Midlife crisis is not only about a red Ferrari and a young mistress. It is an existential life review. What happens and how to get through it.
40–50 years old. The children are grown. Career — wherever it is. You look back: "Is this what I wanted?" You look forward: "How much is left?" This is an existential moment — not a weakness.
Erik Erikson called this period "generativity vs stagnation." The person asks: will I leave a mark? Did I live authentically? What matters? This is a normal part of development — not pathology.
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