I’m turning 24 in a couple of days. I have a feeling I’m undergoing QLC. A Wikipedia search defines this as having the following characteristics:
- feeling “not good enough” because one can’t find a job that is at his/her 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 regarding present accomplishments
- re-evaluation of close interpersonal relationships
- disappointment with one’s job
- nostalgia for university or college life
- tendency to hold stronger opinions
- boredom with social interactions
- financially-rooted stress
- loneliness
- desire to have children
- a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you
Some of these certainly apply to me. If so, how do I get out of this crisis?
