A book by Abby Wilner and Alexandra Robbins - "Quarterlife Crisis, the Unique Challenges of Life in your Twenties "
The "Quarterlife crisis" is a term applied to the period of life immediately following the major changes of adolescence, usually ranging from the early twenties to the early thirties.
Characteristics of quarter-life crisis may include:
* realizing that the pursuits of one's peers are useless
* confronting their own mortality
* watching time slowly take its toll on their parents, only to realize they are next
* insecurity regarding the fact that their actions are meaningless
* insecurity concerning ability to love themselves, let alone another person
* insecurity regarding present accomplishments
* re-evaluation of close interpersonal relationships
* lack of friendships or romantic relationships, sexual frustration, and involuntary celibacy
* 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, unanticipatedly high cost of living, etc.)
* loneliness, depression and suicide
* desire to have children
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you
* frustration with social skills
Have you got any of those issues listed by the author?
If you have, don't worry. You are perfectly normal.
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