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Do you believe in the quarter life crisis?

Asked by airowDee (1791points) September 25th, 2009

Do you believe in the quarter life crisis:

I honestly believe that I have been having an existential crisis for a long time. It turns out I didn’t know why i went to university to study psychology or political science in the first place. After graduation, I was too lazy /depressed/preoccupied with very personal issues to work. And even now, I cannot find any meaningful work that remotely interests my life or is related to anything i’ve learned in school.

I decided that i hate the real world, I am poor and the future is very uncertain and hopeless. Will i die alone and live on the street with alot of cats and carry a garbage bags full of bibles or qurans and speak to myself endlessly on the subway.

so i am returning to school and i realize how hard it is to get a reference letter from a professor for recommendation to grad school. Maybe i should stay in school forever, i want to feel like a student, it makes me feel productive , to be learning, otherwise i do not find much meanings in everyday life, everything mostly is just cliché, repetitive, and garbage.

Accordingly, these are the characteristics of quarter-life crisis

* feeling “not good enough” because one can’t find a job that is at one’s academic/intellectual level
* frustration with relationships, the working world, and finding a suitable job or career
* confusion of identity
* insecurity regarding the near future
* insecurity concerning long-term plans, life goals
* insecurity regarding present accomplishments
* re-evaluation of close interpersonal relationships
* disappointment with one’s job
* nostalgia for university, college, high school or elementary school life
* tendency to hold stronger opinions
* boredom with social interactions
* loss of closeness to high school and college friends
* financially-rooted stress (overwhelming college loans, unanticipated high cost of living, etc.)
* loneliness
* desire to have children
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you

I can say i have most of these characteristics, Do you know what i am talking about? Are you having a quarter life crisis? Or any crisis at any age?

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