Warning Signs You Are Entering A Midlife Crisis

1. You feel like making drastic changes in your life

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Something is calling you to make some drastic changes in your life. You're not even entirely sure what you want to change...maybe everything! You just know that you want and need something new right now, to feel different. You don't want the same old same old.

2. You're questioning your sense of purpose

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You go through life and you may feel as though you've had several different purposes. It can be anything; a parent, a sibling, your career or to be a good person. But, now you feel like you've hit a point in your life where you're thinking 'what even is my purpose?'.

3. You've suddenly taken up lots of new interests and hobbies

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You're suddenly taking up a load of new hobbies/sports which have never even interested you or caught your attention before. You've decided that you're completely bored of Pilates and yoga and you've signed up for golf and pottery making classes instead!

4. You are reinventing your identity

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You've had an identity for the initial part of your life and you thought you were who you were. But recently, you feel like you want a whole new identity. You're having a slight identity crisis as you want to reinvent yourself as someone brand new and exciting!

5. You feel stuck in a rut

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Sometimes we hit a patch of life where we just feel stuck in a rut. You may just feel at a point where you feel like you're dissatisfied and you don't know what to do about it to give you some oomph back. You might not even know of anything specific making you feel such a way, you just feel generally in a flump.

6. You've begun to feel dissatisfied with your career

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You've been doing what you do for a long time, and you've just started to feel dissatisfied. It may not be giving you the pleasure that you once felt from it. You haven't got the job satisfaction that you'd like and you're definitely not raring to go to work in the morning...

7. You're looking back at the past with nostalgia

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It's totally natural to look back at the past with fondness and nostalgia. But you may feel like you're pining for it more and more and starting to live in the past, wishing that you could go back into past times. This could be a sign that you are experiencing a midlife crisis.

8. You're craving new experiences

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New experiences are an important part of life. As the saying goes, 'variety is the spice of life'. And so, it is always good to keep on trying new things and doing new things. But perhaps you are taking this to an extreme and have totally filled your time with completely new things and thrown out the old.

9. You're feeling unfilled with your relationships

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This can be a sign of a mid life crisis, when multiple relationships all at once seem not to be fulfilling you anymore. Of course, it could be the case that you've outgrown relationships that no longer serve you. On the other hand, it could also be to do with changes within yourself and your mindset at the present moment.

10. You're making changes to your appearance, or wanting to

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Have you done something drastic with your appearance? Dyed it a totally new colour? Have you cut an extreme hairstyle? Maybe you've hit the gym to change your physique! You may even have done all of these things or made multiple changes. It could be a sign you're having a mid life crisis.

11. You're feeling depressed

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When you experience a midlife crisis you might be feeling depressed. It's good to seek some medical advice or some counsel  for the way that you are feeling. When you feel this way it is very hard to look at your situation with a different perspective and talking it through will always help.

12. You've lost your libido

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If you're having a midlife crisis, you may not be feeling like you desire having intimate time with your partner. This is because you are feeling disillusioned with yourself and also with your relationships, meaning that you're just not in the mood right now.

13. You feel isolated

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You may be feeling totally isolated or alone right now. This is because people do not understand what you're going through, because perhaps you do not fully understand it yourself. You feel alone in your feelings - but you're not the only person who feels like this!

14. You feel regretful

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Regret is a really hard emotion to contend with, because there's often not a lot we can do to fix or change the event/thing that happened. You'll be aware of the saying 'don't have any regrets', yet this fantastic piece of advice is a little harder to actually put into practice.

15. You crave adventure

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Adventure... bring it ON. You feel like you need adventure right now, you crave it! You've become a bit of a thrill seeker, needing some kind of adrenaline. You've probably got a few adventurous things booked in the calendar to look forward to, even if this was nothing like you've ever done before.

16. You feel restless

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Feeling restless can be a horrible feeling. It's like a physical and mental feeling where you can't stay still because you feel restless and dissatisfied. You need to do something, but what? That's the hard thing. In a midlife crisis it's hard to pinpoint what it is that needs/ or you want to change.

17. You've made some big purchases

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Have you suddenly just decided to splash the cash? Possibly on a purchase you didn't even really need, or maybe you've got yourself a moped or a fancy new sports car just totally out of the blue. You've dropped thousands of bucks on it just because you spontaneously decided to.

18. You're debating moving house or area

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Moving house is a big thing - uprooting what you know and moving somewhere totally new can feel like you're changing a part of your identity. And perhaps this is exactly the reason that you did it. You want to reinvent your life as you know it currently.

19. You fear getting older

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It's natural to go through phases where you think about getting older and you have moments of fear. It is lovely to imagine that we could pause life as we are right now and stay the same way forever. Yet ageing is not something to be feared and should be embraced.

20. You've had some changes in your health

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Often, changes in our health can make us reflect on our life and re-evaluate things. Our health is such a precious thing that any changes or experiences can give us a completely new perspective on life and make you completely reassess your priorities and goals.

21. You are questioning your beliefs

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Perhaps you always had a set of beliefs that you were set upon, and now you feel as though you're doubting it and wondering whether these are the beliefs for you. Or, perhaps you've never really had a set of beliefs and feel that you want some spiritual guidance.

22. You feel a little bit bored

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You just feel...a little bit bored, of everything right now. It's definitely not that you have a boring life, because you've always been satisfied until now. But right now you just feel that you want more. This could be because you are experiencing what is known as a mid-life crisis.

23. You're planning to travel

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You want to see new things and explore new places. You've booked a ticket to travel to some new places. You may even feel like you're tempted to book a one way and just have some new life experienced in a completely new place until you feel like you've found what you're looking for.

24. You feel stuck in a rut

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You just feel like you're stuck in a rut at the moment. You don't really know why or what to do about it, you just generally feel like you're in a little bit of a flump at the moment. You don't feel satisfied with your life at the moment or where you're at at this current moment.

25. You feel a sense of panic

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You've started to panic, you feel like you're in a rush to do the things you want and to have achieved what you have always wanted to achieve. You may have started to feel panicked about you and your life because you are experiencing a midlife crisis.

26. You desperately want to achieve your goals

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During a midlife crisis you'll feel every much aware of your life goals and the life goals you once had and whether or not you have managed to achieve them. If you have not, you may dwell on this and you'll suddenly feel a desperation to have completed them.

27. People are noticing you behaving differently

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It's not just you that feels different, other people can see it too. Your loved ones and the people closest to you will have noticed that you've been acting differently recently and they may even have remarked upon it. They may be concerned as to what is going on with you and whether you are okay.

28. You are thinking a lot about mortality

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During a midlife crisis you may find that you start to dwell on your own mortality. It's natural to become more aware of the fragility of life as we grow older and experiences remind us that life does not last forever. However this mindset could reflect the timing of your life, hitting what you perceive as 'mid' way.

29. You aren't interested in the things you used to love

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It's completely natural to outgrow things and change hobbies over time as we lose interest or find things we now prefer. Yet if you have suddenly lost an interest in the things you once used to love, it may be because something is up!

30. You feel jealous of other people

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Jealousy usually stems from some kind of insecurity or unhappiness/dissatisfaction with ourselves or our own situation. So if you have started to feel super jealous and envious if other people it may be because you have hit a point where you do not feel happy with where you're at right noW. This could be a midlife crisis!