Every women between the ages of 25 and 55.

My father.

For men a mid life crisis is more of an awakening. He has pressures from family, society, and from himself to perform certain duties and to live his life a certain way. It has been said, "a man is just a boy in a grownup's body." This is generally accurate. To view a man in this light will help anyone to understand any major or mini crisis in his life. Keep in mind, as a man just like when he was a young boy, he has an ever growing list of things he wishes to accomplish in his life time. There comes a time in his life when the people his age are passing away usually in mid forties to fifties. He begins to unconsciously evaluate his life based on what he has accomplished compared to what he has not. For some this is a time of fear, and realization. He begins to fear death and what he has missed out on in his life, and this sets in motion a triggered response to that fear. He begins to live his life on the edge, daring to experience things he has missed out on over the years. Take for example the recently deceased world famous rapper "Heavy D", he died suddenly on November 8th, 2011 at the age of 44. He was found at the door step of his Beverly Hills mansion. In other words, one moment he is alive and well, and not a care in the world. Suddenly, without warning, he died on his way to the front door of his home. He didn't even make it inside his home, he collapsed on the doorstep. As a man who is 47 years old I read that article and sets in motion the of thoughts of my own mortality. I begin to think, "when is my time, and what have I accomplished so far in my life, and what have I yet to accomplish?" The best way I have found to avoid this midlife crisis, is to live each day to it's fullest, to experience life on all levels, to challenge myself on a daily basis and to never stop learning and growing as a man, as a person, as a father, a husband, and as a friend. I look at my life as if I am an eternal being having a human experience. As a way of life even before I was 18 years old, I made a conscious decision to drink generously from the glass of life and get the most from each day, each experience, and each relationship, and to live life on my terms, without regrets. Will I avoid a mid-life crisis? Who knows but so far so good; however my memory is fading fast so maybe I forgot. What was the topic again? LOL...

Every age group has its crisis...usually based on dissatisfaction with how our lives really are compared with how we believe they "should" be, and regrets about choices we made in the past.

Just open any magazine and you'll see dozens of male and female film stars having midlife crises.