Midlife Crisis
Some notes from the The Royal Society’s video lecture:
Life begins at 40: the biological and cultural roots of the midlife crisis
One should marry three times
Margaret Mead proposed (mentioned) having several marriages throughout our lives; with or without it having to be with the same person.
Mead suggests
- For young desire and adventure
- For child rearing
- For companionship in later life
See also Married more than once? Lessons Learned From an Anthropologist
Modern life cycle
Modern life put new and different strains on middle-aged adults. These changes led to more stress in general, and coupled with increased awereness of one’s own achievements and success in life it all culminated in the “midlife crisis” emerging.
