3 ms·
There has been lots of studies done on Mid-Life Crisis; assuming it is Real it seems to involve Genetic, Biological, Psychological and Social factors. So you ha
by rramadass 4y ago
There has been lots of studies done on Mid-Life Crisis; assuming it is Real it seems to involve Genetic, Biological, Psychological and Social factors. So you have to consider each one in turn, interpret it in your specific context and then take action.
Here are some resources that you may find helpful:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis
2) https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02206-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02206-x
3) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-real-roots-of-midlife-crisis/382235/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-rea...
4) https://openthemagazine.com/science/the-genetic-origins-of-a-midlife-crisis/ https://openthemagazine.com/science/the-genetic-origins-of-a...
5) https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/am-i-having-a-midlife-crisis-science https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/am-i-having-a-midlif...
6) There is a tradition of "mind training" in Tibetan Buddhism called Lojong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong) which you may want to study, learn from and put into practice. These are basically a set of practical advice/sayings/aphorisms/proverbs/etc. which teach you how to develop/modify your attitudes and perceptions towards life/other people/yourself in general. It was developed in the context of Buddhist practice but you can easily transfer the principles outside of it. A good starting point is the book Essential Mind Training: Tibetan Wisdom for Daily Life translated by Thupten Jinpa.
- markus_zhang 4y agoThanks, I like your comments a lot and have been following around a few months ago. I also like your recommendation of the nihilism books. I think I simply have so many things in my mind that I'm always in a rush and always easily irritated. I'm definitely overestimating my ability since my childhood but simply do not know how to scale down probably, even that I know this and have already scaled down dramatically. This combined with the new burden definitely spell my doom.