Just How Normal Is It?

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Permalink Reply by Ada I on February 6, 2011 at 5:18pm

I was 21 when it started. (Oh that horrifying last year of college when you realize you're going to be an adult forever!) I feel like the crisis has subsided a little bit, but definitely sometimes feel like this life is just going to be one big crisis. Yikes!

Permalink Reply by Lauren Alise Schultz on February 6, 2011 at 7:24pm

I'm not sure which is worse -- if you can see it coming and suffer through the agony of watching it approach, or if it totally blindsides you!

Permalink Reply by Caity on March 7, 2011 at 5:16pm

I heard that our generation is the generation of the quarterlife crises. So it's normal. I've been going through it since I was 18. And still going strong. Maybe stronger by the day.

 

I heard it's because we grew up with promises and feelings of entitlement from our baby boomer parents who lived the american dream and passed it on to us, making us believe that we deserved it naturally "you can do it, you can be whatever you want" but in reality- in the real world- there aren't participation ribbons given out to the losers of life.

 

http://www.caityslosingit.blogspot.com/

Permalink Reply by Cary B. on March 20, 2012 at 6:02pm

I recently turned 22 and I've had quite a few ups and downs within the last few months, which is totally unlike me (just having the blahs, that is).

I mean, I had basically a breakdown over quite a few things just simply adding up, so I sought on-campus counseling; on the upside, I have an incredibly supportive boyfriend (which I never saw on my horizon, and I wouldn't change that for the world now). And just in general, being excited/incredibly nervous about an upcoming grad school interview. Do I know what I want out of life? Yes... but also, no. It's scary.

http://rymeswithpurple.blogspot.com/

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