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“I missed my life”: this dizzying feeling of being missed

2022-04-22T12:32:49.761Z


DECRYPTION - The observation seems terrible but at 40 or 50 years old, they assure it: they have missed their life; did not check their boxes. What does the feeling say about us? Is failure really a dead end? Insight from psychologists.


“I missed my life.”

The sentence clicks in the air.

The words resonate long after the voice of Maryline, 41, has fallen silent;

his hazel eyes mist up.

This terrible observation, she draws it up by realizing "not having checked the boxes of (his) life plan".

On his list?

Nothing but very traditional: attaining a good professional situation, owning your home, having children and a companion.

"Apart from my studio whose loan I would have finished repaying this year, it's a bitter failure," she continues.

And to add: “the only guy with whom I have appointments regularly is the shrink who follows me for my depression”.

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Everyone sees their childhood lulled by the promise of accomplishing great things, of building an extraordinary life, of living their dreams rather than dreaming their life.

Only caught up in reality, our lives suddenly seem banal.

What does this feeling say about us?

Of all these goals that we set for ourselves?

“Tell yourself…

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