I dunno why but for the past week I was feeling kinda shitty for no particular reason. My facebook microblogs reads: "Suddenly I'm just sick, sick of everything that is going on around me. Every single thing irritates the heck out of me, is it my problem or what? Maybe I have been keeping everything inside my heart all this while and now everything is starting to blow up. Everything seems wrong and out of place. I feel really feel trapped. There must be something more than this, I know there must be."
Sounds bad huh? A quick thinking friend suggested 'mid life crisis' and I was like, "What the heck?" I'm turn 33 in 2010! So I googled "Mid life crisis" and the 2nd search result caught my eye. Well the website particularly. It read divorcesupport.about.com so like a cat, I curiously clicked on it knowing well that I have never been married nor am I going thru a mid life crisis.
Here's the answer the website gave:
A midlife crisis is experienced between the ages of 40 and 60. It was first identified by the psychologist Carl Jung and is a normal part of the maturing process. Most people will experience some form of emotional transition during that time of life. A transition that might cause you to take stock in where you are in life and make some needed adjustments to the way you live your life. Most seem to come through the process smoothly without making major life changes.
For some, a midlife crisis is more complicated. It can be an uncomfortable time emotionally which can lead to depression and the need for psychotherapy. Those who have a hard time with this transitional stage might experience a range of feelings such as:
Unhappiness with life and the lifestyle that may have provided them with happiness for many years. Boredom with people and things that may have been of interest to them before. Feeling a need for adventure and change. Questioning the choices, they have made in their lives and the validity of decisions they made years before. Confusion about who they are and where they are going. Anger at their spouse and blame for feeling tied down. Unable to make decisions about where they want to go with their life. Doubt that they ever loved their spouse and resentment over the marriage. A desire for a new and passionate, intimate relationship.
All those stuff were in bullet format but became like that when I cut and paste it into my posting, well sorry and thank u divorcesupport.about.com for the intriguing answer above! The moment my eyes caught sight of 40-60 I immediately felt a sense of relief and peace. 40-60!!! thats 7 yrs away.
Then I thought it might have something to do with me adjusting to my new job, so I spent the next few days talking to all the colleagues in my department to find out the 'root' of my resentment to the job I am performing or my dissatisfaction. To my surprise, I felt better after that! Not 100% better tho, but a little better. Also to those who gave me tips and advice on my facebook microblog shoutout, some of the actually helped! talk about group therapy! lol!
Today after feeling much better, my facebook shoutout reads " U know what guys, you're right! wallowing in self pity is a waste of perfectly good and productive time. It's time to get up and do something about it. Life is just too short to be a pathetic wanker! Better be a good for something wanker than a good for nothing one."
How's that sound? A good for something wanker! Now what about that huh?
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
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