For psychologist Sara Chatwin, whether a midlife malaise is technically real or fake is beside the point.
“What is certain, is that it exists for some people, and as your perception is your reality, if it exists, it will be,” she says. “There is a level of mythology around it. For some people, it’s a social construct, for other people, it’s very real. I think it’s in a similar category to something like premenstrual tension. You will have women who say, ‘It affects me every month, it’s a major aspect of my life.’ Then you have other women who might say, ‘It doesn’t bother me, it’s a bit overhyped.’”
The midlife crisis is notoriously hard to define, as it’s so subjective and different from person to person. On the other…
