Depression at 44 ?

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Depression at 44 ?

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Highest Risk of Depression Is At 44
31/01/2008
Recent research into the levels of happiness experienced in people from young age to old age has revealed an interesting statistic: that it is in the 40's that people are the least happy and prone to depression and that it is at the age of 44 that people are most susceptible.

Past research showed that the tendency toward depression and unhappiness was a constant throughout life, however the research conducted by the University of Warwick and Dartmouth College in the US involving data of 2 million people from over 80 countries, reveals that it is not the case.

Their data analysis showed that people were happier early in their life and later in life, with the mid years being the unhappiest.

Professor Andrew Oswald, researcher and economist from the University of Warwick said "It happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poor, and to those with and without children."

To offer an explanation for this tendency he said "One possibility is that individuals learn to adapt to their strengths and weaknesses, and in mid-life quell their infeasible aspirations," and "Another possibility is that a kind of comparison process is at work in which people have seen similar-aged peers die and value more their own remaining years. Perhaps people somehow learn to count their blessings."

The chief executive of Sane, the mental health charity, Marjorie Wallace said: "This study raises intriguing questions about the processes that lead to depression in mid-life, as well as indicating what a common experience it is worldwide."
Planetary cycles inevitably connect with this period of life. For eg. Transiting Uranus opposes natal Uranus around about age 40, as Transiting Neptune starts to square its own place in the natal chart. Uranus - a 'breaking out/breaking away/breaking down' old forms of one's sense of who one is enabling a discovery of 'a new self' or of re-defining who one thought that 'self' was, then eventually meets with Neptune (squaring its natal position). Neptune is about (in part)- merging the 'individual' with the 'collective', and in this square aspect to its natal position, can dissolve this (newly acquired) sense of 'separateness'. and 'uniqueness', or...it can result in that 'uniqueness' merging with and finding its place within a current 'culture'/phenomenon/need.

Obviously, this is a generality and depends on not only the signs in which Uranus and Neptune are placed at birth (the 'generational' experiences), but also, as always, the Houses in which they are placed, and rule, and the Aspects they make/are made to them, from other planets. And, not to mention of course, where the individual was born, and lives/lived in this World of ours... Africa, Bosnia, Vietnam, Europe, U.S.A....and so on.

Any comments or experiences would be appreciated.
"Don't let the illusions of your past or future rob you of the infiniteness of your present." [Unknown]
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