Glorified Theory: What´s Midlife Crisis?

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Midlife crisis is a set theory that was proposed because of the great amounts of people that represented the theory. Mid-life crisis isn’t exactly scientifically proven it is just an over glorified theory. “Men, in particular, were said to leave their wives, buy red sports cars, and quit their jobs because of midlife panic”(Berger 2014, pg. 465). In my opinion mid-life crisis is more of a choice, or decision people in their 35’s to 50’s make. Recently media has made known the theory that maybe mid-life is an adult’s prime, meaning they are now more competent than ever, their social status is now unparalleled by their younger years, and all the obstacles they have overcome have made them wiser. Everyone at this “middle age” pauses to contemplate

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