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The fear of aging is, at its core, a confrontation with what lies beneath our superficial markers of success. The transition from youth—where we build identity—to aging, where we discover deeper truths, is crucial. Many resist this transformation, often grappling with a midlife crisis that arises when the ambitions that once defined our identities lose their allure.
This crisis is not a failure. Jung perceived it as an initiation—a summons to delve deeper into oneself, peeling back the layers of an identity that has been meticulously constructed over time.