Contrary to popular belief, women experience a midlife crisis much more strongly than men. Although the behavior of those and others can not be said. Men rebel, not embarrassed to manifest their crisis outwardly (they acquire impractical things, have lovers, abandon their families). Women experience everything within themselves. Hence the danger of the crisis: it is not noticeable to others. And during this period, a woman needs support as never before, since a feeling of loneliness becomes an incentive to experience a difficult period.
In addition, the female body gives so many surprises that you do not have time to get used to them. This is psychologically difficult, especially when you begin to understand that youth goes away with beauty.
The crisis of middle age in women has always been of interest to psychologists. Since during this period there are many psychological changes associated with changes in the body and in everyday life.
The crisis begins at everyone at different times, it is possible to understand that a woman is in a difficult stage for her according to several signs identified by psychologists in the study of the phenomenon of “middle-aged women’s crisis”.
The presence of free time is the dream of young workers, but it does not please women at 35-40 years old. A pronounced concern for their future, their marriage, their children can lead to deep depression. Women begin to overestimate their relations with others, break off relations with friends, and make unthinkable charges against children and her husband. For some reason, they begin to look for a different meaning in life, believing (in this they are similar to men in a crisis) that they had lived their lives in vain and did not have time to achieve something important. At the same time, habitual work, position, labor collective for them loses its former importance.
Quite often, psychological changes are associated with the age limit of 40 years, they are called the "crisis of 40 years in women." It is aggravated if the desired heights were not achieved at the place of work, if family life has changed: the children have finally left the parental nest. But a much greater danger from the point of view of psychology is fraught with a later period.
A woman after 40 years old begins to feel serious changes in her body, which sometimes make her feel like a “grandmother” and greatly interfere with her continued living at her usual pace. Increased sweating, urinary incontinence, lack of menstruation and many other unpleasant symptoms today are called "menopause". When the body suddenly decided to tell you “stop,” pause your life and make you think ...
If you do not help yourself in time, do not turn to a specialist, a midlife crisis in women can play a cruel joke with their life. Destroy the family, alienate children, provoke problems at work, without which stable income is out of the question. After all, finding another will be problematic, especially at the age of 45-50 (employers prefer young, energetic and obedient new employees).
Serious measures are being taken in relation to this problem even by the state: education through social advertising clips, ordering feature articles in popular periodicals. And all for the sake of relatives to be able to understand what is happening, to recognize the symptoms and help the most important woman in their life.
As for the ladies themselves, psychologists recommend: not to distance oneself from others, resourcefully cope with physiological changes, seek support and not be afraid to talk about your problems. The middle-aged crisis in women is quite surmountable; the main thing is to accept the changes for granted. Always remembering, even if you have added another year, this does not mean that you have lost yourself. You are young as long as you feel young. You are still important to your loved ones, even if this is not visible. You are needed, loved and beautiful. But you have the right to become selfish and try to realize your dreams, which you never had time before because of caring for children, about your husband, because of round-the-clock work and other duties. “Life at 40 is just beginning!” - This is a completely fair statement, since no one succeeds in living for himself before this age.