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Middle-Aged Misery Spans Globe, Study Says

Posted in Psychology on 01/29/2008 05:23 pm by admin

If you think turning 40 is bad, just wait until you turn 44. Researchers say that’s the age when people feel most depressed.

Using data on two million people from 80 countries, researchers found an extraordinarily consistent pattern in depression and happiness levels that leaves us most miserable in middle age.

Using a sample of one million people from the U.K., researchers discovered that for both men and women the probability of depression peaks around 44 years of age.

The only country which recorded a significant gender difference was in the U.S., where unhappiness reached a peak at around 40 for women and 50 for men. (full story on Fox News)

 

Senior year and graduation=burnout?

Posted in Psychology on 10/05/2007 10:47 am by admin
senior depression
D. asked:

Okay so I’ve been stressed and that lead to depression my senior year. I’m still feeling it even though I just graduated. It all started last aug. I don’t feel like the same person I use to be. I feel angrier more than usual. I don’t know what it is part of me feels empty inside like something is missing. I am kinda scared going off to college and moving out yet excited. I just feel lost half the time though. I hear that some people go through the same thing after graduation. I don’t know what kind of answer I’m looking for but is there some advice to ease my frustration over my stress. I guess i had it my senior year and i avoided trying to take care of the stress but now it’s summer and I have to deal w/ it and i just feel like a burnout. On top of that there’s someone i really care about who has no idea they gave me a broken heart. We broke up mutually but i honestly still care a lot for them.Mixing all these emotion isn’t good. What should i do face it on my own or see a counsleor?


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