Quarter-life crisis

[jayemcee]

I'm turning 27 next month and I Think I'm experiencing this kind of emotional crisis, which affects young people ages 21-30. According to Wikipedia, characteristics of quarter-life crisis may include:

* 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, unanticipatedly high cost of living, etc.)
* loneliness
* desire to have children
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you

Anyone from PEx who experience the same thing?

[jill_0624]

me...

* 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
* 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
* desire to have children

[liyan]

lahat naman yata dumadaan jan or meron at least one or two jan sa mga characteristics na nakalist..
haha ako ren meron nyan.. hindi ko nalang masyado iniisip para masaya..

..pero minsan wala kang magagawa maiisip mo talaga tas nakakadepress lang.

[giovannni]

You only have one life. Choose to be happy NOW before it's too late. Don't paint yourself as having problems or label yourself with 'quarter life' crisis or other lame BS. There's only person responsible for your happiness---YOU.

[kulayorange]

sobrang SWAK.

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
* 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,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
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you

yup im definitely having this phase right now and i am only 25.
mdaming nagsasabi na bata pa daw ako pero alam ko na itulog ko lang ito at paggising ko.. boom! im 30+ and have a ho-hum job with a ho-hum romance.

i probably wont feel as bad right now if not meeting this 23 year old executive at work. for crying out loud, he had a bigger paycheck than me and we have 2 year difference. yung mga ganung factor lang sa buhay. aside from that, i seem to be doing something wrong in the love department. so yeah, like that makes it any easier.

[Newbie_101]

man this is spot on I really am undergoing quarter life crisis I feel like I'm nowhere in terms of career and everyone around me is better off, I wish there was like a magic cure to take this feeling away

[decent]

sobrang SWAK.

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
* 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,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
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you

yup im definitely having this phase right now and i am only 25.
mdaming nagsasabi na bata pa daw ako pero alam ko na itulog ko lang ito at paggising ko.. boom! im 30+ and have a ho-hum job with a ho-hum romance.

i probably wont feel as bad right now if not meeting this 23 year old executive at work. for crying out loud, he had a bigger paycheck than me and we have 2 year difference. yung mga ganung factor lang sa buhay. aside from that, i seem to be doing something wrong in the love department. so yeah, like that makes it any easier.

at least my love life ka at my job.. ok lang yan sa love life mo basta hindi malaki yung gap.. at sa job naman ayus lang yan basta swak na swak sa expenses mo..

[decent]

man this is spot on I really am undergoing quarter life crisis I feel like I'm nowhere in terms of career and everyone around me is better off, I wish there was like a magic cure to take this feeling away

try to set a simple goal and don't forget to smile at everyone.

[rendaku]

You only have one life. Choose to be happy NOW before it's too late. Don't paint yourself as having problems or label yourself with 'quarter life' crisis or other lame BS. There's only person responsible for your happiness---YOU.

True. And the more you accept these BS as facts of life at that age, the more they happen and become true to you.

[enchante]

when i was younger, i thought being at my twenty's would be the most liberating, exciting part of my life--having a career, a more stable lovelife, the independence and all.. but at 23, it seemed to have taken a 360-degree turn as it has gone the other way around.

to put in plain words, hindi ako masaya.. i find no fulfillment in what im doing, theres nothing to look forward to, life is simply getting boring and boring, and expectations of people makes it even more impossible for me actually enjoy life... who's with me on this?

[Jandreks]

Yeah, I'm also into this.. We just have to live with it with smile. Try not to be stressed with it.

[kulayorange]

at least my love life ka at my job.. ok lang yan sa love life mo basta hindi malaki yung gap.. at sa job naman ayus lang yan basta swak na swak sa expenses mo..

yun nga e. i dont have either.
i had both few months ago...
then...
s*** happened.

and here i am.

[cassidy^^]

I'm turning 27 next month and I Think I'm experiencing this kind of emotional crisis, which affects young people ages 21-30. According to Wikipedia, characteristics of quarter-life crisis may include:

* 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, unanticipatedly high cost of living, etc.)
* loneliness
* desire to have children
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you

Anyone from PEx who experience the same thing?

Sa tingin ko "confusion of identity" pretty much sums up everything. like me, i'm already 23 but i'm still confused as to who i am and what i really want (parang teenager diba? hehe kakahiya). Everything else follows na, all the insecurities and frustrations: sa job, sa relationships, most especially sa future. Minsan nga nakatunganga lang ako, tapos bigla ko lang maiisip "Where do i go from here?" Nakaka-depress lang. Masyado akong nakaka-relate ngayon sa book of Ecclesiastes sa Bible. Try niyo basahin, maikli lang naman eh. May crisis din ang philosopher na siyang sumulat nun. Parang "black sheep" ang Ecclesiastes, the only book in the Bible to tell you that "Life is useless".


Hay, nakakainis ang quarter life crisis na to!

[jayemcee]

Sa tingin ko "confusion of identity" pretty much sums up everything. like me, i'm already 23 but i'm still confused as to who i am and what i really want (parang teenager diba? hehe kakahiya). Everything else follows na, all the insecurities and frustrations: sa job, sa relationships, most especially sa future. Minsan nga nakatunganga lang ako, tapos bigla ko lang maiisip "Where do i go from here?" Nakaka-depress lang. Masyado akong nakaka-relate ngayon sa book of Ecclesiastes sa Bible. Try niyo basahin, maikli lang naman eh. May crisis din ang philosopher na siyang sumulat nun. Parang "black sheep" ang Ecclesiastes, the only book in the Bible to tell you that "Life is useless".


Hay, nakakainis ang quarter life crisis na to!

In the book of Ecclesiastes there is this quote that i always treasure.

"Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do and follow your hearts desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.

Don't let anything worry you or cause you pain. You aren't going to be young very long." Ec 11:9-10

Unfortunately I was not able to put it into practice. I'm in my late 20's but I still can't find myself being happy.

[enchante]

I'm turning 27 next month and I Think I'm experiencing this kind of emotional crisis, which affects young people ages 21-30. According to Wikipedia, characteristics of quarter-life crisis may include:

* 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, unanticipatedly high cost of living, etc.)
* loneliness
* desire to have children
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you

Anyone from PEx who experience the same thing?

i just created the same exact thread yesterday. atleast now, i know im not alone.

[wirehead]

uy, swak sa kin lahat ng nakalista dito a!

mula nung nagwork ako may quarterlife crisis na ko, di pa rin nareresolve hanggang ngayon

[anne_373]

I'm turning 27 next month and I Think I'm experiencing this kind of emotional crisis, which affects young people ages 21-30. According to Wikipedia, characteristics of quarter-life crisis may include:

* 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, unanticipatedly high cost of living, etc.)
* loneliness
* desire to have children
* a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you

Anyone from PEx who experience the same thing?

ouch! i thought im just having my advance midlife crisis.
so theres such thing as quarter life crisis.
i really dont know whats with me. it started last april, broke up with a so-so guy, felt burn out with everything. from family, work (thats why i resigned 1st week of aug), and still dealing with it now. im locking myself im my 4 cornered room. i got friends. lots of them but im just so tired. theres no motivation to go on.. feel empty. dang!!!!! i just cant get over it!!!

[enchante]

ouch! i thought im just having my advance midlife crisis.
so theres such thing as quarter life crisis.
i really dont know whats with me. it started last april, broke up with a so-so guy, felt burn out with everything. from family, work (thats why i resigned 1st week of aug), and still dealing with it now. im locking myself im my 4 cornered room. i got friends. lots of them but im just so tired. theres no motivation to go on.. feel empty. dang!!!!! i just cant get over it!!!

we''ll all get there..

[enchante]

...wherever that there is.

[dphx]

Sa tingin ko "confusion of identity" pretty much sums up everything. like me, i'm already 23 but i'm still confused as to who i am and what i really want (parang teenager diba? hehe kakahiya). Everything else follows na, all the insecurities and frustrations: sa job, sa relationships, most especially sa future. Minsan nga nakatunganga lang ako, tapos bigla ko lang maiisip "Where do i go from here?"

Bulls' eye on that one!

I'm already 28 years old and I think my life can be much (much!) better. I'm in a line of work that I'm not sure I like. I'm staying because I need the job and the little perks that come with it. Waking up every morning and getting to work is simply hell. There are times I feel paralyzed by lingering questions such as "Why am I here?" and "What job will make me want to look forward to each day?". I easily get irritated with work-related things (which of course translates to "I hate this job!").