Dr. Jim Conway and his wife Sally (deceased) pretty much wrote the book on Midlife Crisis. Reading their research is a good place to start.
Agreed. And Michele and Virginia agrees. help and MLC is really a separate discussion. Many experience this as the normal painful transitions and hard to face realities in life.
Many experience and describe this as mental illness. There are folks that are associated with Michele such as the Conways that have thoroughly researched this and I think the 'temporary mental illness' description as very real and there are things that a spouse can do that will help the spouse g et through this. some of this is described in DR, but Michele says if this is what you are going through, you need to research it. The Conways' work is a great place to begin.
Of course, these folks often have affairs which mixes up the discussion. And complicates it.
