Episode 15: The Black Midlife Crisis

Sep 2, 2018

Episode 15: The Black Mom Midlife Crisis/Moment

Research suggest and age difference between the genders. For men, the ‘crisis’ begins roughly late 40’s-early 50’s, while women start their internal struggle between 35-44. What does the struggle consist of?--is it a feeling of being stuck, personally and professionally? Today we will explore this and what this looks like for black women/mothers. Even the term ‘crisis’ will be explored too.

 

Examples of Midlife characteristics:

• Feeling discontent with one’s life or lifestyle including people and activities which may have, at one time, provided more fulfillment
• Questioning decisions made years earlier
• Confusion about one’s achievements and questioning why “I failed to manifest the life I thought I would have by now”
• Confusion about “who am I” beyond the roles assigned by others, both in the workplace and in one’s personal life.
• Anger, expressed or hidden, over trying to fulfill the expectations of others or wanting their approval, in lieu of pursuing one’s own wishes or dreams
• Yearning for the early years, wanting to retreat rather than move forward

 

Here are questions to ask (based on the Psychology Today article):

1. What do I feel I should have done by this time in my life?
2. Is there something more important and fulfilling that I can focus on now?
3. What do I want more of in my life? What have I imprisoned that is crying to be free?
4. How can I ensure a commitment to living a significant life?

 

Sources:

Avis, N.E., et. al (2015) Duration of menopausal vasomotor symptoms over the menopause transition. JAMA Inter Med, 175(4):531-9. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8063

 

Calhoun, Ada (2015 October 5) The New Midlife Crisis: Why (and How) It’s Hitting Gen X Women. Retrieved from: https://www.oprah.com/sp/new-midlife-crisis.html

 

Dundon, Elaine (2018 January 30) Searching for the Meaning Beyond the “Midlife Crisis”. Psychology Today. Retrieved from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-search-meaning-after-age-50/201801/searching-meaning-beyond-the-midlife-crisis

 

Reynolds, Marcia (2011 May 14) What a Female Mid-Life Crisis Looks Like. Psychology Today. Retrieved from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wander-woman/201105/what-female-mid-life-crisis-looks

 

Saner, Elaine (2017 January 27) Women on the verge of a midlife crisis. The Guardian. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/27/women-on-the-verge-of-a-midlife-crisis

 

 

 

 

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