The midlife crisis is not universal: Study of thousands of people in rural communities shows that many do not experience a slump in well-being during their forties and fifties.

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• namarupa@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s because their well-being is not superficially tied to the western fetishization of youth and material wealth.

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• ynazuma@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll take an industrialized society over an agrarian almost hunter-gatherer society anyday, even with a mid-life crisis

  Romanticizing a society without antibiotics and modern healthcare, with a life expectancy of 40 is the height of stupidity

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1. Their life expectancy is around 70.
    2. Who’s romanticizing? The study says that mid life crisis isn’t a biological imperative. Therefore, there is a way to avoid it.
    3. False dichotomy. It’s not an either-or scenario. We can build more options. Several, actually.

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    • ynazuma@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• Fourth@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What if your life is constantly slumping in well-being?

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• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well fuck. Guess I’m one of the “lucky” ones.

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