hafsahazzahra09Quarter life crisis or the 20s is the starting age for the gate of maturity. When entering this age, various thoughts and worries begin to emerge.
Starting from career, work, to romance. It's not even rare, someone becomes easier to overthink at this age.
Especially when you start comparing yourself to others. Feelings of inferiority and discouragement, it is undeniable that they will definitely come to mind.
Here are some phenomena that often occur during a quarter life crisis.
1. Anxiety Also Attacks Teenagers
Over time, this concern is not only felt by those in their 20s.
Even younger, even some teenagers in high school are starting to worry a lot about their lives in the future.
Especially at this time there are still many teenagers who do not have the opportunity to receive education at a higher level. After school, they are forced to earn money and struggle with many problems at work.
Everyone does have their own process and wheel of time. Not everyone is lucky and has the opportunity to succeed at a young age. Not everyone who is successful at a young age will also be successful in the future.
Teenagers with this anxiety often forget that the wheels of life will turn. At a very young age, of course they still have plenty of time to continue to pursue success.
Stop comparing yourself to others can be one solution to suppress anxiety. Besides that, comparing yourself will only make you feel tired.
2. Psychic Fatigue
Did you know that psychological fatigue is much more dangerous than physical fatigue? If this continues to be allowed, it is possible that someone will get worse. If so, he will be increasingly left behind and have difficulty catching up.
Social media is often the main source of poison in one's soul. Seeing posts from peers who have visited lots of new places you've never been to, of course, will make you feel like you want to feel the same way.
Seeing the many experiences, achievements, and relationships that your peers, even your underclassmen at school, often makes you shrink even more.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with isolating yourself from social media for a while.
3. Need Time for Yourself
Too much exposure to social media will indeed affect a person's psychology. Thus, space and time not to continue to see other people's lives are indispensable.
Be patient. Calm. Your time is not only today. There's still tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and other times.
Later when the time comes, you will also be able to feel the same way as your other friends. Maybe not exactly the same. It may be different, but with the same meaning and lesson. Don't overburden yourself.
You don't have to achieve everything now, in your 20s. Don't be too hard on yourself.
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