Did a 20-year-old in the past have the same fear/insecurity/hope/dream as a 20-year-old today (details inside)

I just don’t know how to properly word this.

I know that people in the past were subjected to different circumstances than people today. But fundamentally, we are all human and we have similar need/value/hope/fear, regardless of our time period. It’s just that our circumstances dictate how we process that. For example, everyone wants to feel fulfilled in their career, but someone in the 1950s may see that as having a stable corporate job and being loyal to their boss, and someone today may see it as having a business and being their own boss.

Or at least that’s what I think. So I’m wondering if it’s possible for a young adult living long, long ago in the past (say in the 19th century) to experience the same value/hope/fear/etc as a young adult in the 21st century.

I know that the concept and expectation of growing up in the past were much different than today. There was even a period of time when adolescence wasn’t a thing, just childhood and adulthood. But could it be possible that a person in the past actually experienced adolescence and didn’t know it? Or could a young adult in the past experience quarter-life crisis and didn’t know it?