According to Jung, 40 is when we start to process our upbringings and individiate.

Millennials were fed old midlife tropes through pop culture

Millenials have unique life experiences that require a new kind of crisis.

It's official: Millennials are entering our midlife crisis era. But in true millennial fashion, we’re doing it our own way. We're not buying sports cars or cheating; we’re joining car shares and exploring polyamory.

Compared to previous generations, millennials have less time and resources, and more anxiety and malaise. We grew up on and alongside the internet (boy has that guy changed!). We’re a generation shaped by economic uncertainty and environmental catastrophe. We’re eager to redefine work and family. The changes to these defining life elements mean the old midlife crisis model just doesn’t work for us.

As a teen, in the nineties and early aughts, pop........

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