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Worried About the Big Picture? How to Deal with an Existential Crisis
January 30, 2019 .
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An existential crisis is a period of time when a person questions their existence. They might begin to wonder who they really are or what the meaning of life truly is. Some people may begin ... Read More
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Do Midlife Crisis Relationships Last? July 19, 2018 . 9 Comments
Dear GoodTherapy.org, Not long after my 48th birthday, I started having persistent thoughts about time slipping away, getting old, and letting go of my dreams. The specter of turning 50 ... Read More
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The Myth of the Male Midlife Crisis
November 18, 2015 .
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As a psychotherapist who helps a lot of middle-aged men, I have learned that, as with so many pop psychology clichés, there is much more to the male “midlife crisis” than meets ... Read More
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Infatuation in My Forties: Was It a Midlife Crisis?
November 16, 2014 .
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Just over three years ago I considered myself happily married and content to grow older gracefully. I was 46, working hard as a senior school teacher and raising two teenage girls. My husband, ... Read More
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Am I Having a Midlife Crisis? Or Is It Something Else? May 16, 2014 . 5 Comments
I don’t buy it, the fade-away stuff. I might go for burnout, considering that your kid just finished college, which implies many years of concerned parenting, but really, I have to say ... Read More
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Should Marriage Come with an Expiration Date? October 15, 2012 . 10 Comments
Marriages aren’t like fine wines. They are not harvested in vineyards and they do not always get better with age. However, many marriages far exceed any expiration date. According to ... Read More
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Cheating and Concealing: An Evolutionary Perspective of Betrayal
October 12, 2012 .
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Many mental health professionals consider the three “A’s”—addiction, affairs, and abuse—sufficient reason to leave a partner. This blog addresses lower-level offenses related ... Read More
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How We Behave in Relationships Is Predicted by Who We Blame July 11, 2012 . 9 Comments
The ideal standards model (ISM) of interpersonal evaluations suggests that a partner becomes dissatisfied with his or her relationship when the significant other fails to measure up to ... Read More
