Quarter life crisis symptoms or midlife crisis in 20s or early life crisis symptoms appear in young adulthood. You might feel:
Stuck?
Frustrated with relationships?
Anxious or depressed or lonely?
Confused about your identity or sense of self?
Bored with social interactions?
Insecure about your near future?
Questioning your close interpersonal relationships?
Disappointed with your job or career choice?
Feel like everyone is doing better than you?
Fantasizing about the past (high school, college, good times)?
Quarter Life Crisis Symptoms
Confused about who you are? Your Identity? Your place in Life? Your role in relationships? Are you yearning for the excitement of adolescence and/or college life again? Your emotions are dulling!
Are you questioning your chosen path in life? Are your accomplishments all that important? Is your job boring? Are you disappointed with your career? Will you have the energy to change? How will you ever succeed financially? House? Student loans?
Are you fearful of your blossoming conservativeness? Becoming more judgmental? Are name brands less satisfying? Less important? Do you find yourself being opinionated? Are you feeling jaded?
Are your friends boring? Are you questioning the relationships you are in?
You are not as open about your private life. In fact, you are more shy about sharing anything. You miss the comforts of college life and socializing with dynamic people on a constant basis. Or worse, you realize that maybe the ‘socializing’ isn’t as appealing. But then, what is? You are starting to realize that you can no longer ignore the selfish and mean-spirited qualities of others. And, maybe, they are noticing yours as well.
You begin to notice that partying isn’t so appealing. Alcohol and drugs don’t feel so good anymore. Maybe even dirty! And then there is sex. Random sex no longer satiates the desire. You become aware that the desire is actually loneliness. You now desire the hunt and loath the catch!
School has turned into work. There are lots of new interpersonal skills to learn. No one is offering to grade your work. No one is offering to teach you. You are becoming aware of Office Politics and beginning to understand that that is the path to success. How unfair! More skills to learn and without the pizzazz you once had. Your bottomless pit of energy has run out!
Bottom line:
What am I doing?
Why am I doing it?
Why don’t I care?
Is this all there is?
These worries and emotions are common in young adulthood and quarter life crisis symptoms. Welcome to the ”Real World.” You may be beginning to realize that you can survive in the world. You begin to realize the path of life has split into many roads and no one is there to tell you which one to take and you need help with quarter life crisis.
Then you speak with your friends about your despair. They admit they are going through the same thing. Is everyone just as jaded as you? Is this just another struggle one needs to go through to reach the next life stage?
Know that having a ‘Quarter Life Crisis’ is not that uncommon. These worries and emotions are common in young adulthood and signs of a quarter life crisis. Often times these worries move from stress into clinical depression, anxiety disorders, and relationship problems. More and more young adults are seeking therapy to sort these issues out.
