On reaching his forties every man should revise his attitude to himself and his world whether he is affected by M-M or not. This is the recommendation given by a considerable number of therapists. Know yourself, they say. Know your faults (but don’t be weighed down by them). Know your good points too.
It is now, at this crucial age, that it becomes imperative to sort out who you are in terms of how you see yourself and what you want from life. Only by doing this can you move ahead successfully.
In this context revising your attitude to yourself does not mean being exclusively critical or sitting back with gloom as you compare yourself with the earlier man aged twenty-five and concluding that not only are you fatter and older but you are also tied with considerable responsibilities like mortgage, family and aging parents. Nor does it mean looking for the signs of becoming middle-aged. So you have put on an extra roll of flesh around the middle, fine. And added more wrinkles, yes. Most men have at this age. But now be honest with yourself. What should you expect from the next phase of your life? Is there any valid reason why that well-worn adage life begins at forty should not apply to you too?
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