http://www.thedisquiet.com/the-disquiet/what-do-i-do-if-i-think-my-husband-is-having-a-midlife-crisis/ A place for discussion and questions on articles, news and issues pertaining to navigating the unease in men's lives. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.thedisquiet.com/the-disquiet/what-do-i-do-if-i-think-my-husband-is-having-a-midlife-crisis/#comment-11490 Wendy Spiegel Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:49:18 +0000 http://www.thedisquiet.com/discussions/what-do-i-do-if-i-think-my-husband-is-having-a-midlife-crisis/#comment-11490 I often wonder what prompts that midlife crisis to come one. Part may be hormonal, part may be coming to the realization that your job is not the right one (or that you are being pressured out due to a high compensation), and part may come from the "disquiet" of realizing we're at that halfway mark. Having experienced it myself, like you did, the compelling force that has affected me is an overwhelming feeling of claustrophobia - a need for dramatic change. There is a feeling of having to break out of your life that makes people just up and leave --family, job, friends... And I don't think it necessarily has to do with what is being left behind. Rather I think it is the act of breaking out/breaking away that erupts from the claustrophobia. To me, when you define "the Disquiet", that is exactly right on. Dave, what do you think? I often wonder what prompts that midlife crisis to come one. Part may be hormonal, part may be coming to the realization that your job is not the right one (or that you are being pressured out due to a high compensation), and part may come from the “disquiet” of realizing we’re at that halfway mark. Having experienced it myself, like you did, the compelling force that has affected me is an overwhelming feeling of claustrophobia - a need for dramatic change. There is a feeling of having to break out of your life that makes people just up and leave –family, job, friends… And I don’t think it necessarily has to do with what is being left behind. Rather I think it is the act of breaking out/breaking away that erupts from the claustrophobia. To me, when you define “the Disquiet”, that is exactly right on. Dave, what do you think?

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