The mid life crisis makes no sense to me You mean to say you only seriously reconsidered your place in the universe & the aptness of your routine life just once?? Amateur
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To give one example, I used to feel like an "old soul." Nowadays I'm surprised/disturbed that undergrads don't see me as someone of their age group. What!? I wasn't expecting to lose all the opportunities of a 21 y.o. so quickly! Extrapolate to age 50: this gap could break me!
I think you're describing outliers, not the average midlife crisis. It's more to do with opportunities narrowing and identity solidifying too quickly, *even if anticipated.*
guess I'll have to reevaluate in about a decade