I actually had to look it up, and at random, a site had a list of 35 signs:
- Looking into the mirror and you no longer recognize yourself. (It's more troubling that I still do and I think, is what am I seeing actually me? )
- Desiring to quit a good job. (desiring to just quit altogether and write).
- Unexplained bouts of depression when doing tasks that used to make you happy. NA
- Changing or investigating new religions, churches or new age philosophy. (still say my Hail Marys every night).
- Change of habits. Activities which used to bring pleasure now are boring. Unable to complete or concentrate on tasks which used to be easy. (like blogging and reading)
- It feels good to get hurt. (don't understand what this means)
- Wanting to run away from everything. NA
- A desire to get into physical shape. (the desire has never left and I am in shape)
- Irritability or unexpected anger. (I'm actually calmer which must be my blood pressure medication).
- Change in allergies (hay fever has gotten worse)
- Desire for physical -Free Flowing- movement (Running, Biking, Dance, Fast red sports cars, Sky diving, etc). (the most cliched of all- NO)
- Exploring new musical tastes. (suddenly liking Taylor fucking Swift? lol NO)
- Sudden desire to learn how to play an instrument. (OMG NO lol).
- Sudden interest in drawing, painting, writing books or poetry.( it's more of bringing it back)
- Shifting sleep patterns (Typically to less). (sleep like a baby though I'd like more, like get to bed at 9)
- Thinking about death, wondering about the nature of death. (my dad's death had given me a pragmatic view of it. Sure, you should take of health, but don't be too obsessive- if it happens, it happens).
- Changes to the balance of vitamins you take. Or taking dietary supplements for the purposes of extending life. (been taking supplements since I was 30 and have fairly been consistent).
- Extreme changes to what you eat. (I wish I could do paleo 24x7 but they don't deliver where I currently live).
- Excessively buying new clothes and taking more time to look good. (old news)
- Hair changes. (Natural changes in thickness, luster, color or Assisted changes in dying hair suddenly or shaving your head bald) NA
- A desire to surround yourself with different settings. (traveling is nice, but it's over-rated)
- Hanging out with a different generation as their energy and ideas stimulate you (not deliberately. But younger people have less baggage)
- Restarting things, which you dropped 20 years earlier. (can't even remember what I did 20 years ago).
- Upset at where society is going. Experience a desire to change the world for the better. (upset that Donald Trump is running for president; upset that Duterte can't seem to make an effort to be slightly diplomatic; upset that it's getting less colder every year).
- Feeling trapped or tied down by fiscal responsibilities. NA
- Leaving (Mentally or Physically) family or feeling trapped in current family relationships. NA
- A desire to teach others or become a healer. (ugh NOPE).
- Desiring a simple life. (isn't this what we should all aspire for?)
- Excessively looking back to one’s childhood. (never do)
- Playing again just to play! (I don't even know what this means)
- Keep re-asking yourself: “Where am I going with my life?” (I ask more practical questions like; how do I make more money, or how do I store all the winter knits and woollens I bought this winter?)
- Getting fixated on new “wonder” solutions to problems. (Guilty of this. Been buying lotto tickets almost every week and thinking that I when finally get to win some fuck money, I can really say fuck all and fuck mid-life crisis).
- Recently experiencing something extremely stressful. (Donald Trump winning the Democratic nomination).
- Doing things that get you into trouble when it surprises everyone as being out of character. (doing things out of characters is a waste of time and energy. This is possibly mid-life crisis, not schizophrenia).
- Someone unexpectedly exclaims: “You are going through a midlife crisis!” (Leila iMessaged the other day saying she misses having friends to talk to and it's the same for me. I really don't have a social circle- hard to believe but it's true- where someone can point this out). But then maybe it's not.