Personal life crises

There are two critical periods in life when the body's internal balance is in danger (thus making us vulnerable to physical and emotional illness). The first period comes during middle age (45-59) and the second in old age (74-89).

1. Stress in human beings
2. Deteriorating quality of life

1. Romantic separation
2. Psychological impediments to marriage
3. Menopause
4. Male mid-life crisis
5. Female mid-life crisis
6. Emotional crises
7. Divorce
8. Disruptive effect of household moving
9. Birth trauma
10. Bereavement
11. Adverse childhood experiences

1. Value erosion
2. Scepticism
3. Negative environment
4. Mental illness
5. Loneliness
6. Illness requiring hormone replacement therapy
7. Frustration
8. Emotional strain
9. Emotional insecurity
10. Alienation
11. Disruption of internal balance of the human body

1. Emotional immaturity
2. Absence of rites of passage

1. Relieving stressful life experiences
2. Precipitating personal life crises
3. Managing personal life crises
4. Managing crises
5. Counselling upheavals in private life
6. Affirming life events

1. Upheaval
2. Stress
3. Negativity
4. Life
5. Disruption
6. Crisis
7. Changeableness