"Is Having A Crisis Normal at My Age?"

Any illness, physical or mental can be compounded by psychological stress and anxiety. Adolescence to adulthood comprises a tsunami of psychological changes.

These psychological and biological changes are in fact programmed developments of the body that may be parallel or corresponding to the changes that occur during midlife.

The adolescence principles seem to apply at our later stages of life, when we begin to lose neurons and synapses, reducing our ability to learn or grasp new information.

The biological transformations of the young and the elderly are like two sides of the same coin, and there is a complex interplay and connectedness between these two sides, which can lead to mental health issues.

The decreasing body functions and ‘wear and tear in men who are in the plateau of midlife, is a normal occurrence and is experienced by everyone in varying degrees. The biological clocks inside us are keeping time for the onset of decline.

Simply put, midlife crisis is real and common.