Researchers say the mid-life crisis is real! The Context A study involving 2-million people in 72 countries around the world suggests that both men and women are less happy in their forties than at any other time in their lives. It reveals a global pattern of miserable middle age - a pattern that seems to apply regardless of demographics. Researchers found that people everywhere follow a U-shaped curve of psychological well being. The happiness dip in our forties, they believe, is intrinsic to human nature and temporary. The average, fit 70-year-old, is likely to be as happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year-old.

[ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:26:00 GMT ]

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