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Originally posted by Sassalicious:
Other than that, I can't be of much help to you aside from saying that I'm having an early 20s crisis, which sounds totally lame to me.

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Originally posted by Sassalicious:
Other than that, I can't be of much help to you aside from saying that I'm having an early 20s crisis, which sounds totally lame to me.

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I had the same, it's called a quarter-life crisis (I'm not joking about the name), but it's not as common as having a midlife crisis and, yes, probably even a bit lamer. Apparently the most affected demographic is that of 20-somethings that have just or are about to finish their tertiary education, usually the ones for whom university or college was such a great experience that the rest of their upcoming life seems kind of bleak in comparison. It's going to pass, although in my case it only went away when I started studying something completely different 2 years after I finished the first degree.

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Other people can occasionally be useful, especially as minions. I want lots of minions.

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No one deserves to be subjected to PirateNews induced dreams.

F***cker finally took his first potshot at me today. And my thought was "oh you sad little man".

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
River

I haven't experienced a Mid-life crisis. I have been too busy cleaning up the crap my not-yet-ex's created in mine and the boys lives.

I wonder though, if you are not experiencing burn out from the stress. It sounds like repressed anger or frustration. Maybe if you look at it from that angle, you can identify where it is coming from. At least if you understand it, you might beable to mitigate it until after the big presentation.

Once that is behind you, I would suggest a sabatical to clear your head of those things that you didn't work out before and are haunting you now.

And no peeps, FMF has never gone to therapy, but everyone around her has. Also, I am cursed with extreme selfawareness and a keen sense of what my issues are and from whence they stem. Don't need no ruttin shrink to tell me I am a mess I just cry all the time and have health issues

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Originally posted by Grizwald:
River, you bet - don't know if it's hormonal or societal or what, but I sure believe women can and do have midlife crises. If you're nearing menopause, it could definitely be the hormones playing merry hob with your system.

Had a physical lately? I'd start there. (I'm thinking of doing the same - I'm 44.) Ask for a complete hormone panel. It'd be wonderful if it were a simple hormone imbalance and you could get it fixed long enough to make your triumphant exit from the rat race.

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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Happy Bithday River!

I just spent the last half hour cleaning birthday cake off my screen. Apparently I can't just pass it throught the screen to you. I should taken the hint when the balloons kept breaking. Oh well, it's the thought that counts.



Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Originally posted by Tayeatra:
Happy Birthday RiveR6213.

I don't know about midlife crisis but I've been lunging from one patch of depressed/weird behaviour to another since I was 15. Sometimes I wonder if I just overanalyse too much but on reflection I realise that I don't cope with changes very well so I bottle things up and just stress out.

I know it sounds lame but sometimes if I've felt down for a while I try changing my diet for a week or two and altering my general routine. Cleaning up my surroundings sometimes makes me feel better if I know I have to work. It's just easier to concentrate.

If you're stuck on the presentation thing then start with something small and seemingly irrelevant like 'what you'll wear'. Think whether you need to look good standing, whether you'll move about, gesticulate etc... then why you'll move about. Are you 'pointing to charts', 'showing promo posters'? Work up and sort of plan backwards. It might work for you or it might not but it's a thought.

*hugs RiveR6213*
Hope you feel a little better. Keep us posted!

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