9 Signs That You Are Having A Quarter-Life Crisis

If you are in your mid-20s to early 30s and you are always feeling stressed then it could be possible that you are going through a quarter-life crisis. A quarter-life crisis can be depressing as hell or make you feel just plain numb. The main causes of the quarter-life crisis are career or relationships or financial condition.

If you don’t know what quarter-life crisis is then please read our article “Understanding What Quarter-Life Crisis Really is, tackling it“.

Here are the signs, If you are having a quarter- life crisis.

1. You Feel Unmotivated Everyday

We all feel unmotivated at some point in our life. So Sometimes It is exceptional. We all can feel unmotivated for one or two days for any reason. But when you wake up every day and keep feeling unmotivated for longer periods of time. Then it could be possible that you are in a quarter-life crisis.

If You feel unmotivated, uninspired, unfulfilled and this will goes longer than weeks or months. Then it is a clear sign that you are going through a quarter-life crisis.

2. You Are Feeling Running Away From Something

It is also a sign if you have a feeling of running away. You can be in a college or job and you are trying to escape from your work by playing video games or watching Netflix etc. It is not as simple as it looks. Everyone plays video-games and watching Netflix. But the case is that if you are doing it to escape from your work.

When you are watching Netflix or playing video games and always you have a feeling that you are running away from something. Whenever you playing your video games. There’s something bugging you from inside or you can say there’s an inner feeling that you are running away. Then that is the clear sign that you are in a quarter-life crisis.

3. Always Feeling Frustrated

If you are not satisfied with your life and always feel unfulfilled. You have a feeling that you are trapped in this situation and you’ll never get out of it.

So basically what you do? you loose to circumstances of your current life and become frustrated and not being able to figure out the answers to the above. Then it is a clear sign that you are going through a quarter-life crisis.

4. Feeling Trapped 

If you are always confused and can’t satisfy with your current situation. You are looking for options outside for your career or something like I should study this or that and that making you feel frustrated about your current situation. You see too many options and because of that, you got into a dilemma. All these things occur because of your inability to commit.

The people who really are in a quarter-life crisis. They don’t really know. Who they are? And they don’t really know. What they value the most? Also, they are afraid to make a decision. Basically you feel like trapped and It is a clear sign that you are in a quarter-life crisis.

5. Feeling Bored All The Time

People will tell you, We are all bored once in a while there’s nothing special in it. But look around you there are so many things to do. there are so many things to explore and so many adventures to go on then how can someone bored in his life, and you’re telling me that boredom is normal. I don’t think so. Maybe you are in emotional numbness.

Boredom is basically mean that you are not living at your full potential. You are not challenging yourself or pushing yourself to the new height. You are not living up to your life purpose. Then it is a clear sign that you are in a quarter-life crisis.

6. You Indulge In Unhealthy Habits

Maybe you don’t have a direction for your life. You feel lonely and don’t know. what the hell is going with your life right now?

Maybe you became fat by eating junk food and you let yourself go. you stopped caring about looking good anymore. You stopped caring about working in yourself. Maybe you started smoking and drinking every day. Now you are indulged with unhealthy habits cause you don’t care anymore about yourself. It is all because you are going through a quarter-life crisis.

7. Always Comparing Yourself To Others

Another one of the major signs of a quarter-life crisis is constantly comparing. You are always comparing yourself to others and ended up feeling low about yourself. Constant comparing is the major sign of a quarter-life crisis.

8. Always Feel Like, You Are Surrounded by Sadness

You feel like you have an emotional sad aura that you carry with you all the time. Which is only broken, When you meet other friends. Who’s going through the same thing and you can bond over the shared unhappiness over a glass of beer.

9. Reading Article or Watching Videos About It

It is also a sign that you are in a quarter-life crisis. Maybe you felt weird but If you are reading this now then there is a higher chance that you are going through a quarter-life crisis.

Because watching videos or reading articles about the quarter-life crisis gives you mental hope and purpose. You thought this article can help you but It makes you lazy. You are only consuming information that makes you feel good if you can’t apply in real life.