Brief overview and explanation of midlife crisis symptoms and triggers. Learn what exactly triggers the middle age crisis and how you can recognised you have been affected with it.

1. Midlife Crisis Explained
SYMPTOMS, TRIGGERS & TREATMENT

2. OVERVIEW
 A middle age crisis, also known as a midlife crisis, is something many
middle age people experience nowadays. Because it doesn’t
affect whole middle aged population – it is not understood properly.
 There are more than one way for middle age crisis to hit individual.
Most of the time it’s a combination of factors such as aging and life
dissatisfaction. This, combined with the type of personality and
current life-style of individual often contributes to the issue. List of
triggers will be featured in this presentation.

3. What are the symptoms?
Symptoms are often related with the individual correcting his general
appearance but midlife crisis manifests in different, sometimes less
known ways. Generally symptoms include:
 The desire to obtain significant items associated with youth and
success
 Feelings of sadness, loss or hopelessness
 Abuse of alcohol or drugs

4. SYMPTOMS (CONTINUED)
 Ending current relationships and attempts to connect with more
youthful partners
 Constantly needing attention and positive comments
 Withdrawal from social situations
 (read more about middle age crisis symptoms here)

5. What triggers middle age crisis?
Two major factors triggering midlife crisis are related to children leaving
their home for university (or to start independent life) and Menopause
for women or andropause for men. Less known triggers (but equally
effective) are:
 Dissatisfaction with a career but feeling it is too late to change
 Loss of a job
 Unfulfilled life dreams
 Unhappiness in a personal relationship
 Changes in the body that signal aging such as hair loss or weight
gain.

6. Treatment
 Learning coping skills and making effective lifestyle changes that
allow the individual to feel good about themselves as they age is
critical in dealing with all aspects of a middle age crisis.
 Professional help from experienced psychotherapists such as
Philippe Jacquet & Associates can be very beneficial for individuals
troubled by middle age crisis.

7. Remember!
ALWAYS SEEK FOR PROFESSIONAL HELP.