eye nostalgia, when I re-watched X-files, Matrix and whatnot, then locked myself up and listened to music from the nineties. Then I realised my kids can already wipe their assess and tie their shoes, so it's time to take care of myself. I started gaming again and fulfilled some of my childhood dreams. So, that's my midlife crisis.

[@MrBlaq]

There was an SNL skit called "Lowered Expectations".

[@BionicMilkaholic]

I'm having a mid-life opportunity! I got new knees at 36/37. It has given me my life back! Planning a big hiking trip. Working on getting healthier.

[@howtubeable]

Let me clarify a few things: 1. A midlife crisis can begin in your mid- to late-40's. (People live longer nowadays.) Plus, it can last into your 50's. 2. A decrease in sexual libido often triggers a midlife crisis. This is why middle-aged people want young lovers, also this is why it hits men harder than women. (Sorry, feminists!) 3. I understand people in their 20's feel very anxious about the future. (Personal experience!) I hate to break it to you, but a midlife crisis is worse. Just wait till a young person belittles you over a difference in values. (Insert eyeroll here.) 4. Be brave. Be strong. You'll survive. And you'll be better for it.

[@kimbratton9620]

I don't think I'll be experiencing one!

[@l.tc.5032]

I'm 25 and having my quarter life crisis. I feel like I shouldn't be here at this point, but here I am a full time office drone.

[@thedarkriver1]

I'm watching this because I thought I was going through a mid-life crisis. But I think I'm just being negative and pessimistic about my current situation. When you can change the way you think,you can change the way you feel - David Burns M.D.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

I would say I've been having a midlife crisis since my 30s but it's more honest to point to the brief spells of my life when I wasn't having one. And FWIW the older you get the fewer F-s are given. I do however cry a lot easier - either joy or sorrow. That used to be rare.

[@greenhat5137]

Mid-life crises happen when people have amassed enough wealth and social security to be able to do these things (quitting jobs, massive extravagant purchases). I suspect its a phenomena which will fade away as my generation (millennial as much as I hate that term) will never be able to afford it.

[@gratefuldead4605]

I am having my midlife crisis at 49 and I have lost over 200 pounds and gotten completely out of debt. I saw a KZbin video that asked if you were having a midlife crisis or a midlife opportunity the choice is yours. And I decided to get out of debt, get in shape, and start taking antidepressants and so I am happier and healthier than I have been in decades. For me 50 will be the new 22 the last time I was in good shape in my life was when I was 21 so 50 will be the new 22.

[@jasonross2001]

Good on you stay positive and happy

[@harryknutts8428]

what happens is most people just keep putting things off thinking maybe ill figure it out next year and at some point it all comes on you to solve all these issues because u realize u dont have time to waste anymore

[@OldieBugger]

'Midlife Crisis' - a silly idea. I never had one. Well, I fulfilled all my expectations I had when I was in my twenties, though. But the price, omg. I had my final burnout at my late 40s. Since then I haven't been able to work as I used to. In the field I knew best. Pity. But mark this: No crisis.

[@questionlark7902]

Ha jokes on you I'm barely halfway to 40, and I'm ALREADY miserable, shows you.

[@BearPerson]

I want to buy a beer for whoever came up with the "not to scale" footnote.

[@venus.rebel77]

I thought I never get one. But at 40+ it started and I went through a tough time. After a while I found my remedy. I always wrote songs but I decided to go public with them. I turn my life into songs and I also wrote one called "Sounds Like Life" dealing with midlife "crisis" or "consciousness". Check it out on my channel if you want.

[@MrChadwke]

“Up till now, life has seemed an endless upward slope, with nothing but the distant horizon in view. Now suddenly I seem to have reached the crest of the hill, and there stretching ahead is the downward slope with the end of the road in sight.”

[@NeroCloud1]

Im in my early 30s an i set small goals so i feel like i have done something to be proud of like going overseas onces to see the world outside of the US

[@sunset33533]

The mindfulness book "30 Days to Overcome a Midlife Crisis" by Harper Daniels has been helpful. It's all in the mind.

[@feynstein1004]

Sense of security..........Like pockets jingling

[@TILLEYJS]

I would imagine the psychological profile for most that have crisis is agreeableness. They spent their whole life listening to others and never lived their own life. Thus, they have a "my time/selfishness" lashing out. I would wager they probably lack in delayed gratification as well.

[@frankwagner3659]

For a longitudinal study of a varied set of lifestyles, check out the documentary film series 7UP, and all the other follow-up films.

[@laurak5838]

Glad I got mine out of the way before my 30's!

[@danielrhouck]

4:45 Well that sounds ominous. When I hear that a phase of my life might never arrive, I tend to think of a different potential explanation.

[@purpleeuphoric8917]

I Went Through My Mid life crisis when I hit my 20s and now that I am 27 it is gone I don’t believe that you have to be 40 years old to go through your mid life crisis i beliebe you can get a mid life crisis way more early .

[@maartenbass328]

Simple because they all work a stressful 40 hour job for a small paycheck, at the 40's they are fed up and want to oive their their dreams again, tribes don't have them because they have peace and nature. I live everyday like I have a midlife crisis for that reason, become whealthy and live your life! You have no excuses...

[@Someone-dq4zt]

I know it’s strange that I’m 15 and can’t wait to be 40. I feel like I will be truly able to take care of myself then, even if I’m not a trillion air or… something. It sounds nice not to be scared of the future, which is very common amongst younger people like myself regarding “going to the the outside world”. I don’t really have high expectations, hell I don’t even care if I were to be single, and I’m not sure if kids are something ill be able to handle with my problems. College sounds like a lot of work, and I’m going to have to figure out how to pay for it, then I have to go into a completely fresh profession, but once I’m 40 I’d finally be settled into life and work. Anyways just wanted to remind older folks, that being young isn’t as easy as you’d remembered it, and there are a lot of perks when being older. :D

[@pinkbanana1276]

There is a type of midlife crisis which you realise the correct way to deal with something or live but they don’t have the time and youth fir it

[@thebloopsound4241]

Social media made me uncool in my forties without warning..

[@InMaTeofDeath]

I had my midlife crisis at 18

[@TWOGUNTWO]

I quit my job, broke up my 5 year relationship and quit college. I'm depressed and regretful of my social standing and I have a car I can't afford anymore at 27. Do I really have to wait until 40 to turn my life around? Does this mean that I am actually experiencing a 'midlife' crisis? Wait... How do I turn my life around?

[@keithcallison8301]

I'm still trying to figure out what I am going to do for my midlife crisis. There are all kinds of interesting things I could do, I'm actually kind of looking forward to it.(I still believe, Don't ruin this for me.) I'd like to buy all kinds of things that I know I shouldn't, and I'd like to have some time to do stuff as well. Taking a break from work for a while in the middle of life doesn't seem like that bad of an idea.

[@pdreding]

Nope. Some people die first.

[@sandwich_in_wonderland]

I am 32. If I didn't have kids,...... I would sell all my belongings, quit my job, fight to death to legally cash out my 401K savings, buy a camper van and travel throughout North America. I would do the same if I won the lottery.

[@EazyE11]

I had mine at 31 and ended up buying 3 motorcycles in a 11 month span.

[@Meravokas]

I love Brit, and her hair styles. She knows what fits her face. Low key sci-show wifu... If it's not inappropriate for me to say... Little bit of a digi-crush.

[@antman7673]

Hit my midlife crisis at age 19, guess its gonna be a fast life.

[@6telephone]

same here smh

[@YoungTheFish]

I'm having it now and I'm not even in my 30s.

[@ghenulo]

Why would you? Midlife just means you're halfway to the end of this miserable thing called life.

[@johnclavis]

Maybe it's just me, but the language in the script seemed to presume that I haven't reached my forties yet...

[@ashknoecklein]

Totally off-topic but I love the asymmetrical bob!

[@LordDice1]

That's called "the let me speak to your manager Jr."

[@JessyLovesYou]

Lord Dice X She needs to have chunky high lights for that. This one looks more like she got REALLY bored with her hair.

[@LordDice1]

JJ, that's why it's the junior version😁

[@mhisalive]

Enjoying mine right now by making music.....I'm going for it

[@timothybeebe6382]

Funny I have just settled comfortably into life. Not sure that settlement will change as I am quite content.

[@TaeNyBias]

honestly i i think im having a quarter life crisis. haha haven't really done much in life but starting from this year i booked a trip overseas to try and explore more. kinda making it a goal to go for a trip overseas at least once a year.

[@sadiasharmeen942]

That's awesome.

[@RoyalLoser]

A mid life crisis is called children

[@benworsnop9026]

Yep, having mine at 37

[@shakenbacon-vm4eu]

Oh hello fellow 37’er. Just hit mine about a month ago. Look at that! It hurts so damn much, I hate it

[@justicek.foster2160]

I think mine started at like 24-25, although at the same time I was going through menopause, I also realized the average person lives up to 50-65.. not to mention I live in today's world and death for the young is at an all time high. I'm currently 26 and still learning what a midlife crisis even is and what the heck my next moves will be since I already passed the first few signs of a midlife crisis 😬😂🤣

[@timothymatthews6458]

You idi*t the average person does not "live to be 50-65." Most people live WAY longer than that.

[@Aziraphale686]

My 'crisis' period was more existential than practical.

[@davidbuschhorn6539]

In your 40s you suddenly can afford those toys you've always wanted. Wanted a Corvette when you were a kid? Realized that life is passing by? Buy the Corvette.

[@THEK1NGSCLAN]

David Buschhorn Well lil pump is 17 and has the corvette as well

[@THEK1NGSCLAN]

David Buschhorn hypothetically speaking, he has a porsche tho

[@poorplayer9249]

People are too impatient, that's all. And, they put too much emphasis on the outliers. It's probably been that way for centuries. Much like the iconic line from "The Wedding Date", pretty much everyone has the exact sort of life they want.

[@YeshuaAgapao]

I think I had mine more in my early 30s. I think Landon Donovan also had his in his early 30s.

[@Limbocats]

How many times do we really wake up during the night cause my Fitbit says I wake up like 10 a night

[@elinope4745]

I thought my midlife crisis was a mix of the existential crisis of nihilism mixed with the realization that not only is my life meaningless, and all of my past accomplishments meaningless, but also that my life is half over and there is nothing I can do to add more meaning to my life other than simple self satisfaction and happiness.

[@RosheenQuynh]

I'm 25 and I'm having a midlife crisis... I can't believe I'm a quarter of a century.