How old is a person when they go through a mid-life crisis? How long does it las!

How old is a person when they go through a mid-life crisis? How long does it last? How do you know if your hav

How do you know if your having one?

I assume its the time when you look back on what you've done in the past and you can't really decide if you've made the right choices? You may feel empty, unfulfilled and begin looking (even ubconsciously) towards activities which you wouldn't of dreamt at doing when you considered yourself "young", or which you may of considered 'out of character' previously.

It may be you are developing different tastes, different methods of enjoying yourself, considering alternative employment or anything which impinges on your life. (Hey, that sounds a bit too familiar right now! Hell, I'm in a mid-life crisis!) I guess if something feels 'out of place' or you are 'out of sorts' for an undefined reason - then maybe it's your subconscious trying to tell you something. The problem being how to identify the right messages. Make sure that there is no underlying health issue or situation that could be affecting your thinking. Long term use of drugs has a wild habit of causing mental health issues (pity nobody takes notice of this before using the stuff), or relationship issues sometimes cloud your internal subconcious prompting.

You live life only the once and sometimes it's hard enough to filter out the garbage that surrounds modern life. Basically we're an animal (abeit - an intelligent animal!) and animal instincts are hardwired into each and every one of us -anger, fear, need for succor, etc... its our higher conscious which sometimes deflects our instinctual prompting. [Does that make any sense? Perhaps I should have used common sense... but what is 'common sense anyway?'] Do you have an irrational sense of needing to make changes in your life but from no obvious cause? If so then you have an internal 'crisis', midlife or otherwise. How long it lasts? I suppose it depends on how long you disregard your subconscious without making some form of action.

If this is clear then hey, I've answered your question, if not then sorry.... but it was theraputic anyhow!