MALE MENOPAUSE: HOW TO SURVIVE – WORK REVERSAL OR THE CAREER NOSEDIVE 2

But what can be done when worklife becomes intolerable and a daily drudge and when, after a number of years as the bright-eyed executive ripe for promotion, others younger or less qualified seem to be getting ahead, and what was once a career in ascendence now appears to be a career taking a nosedive? Or, when you feel trapped by your dependence on your work (for money responsibilities) and all you can see are the prison-wall limitations your work represents? In this situation every man feels resentful. He feels embittered and as he is under stress, he is prone to increased anxiety and, perhaps, a heart attack.

The regrettable fact of life is that around forty, whatever your field, opportunities are less rather than more. A man may have considerable expertise and talent to offer but at forty-plus he will find he is over-qualified for some jobs and too old for others where training or study is required.

If you are among the fortunate who can readily change jobs, the solution offers you no problem but for any man without firm prospect of a new job ahead the answer remains problematic. Dropping out or quitting without first finding new work is both foolish and risky and no one should move without taking full, mature reflection and consideration.

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