quarterlife crisis

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quarterlife crisis

n
(Psychology) a crisis that may be experienced in one's twenties, involving anxiety over the direction and quality of one's life
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Amanda's music is inspired by her own experiences in life, including a Lifetime-movie-level quarter-life crisis that included a destructive relationship where she couldn't even sing in her own home.
Crystal is having a quarter-life crisis. Her fiancA[c] called for a time out.
THE SUBJECT OF AGE "I feel like I'm at an age where it's the quarter-life crisis club - it's this new term everyone's using.
She said: "I feel like I'm at an age where it's the quarter-life crisis club.
"I feel like I'm at an age where the quarter-life crisis club.
Welcome to the quarter-life crisis. If you find yourself questioning your career choices, are confused, and can feel the weight of the world crushing your shoulders, then you're in one.
But despite the bleak subject matter of Ann Beattie's latest novel, A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, Ben's adolescent angst and ensuing quarter-life crisis is riven with hope and humor.
He shared to a fan experiencing quarter-life crisis that, 'even if I have been acting for 23 years, I still have concerns.
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