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How Men Think

T.J. Says Goodbye To What Researchers Call The Unhappiest Year of Our Lives

How Men Think

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Relationships, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Happy 48th Birthday to T.J.! And good news for him and everyone else rounding out their 40s, you’re on your way to what researchers call our happiest year ever.  Of course, as Amy and T.J. discuss, that upswing happens only after bottoming out at the unhappiest age of our lives.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:05.7

Hey there, folks.

0:06.9

It is Tuesday, August 19th, and today is my 48th birthday.

0:13.9

And I am told, according to research, that I just wrapped up the worst year of my life.

0:22.0

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

0:25.4

Does it feel like to you over the past year that I've had a bad year?

0:28.5

I've been in a bad mood that this is a low point for me the past year.

0:33.0

I don't know.

0:34.2

I think we've had some struggles, and I think we've come out of them pretty swimmingly. But it's not a we thing. Me. It's a you thing. I think you've had a, I think you've had a year that's had some ups and downs. Okay, that's every year. No, no, no. We're talking about something specific here. We will give you all the exact number, the exact number when they say we are all at our

0:56.8

absolute lowest at adults.

0:59.2

But no, they were saying, Robs, that as an adult, in terms of my happiness, my happiness,

1:05.1

did you see me bottoming out in happiness this past year?

1:09.0

No, I saw you bottoming out truly as a friend, I think probably in your early 40s,

1:17.1

like maybe more like 44, 45, 43.

1:23.0

Like that was where I saw you bottoming out.

1:25.8

So I actually think you're on the upswing.

1:28.4

So mine started earlier.

1:30.6

Yes.

1:31.2

You're advanced as you are in most things.

1:33.5

No, this is a different one.

1:34.9

But yes, it's interesting to see, Robes, that we, there are a lot of people out there

1:40.0

at whatever stage they are in life.

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