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• Midlife: "Ahead of you is a sheer cliff dropping into a stony, icy crevasse"

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:01 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Observed, Humor, Briefly Noted

  For British comedian Richard Herring, hitting 40 is -- if nothing else -- a source of new material. As he writes in the UK's TimesOnline: ... (being halfway through your life is) like getting to the top of a hill. For your first 39 years you're struggling up the steep slopes, heading for the top as fast as possible, not even looking around you,

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• My husband's secret desire

  Published: July 26, 2007, 1:42 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Infidelity, Midlife Crisis Male, Discussion

  I need some input. My husband and I are both 52 and have been together 2 years. We were both married previously, neither have any children. It's been an ideal, beautiful relationship. I totally worship this man and he treats me like a queen. It's been a fairy-tale of "I never thought I would find someone like you" for both of us. Now for the

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• Just "A Little Bit" Depressed? You Might Have Dysthymia

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:16 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Brain Health, Brain Health, Depression, Mid Life Crisis

  of middle age or even a midlife crisis. You might be suffering from an under-diagnosed mental health disorder known as dysthymia. Dysthymia is a form of depression. While the lows aren't as bad as major depression, they are ongoing -- one symptom is that the dark or sad mood persist for at least two years. Here at LifeTwo we treat "midlife

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• DVD: Dr. Ravi & Mr. Hyde

  Published: August 2, 2007, 12:47 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Crisis Male, Book Review Tip

  the subtext is Dr. Ravi's midlife crisis and the isolation he feels from his "normal" life. His family and friends don't understand his new obsession and keep telling him that he should just be satisfied being a rich and successful doctor. These things however now mean almost nothing to Dr. Ravi and the only people who understand this are a

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• DVD: Dr. Ravi & Mr. Hyde

  Published: August 2, 2007, 12:47 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Crisis Male, Book Review Tip

  the subtext is Dr. Ravi's midlife crisis and the isolation he feels from his "normal" life. His family and friends don't understand his new obsession and keep telling him that he should just be satisfied being a rich and successful doctor. These things however now mean almost nothing to Dr. Ravi and the only people who understand this are a

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• Just "A Little Bit" Depressed? You Might Have Dysthymia

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:16 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Brain Health, Brain Health, Depression, Mid Life Crisis

  of middle age or even a midlife crisis. You might be suffering from an under-diagnosed mental health disorder known as dysthymia. Dysthymia is a form of depression. While the lows aren't as bad as major depression, they are ongoing -- one symptom is that the dark or sad mood persist for at least two years. Here at LifeTwo we treat "midlife

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• Midlife: "Ahead of you is a sheer cliff dropping into a stony, icy crevasse"

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:01 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Observed, Humor, Briefly Noted

  For British comedian Richard Herring, hitting 40 is -- if nothing else -- a source of new material. As he writes in the UK's TimesOnline: ... (being halfway through your life is) like getting to the top of a hill. For your first 39 years you???re struggling up the steep slopes, heading for the top as fast as possible, not even looking around you,

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• This Summer's Midlife Crisis Books

  Published: August 7, 2007, 12:51 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Mid Life Crisis, Middle Age, Book Review Tip

  midlife crisis and summer reading may seem incompatible, what better time to reflect on one's path than from a beach chair with the ocean's white noise blocking out distractions (even if the beach chair is in the back yard and the sound of the ocean is being piped through iPod headphones)? These are some of the most recent titles about

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• How Buying Tomato Soup Is Like A Midlife Crisis

  Published: August 7, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Happiness, Marriage, Mid Life Crisis, Middle Age, Research, Feature

  probably describes most midlife relationships. But in general, isn't it possible that people are predisposed to think that if they had another chance -- at whatever -- they could do better? Even economists now admit that people don't always act rationally. Our brains are wired with biases -- against outsiders, against losing what we have,

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• Roky Erickson's midlife crisis

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:01 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Brain Health, Depression, Mid Life Crisis, Midlife Crisis Man Male, Discussion

  in the late 60's, had a midlife crisis just like a lot of people. If you don't rememeber his band, their hit song was "You're Gonna Miss Me." He eventually got into doing drugs while on the road and ended up with a metal disorder, Schitzophrenia. He went crazy and had to be put into a mental institution. Now he has been released and still

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• Leap! goes to Hollywood; Never say never

  Published: August 14, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Living Life To The Fullest, Aging, Baby Boomers, Career, Midlife Crisis Woman Female, Women, Briefly Noted

  left. Some would call it a crisis of confidence, others a midlife crisis, but you call it the "narrows." So you do what you have always done in the past and you start writing. Soon you are not feeling sorry for yourself and you poor yourself into what is quickly becoming your life. It's a book that, in part, is about what happens when you find

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• Do You Agree With Our Midlife Crisis Movie List?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 11:42 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Observed, Mid Life Crisis, Middle Age, Feature

  lists (here, and here) of midlife crisis movies have seventeen entries between them. Bruce Kirkland of the Edmonton Sun nominates six films in his "best mid-life crisis movies" story. Five of them are not on our list. Should we add them? In addition to "American Beauty," which we had on our earlier lists, he adds: City Slickers --

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• help

  Published: August 16, 2007, 9:59 am

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Infidelity, Discussion

  any other time. Is this a midlife crisis and if so does it do me anygood to know this. I did the usual begging and pleaded that only made things worse. Initially because of the shock I moved out, but have now returned and am in the spare room.( i did not want to leave my children or home) Obviously living with her while she continues her

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• Not So Happy? You Must Be Middle-Aged.

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:43 pm

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Happiness, Mid Life Crisis, Middle Age, Briefly Noted

  things off it. Skip over midlife crisis. Not enough people are listening -- at least in the UK. A new national survey finds that for men, the ages 35-44 are the least happy in their lives. While they rate their well-being in young adulthood at 7.3 on a 10 point scale, it bottoms out at 6.8 for the ten years starting at age 35. Women are

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• David Duchvony has a very public midlife crisis in Californication

  Published: August 17, 2007, 8:27 am

  Tags: Midlife Crisis, Mid Life Crisis, Midlife Crisis Man Male, Briefly Noted

  throes of a self-destructing midlife crisis who scores more women than writing deals. This being Showtime expect an emphasis on drink, drugs and women (plus a little gratuitous nudity).

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