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Why retirement can trigger identity crisis

I retired three months ago and I thought I'd be happy but instead I wake up every day with nothing important to do and I don't know who I am without work.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional identity has become so central that its absence reveals an underdeveloped sense of self.

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