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Old 26-11-2007 | 03:26 PM
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Does it even exist? Anyone have any thoughts? Now there's a weighty topic.
Old 26-11-2007 | 03:36 PM
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describe it and i'll tell you
Old 26-11-2007 | 03:36 PM
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Loads of people do, most wont admit it though, openly or even to themselves.

I started having mine at 21, and therefore have been 21 ever since.
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gets to a point when you suddenly start pubbing/clubbing alot again, drinking and drugging alot more, pulling, getting a new wardrobe (the contents not the furniture), buying fast motors/bikes, all that type of stuff.

yep been there done that still doing it
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gets to a point when you suddenly start pubbing/clubbing alot again, drinking and drugging alot more, pulling, getting a new wardrobe (the contents not the furniture), buying fast motors/bikes, all that type of stuff.

yep been there done that still doing it
How old are you matey?
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Yeah... its had its up, and downs.... currently on a down


I cant wait for the next few months to hurry up and fuck off
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What age is everyone, I'm 39 now?
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im 23 and im havin one
Old 26-11-2007 | 03:50 PM
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What crisis are you expecting, make the correct decisions as you go along & theirs no reason to have a crisis.
Maybe ive not got to it yet although im well past mid-life .
Enjoy your life it aint a rehearsal.
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23 is not a mid-life crisis!
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well what do you call what im going through then....
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Originally Posted by MadRod
What crisis are you expecting, make the correct decisions as you go along & theirs no reason to have a crisis.
Maybe ive not got to it yet although im well past mid-life .
Enjoy your life it aint a rehearsal.


Well said rod, im with you mate, enjoy life theres always alot worse of than you
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Depends what your issues are mate, but you aren't at mid-life stage.
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Originally Posted by TrevCos
23 is not a mid-life crisis!
everyone is different mate
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Originally Posted by TrevCos
Depends what your issues are mate, but you aren't at mid-life stage.
Whats classed as middle aged.. Thats what I dont get, Just because Im 23.... Im not having one


I might only live till im 46.....
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Originally Posted by DanCossie
Originally Posted by TrevCos
23 is not a mid-life crisis!
everyone is different mate
Wish I was 23 again, although yes, I know everyone has their own individual problems, some of which are horrible things to have to deal with, but I wouldn't class that as mid-life.
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Originally Posted by TrevCos
Originally Posted by DanCossie
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23 is not a mid-life crisis!
everyone is different mate
Wish I was 23 again, although yes, I know everyone has their own individual problems, some of which are horrible things to have to deal with, but I wouldn't class that as mid-life.
As Rads has said..........wat determines Mid life?????
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Oh well, whatever, I think if you look it up though it isn't generally associated with people in their 20s, because you've basically still got your youth, wait til you get to my age. Ooh young man.
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For the approximately 10% of middle aged adults who go through an age-related midlife crisis, the condition is most common ranging from the ages of 35-50 (a large study in the 1990s[5] found that the average age at onset of a self-described "mid-life crisis" was 46). Mid life crises last about 3-10 years in men and 2-5 years in women.

A midlife crisis could be caused by aging itself, or aging in combination with changes, problems, or regrets over:

work or career
spousal relationships
maturation of children
aging or death of parents
physical changes associated with aging

There my issues.... have been the last two years
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
For the approximately 10% of middle aged adults who go through an age-related midlife crisis, the condition is most common ranging from the ages of 35-50 (a large study in the 1990s[5] found that the average age at onset of a self-described "mid-life crisis" was 46). Mid life crises last about 3-10 years in men and 2-5 years in women.

A midlife crisis could be caused by aging itself, or aging in combination with changes, problems, or regrets over:

work or career
spousal relationships
maturation of children
aging or death of parents
physical changes associated with aging

There my issues.... have been the last two years
Yes, so it's not your age, it's that those sort of things have been happening that would normally happen to older people, yes? Sorry to hear that mate. Mine are similar.

I'd be interested to know what the physical changes that you're getting are, I didn't have any adverse ones at your age. I am doing now though.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
well what do you call what im going through then....
puberty
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Originally Posted by dojj
Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
well what do you call what im going through then....
puberty
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Originally Posted by TrevCos
Originally Posted by dojj
Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
well what do you call what im going through then....
puberty
physical changes associated with aging
rad says he's suffereing from some of these symptoms and it's the only thing i can think of that is medically proovable that happens to people
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Dojj, If only mate..


Originally Posted by TrevCos
Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
For the approximately 10% of middle aged adults who go through an age-related midlife crisis, the condition is most common ranging from the ages of 35-50 (a large study in the 1990s[5] found that the average age at onset of a self-described "mid-life crisis" was 46). Mid life crises last about 3-10 years in men and 2-5 years in women.

A midlife crisis could be caused by aging itself, or aging in combination with changes, problems, or regrets over:

work or career
spousal relationships
maturation of children
aging or death of parents
physical changes associated with aging

There my issues.... have been the last two years
Yes, so it's not your age, it's that those sort of things have been happening that would normally happen to older people, yes? Sorry to hear that mate. Mine are similar.

I'd be interested to know what the physical changes that you're getting are, I didn't have any adverse ones at your age. I am doing now though.
Bet you haven't got furry ears!
Signed off for depression, anxiety and no sleep and the worst part is I have no job but im still working there doing petty little jobs. Its shit, I used to love being in the forces, but the last 2 years has changed me as a person, and I fucking hate it, the moral is shit, the managers are pricks and what am I working for?! nothing.. They wont let me go earlier either

I cant leave till June, but because Ive been signed off, it may work in my favour and be let out by Feb.. With leave on top of that I wont be back after christmas

The sooner I get out that shithole and get back to normal the better.. It just seems to be dragging though like its never going to end

But shit happens I guess don't it


makes me laugh when people say "oh its only a few month mate, just put your head down and get on"

I've been doing that for the last 18 months
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Originally Posted by dojj
Originally Posted by TrevCos
Originally Posted by dojj
Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
well what do you call what im going through then....
puberty
physical changes associated with aging
rad says he's suffereing from some of these symptoms and it's the only thing i can think of that is medically proovable that happens to people
I used to think I was a werewolf, and now I'm bloody sure I am with all the hair sprouting everywhere but on my head!
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http://www.midlifewivesclub.com/
here you go
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I am, and I ain't even 26 yet

Tho that said, it might just me my life that is in crisis
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if they care to admit it everyone on the face of the earth has problems just some are much bigger than others
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Originally Posted by TrevCos
What age is everyone, I'm 39 now?
41.....................
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Originally Posted by TrevCos
What age is everyone, I'm 39 now?
27 8 years mortgage left and a fat cos in the garage
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If I'm honest the biggest thing I need to do is make peace with myself.........been trying for years but I'm the only person I can't manage to do it with.
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If I'm honest the biggest thing I need to do is make peace with myself.........been trying for years but I'm the only person I can't manage to do it with.
I think you've hit the nail on the head mate.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
For the approximately 10% of middle aged adults who go through an age-related midlife crisis, the condition is most common ranging from the ages of 35-50 (a large study in the 1990s[5] found that the average age at onset of a self-described "mid-life crisis" was 46). Mid life crises last about 3-10 years in men and 2-5 years in women.

A midlife crisis could be caused by aging itself, or aging in combination with changes, problems, or regrets over:

work or career
spousal relationships
maturation of children
aging or death of parents
physical changes associated with aging

There my issues.... have been the last two years

Gotta agree with a couple of those,works shit , been a mechanic since I

left school,too old - in debt to retrain now.

Been with my mrs since I was 18, ain't nothing we ain't done or talked

about before now.

My kids are 13,11 and 9, but it only seems like yesterday they were

smiling toddlers,not the miserable moaners they can be now ,and you

don't want em to grow up in this shithole of a world nowadays

My old mans 77 and going strong,but dread him leaving me !

And I am 44 ,things definitely do start going downhill @ 40

puddy
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find something to look forward to and things do get easier when the goal is getting closer and closer

all this mooping about doesn't clear you from the cycle of depression so you keep feeling like shit

easy enough to say i know, but i've been through it years and years ago and it's much easier to give up than it is to carry on with the struggle

think of it as climbing a mountain, when you get to the top it's all downhill and easy freewheeling from then on just don't think of it as a big drop

enjoy life for the moment every once in a while, but don't say "sod the consequences" as that's just asking for trouble
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I've been in crisis for years but I know now that most of the bad in my life has been caused by my own recklessness. I used to want to blame everyone and everything when I felt things were shit but I have really grown up over the last 12 months....

Things aren't great yet but they soon could be and I'm a pretty happy person these days for the most part. I think anyone that remembers how I used to be on here can see that.

My biggest prbs have been fucking up uni, leaving my career too late and being pissed off now because at my age (25) I feel like I should be earning more and being in a little bit of debt.

I also have a really bad fear of growing older.

But it's not the end of the world. I have my health, I have my friends, and it's all stuff (besides the ageing ) that I have the power to change. Having wiped out loads of debt in the last couple of years I am about to get rid of my car finance and trim it down further and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Chin up folks we could all be dead
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44 today, and got my nipples pierced two months ago.

I couldn't afford a motorbike, and the wife won't let me have a girlfriend!
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Anyone that owns an RST and is over 30 is clearly having a mid life crisis....or at least looks like it. Cossie owners add 5 years
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My brother is 25 and is going through a stage at the moment , he worries about relatives dying and stuff like.... why are we here? What happens when we die etc etc . Been like this for a few month, since his first child was born. Sure it will pass though.


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