Drinking too much? Feeling worthless? Obsessively shopping? You could be having a FEMALE midlife crisis
By Lorna Martin
Last updated at 11:10 PM on 11th April 2010
A friend was recently made redundant from her high-flying job as a magazine editor.
Now 39, this is the first time since she left school at 17 that she has not had a job. Unsurprisingly, it has hit her hard. Once confident and outgoing, she now struggles to get out of bed in the morning.
She used to live to work. It gave her a nice lifestyle, a good social circle, a sense of belonging to something and the means with which to buy an ever-changing wardrobe of designer clothes. Now, she feels she has nothing to live for.
Female midlife crisis: Women are increasingly reaching an age when they don't know who they are anymore