It's not just age that brings on that midlife crisis

When do people reach midlife? It’s a simple question, but a difficult one to answer. Adolescents may see midlife beginning at 30. Adults in their 40s may view 50 or 60 as when midlife begins.

Although experts have said that midlife is usually somewhere between 35 and 65; age is only part of the equation. More important are the feelings people have of moving between youth and their senior years, and what they do with those emotions.

Midlife period isn’t necessarily just calendar-based. Often, it’s more seeing that they no longer look or feel as youthful and energetic as they once did. That real...