Is long term, low-grade depression a form of midlife crisis?

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Jun 9, 2023
12:33:35pm

85fan All-American

Is long term, low-grade depression a form of midlife crisis?

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85fan

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have you had a mid-life crisis?

6/8/23 9:50pm

Not yet but I am only 56. Will let you know in a few...

6/8/23 9:53pm

60 is bad. You still feel pretty good, but you know you're only one decade away from 70. And 70 isn't far from your 80s,

Brisco

6/8/23 10:00pm

Can confirm. Except for the 80’s part.

Florwood

6/9/23 9:59am

I've been told that I did. "Crisis"? That seems like an overstatement

BYU-Dukie

6/8/23 9:56pm

every day

niqmadu

6/8/23 10:00pm

I did. It was major. Found a good therapist. Still in the battle a bit.

Kevin Arnold

6/8/23 10:03pm

In employment. Left steady job for a startup that was disastrous.

Florwood

6/8/23 10:04pm

Sort of. Minor, early. Started saving and investing in a big way.

6/8/23 10:10pm

I wanted either a fancy sports car, a girlfriend, or braces.

CBaass

6/8/23 10:11pm

Bought a huge sound system and put it in

Y-Zag

6/8/23 10:12pm

In the middle of it now. 39 yo, switching careers and buying a business,

6/8/23 10:18pm

What type of biz?

BlooCoog

6/8/23 10:23pm

Lumberyard. Buying it from a couple of old dudes looking to retire. Loving it!

6/8/23 10:26pm

I need something like this. I’m totally uninspired by work right now.

Nakedbootleg

6/8/23 10:41pm

The last 5-7 years in banking were the worst. I hated it.

6/8/23 11:14pm

Congrats! Search fund model? SBA loans?

WP17

6/9/23 1:17am

Started at 37 and I’m still in it.

RalphWiggam

6/8/23 10:55pm

Peptides and Pickleball! Jocko, Jo, and Jordan now make all my decisions as

calvindyer

6/9/23 2:00am

Made a big move at 41 to Alaska

6/9/23 5:47am

My ex-secretary, now wife, sitting next to me in my yellow Corvette,

6/9/23 7:35am

But what could she know? She’s barely halfway to her midlife…!

Kevin Arnold

6/9/23 11:21am

Is long term, low-grade depression a form of midlife crisis?

85fan

6/9/23 12:33pm

I would have called that “adulthood”

Kevin Arnold

6/9/23 4:27pm

Yup. Just normal wear & tear.

Y-Zag

6/9/23 4:35pm

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