Defining midlife crisis

Midlife crisis is a term used to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in their “middle years” or middle age of life, as a result of sensing the passing of their own youth and the imminence of their old age. This is the time in life when people do outrageous, impractical things like quit a job unwisely, if one is rich they buy  flashy sports cars and hang out with people much younger than they are, or dump their  spouses. For years, midlife crisis conjured those images. But these days, the old midlife crisis is more likely to be called a midlife transition and it’s not all bad.