Know anyone that fits this description?
A recent survey by LinkedIn of 2,000 people that were aged from 25-33 has revealed that 72% of those surveyed had experienced a so-called “quarter-life crisis.”
What does this involve?
Well, it’s categorised by people seriously questioning their career path and life choices. Granted, these doubts still remain with most adults that are older than 33, but there are contributing factors that make this “crisis” more prevalent among younger people.
According to the survey, the “post-recession job market” combined with “sky-high rents and a seemingly impenetrable property market” has led British people that are between 25-33 to experience a state of crisis.
In fact, this survey showed that this sense of panic and crisis is at its worst when somebody is 26-years-old — and it usually lasts for 11 months.
The main factors contributing to the crisis were pressures to get on the property ladder (57%) and finding a career you’re passionate about (57%). From those researched, the pressure to find love only registered 46%.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Alex Fowke describes the quarter-life crisis as “a period of insecurity, doubt and disappointment surrounding your career, relationships and financial situation. This can stem from a period of life following the major changes of adolescence, when a person starts to doubt their own lives and begins to face the extent of the stresses associated with becoming an adult,” he said.”
