When emotions take over to the extent that it start affecting your routines and health.
Alcohol.
Shock, anger, scared, anxious. I think it depends on the person.
seak professional help
"What crisis make you late today, Larry?" asked Susan as Larry guested through the wooden doors, gasping for air.
The five standard emotional responses to a life crisis are: 1) Denial 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance These may not occur in order or may happen multiple times.
Avoid being alone and keep active/indulge in hobbies etc.
Instability in one's life is normal for someone going through a midlife crisis. So emotional instability is to be expected. Yet the crisis is necessary, since it's the first step in midlife transition. Without the instability caused by the crisis, the changes necessary for midlife transition would never take place.
Catherine S. Friedman has written: 'A study of emotional crisis reactions in general hospital patients'
Crisis intervention counseling seeks to find out what is an immediate impetus to an emotional crisis, and work with the client to find the best possible and least restrictive solution to the problem. Long term therapy seeks to get to the root of the problem and empower the client to change from the inside out.
Midlife crisis is a psychological event which occurs in the mind at midlife. There is a noticable drop in mental and emotional energy. What use to work before no longer does. This event was studied by the psychologist Carl Jung, who referred to it as the dark night of the soul and the darkness of midlife.
Freud did not specifically discuss midlife crisis in his work. However, his theory of psychosexual development suggests that unresolved issues from earlier stages of life could resurface during middle age, contributing to emotional struggles. Freud may have viewed midlife crisis as an opportunity for individuals to confront and work through these underlying psychological conflicts.
John Thomas Stewart has written: 'Emotional first aid manual' -- subject(s): Crisis Intervention, Crisis intervention (Mental health services), Handbooks, Handbooks, manuals, Mental Disorders, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Psychiatric emergencies