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Discussion Apes Have Midlife Crises, Too—And It May Help Them
OP: November 19, 2012, 03:51:50 PM
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Re: Apes Have Midlife Crises, Too—And It May Help Them
#1: November 19, 2012, 05:23:04 PM
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Apes have a MLC too!!!
#2: November 20, 2012, 04:49:30 AM
Apparently apes have a MLC, according to reserachers. This means their happiness dips around midlife, leading to the desire for gaining more resources and mating with more femails.

I just thought it was interesting...

Please see:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20359229
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Re: Apes have a MLC too!!!
#3: November 20, 2012, 05:07:48 AM
Haha, I just posted this on my thread, too... saw it on the news this morning... ;)
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Re: Apes have a MLC too!!!
#4: November 20, 2012, 05:09:16 AM
A very interesting concept. Thanks for posting Mermaid.

He concluded that "the mid-life crisis is real and it exists in... our closest biological relatives, suggesting that it is probably explained by biology and physiology".


Explained by biology and physiology ...  so there is a biological /physiological reason, which suggests a treatment is possible too?

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Re: Apes Have Midlife Crises, Too—And It May Help Them
#5: November 20, 2012, 06:28:20 AM
I saw this today as well, and got excited at first by the sentence "MLC is real...."; however they were calling all changes made at mid-life good. (Of course many can be....).  They also said that a human male's MLC consisted of buying a sports car, and a human female's was getting a makeover. 

But the fact that they talked about hormones and other physical changes triggering the unhappiness is positive. 
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Re: Apes Have Midlife Crises, Too—And It May Help Them
#6: November 20, 2012, 06:34:07 AM
Quote from: Trustandlove on November 20, 2012, 06:28:20 AM
They also said that a human male's MLC consisted of buying a sports car, and a human female's was getting a makeover. 
I would like to see an APE buy a sportscar  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: Apes Have Midlife Crises, Too—And It May Help Them
#7: November 20, 2012, 06:36:43 AM
Quote from: OldPilot on November 20, 2012, 06:34:07 AM
Quote from: Trustandlove on November 20, 2012, 06:28:20 AM
They also said that a human male's MLC consisted of buying a sports car, and a human female's was getting a makeover. 
I would like to see an APE buy a sportscar  ;D  ;D  ;D

Frankly OP that would surprise me less than some of the stuff the alien inhabiting my H's body is up to these days!  ;D
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Re: Apes Have Midlife Crises, Too—And It May Help Them
#8: November 20, 2012, 06:50:53 AM
Quote from: OldPilot on November 20, 2012, 06:34:07 AM
Quote from: Trustandlove on November 20, 2012, 06:28:20 AM
They also said that a human male's MLC consisted of buying a sports car, and a human female's was getting a makeover. 
I would like to see an APE buy a sportscar  ;D  ;D  ;D
An ape does not buy himself a sportscar, he buys himself a jeep. Wait a minute did I type that out loud?
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Re: Apes have a MLC too!!!
#9: November 20, 2012, 01:14:29 PM
Quote from: Musica on November 20, 2012, 05:09:16 AM
Explained by biology and physiology ...  so there is a biological /physiological reason, which suggests a treatment is possible too?

I vote for yes, with a biological/psycological reason treatment is an option. It does not meant it will make it go away but would mitigate it.

I read the article Tsunami posted but I would be more inclined to MLT than MLC. We all go through MLT but only a few get to crisis mode.
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