An existential crisis can occur at any of the periods of our life, especially if this period is associated with some kind of strong emotional shock and the loss of the usual values and meanings that a person previously lived with.
During this period, a person begins to ask questions of a deep existential nature: "What is the meaning of my life?", "How did this world appear?", "Does God the creator exist?", "Is there life after death?" And since it is hardly possible to find an unambiguous and satisfying answer to such philosophical questions, a crisis sets in, in which a person experiences anxiety and psychological discomfort, and in more advanced cases, even depression.
You are in an existential crisis if you:
- realize that your life has no meaning
- reflect on your own mortality, afterlife, and these thoughts haunt you
- feel isolated and lonely
- you have: disorientation, anxiety, depression, aggression, mood swings,
- observe changes in interaction with society, in professional activity, in the motivational sphere
Once in this state, some people begin to look for answers in religious books and on the Internet, especially desperate and vulnerable people can get into a sect or an anti-social group. But such a path is doomed to destructive consequences, in order to get out of the crisis with a new, constructive position towards yourself and the world around you, you need to know some effective principles for overcoming it:
- Watch your thoughts, do not let them take possession of you, over and over again cause feelings of anxiety and anxiety. As soon as you notice that this has happened - get distracted, direct all your attention and energy to some activity. Ideally, find an activity that will enthrall you so much that all negative energy, by the type of sublimation, will be redirected to the form of activity that you are passionate about.
- Think about the positive side of the crisis, about the emergence of qualitatively new changes that make up the meaning of each critical period. It is he who can lead to the transformation of the psyche and consciousness of the order that is evolutionarily necessary for a person.
- In conclusion, for a successful and irrevocable way out of the existential crisis, it is necessary to resolve all the questions that concern you. Deeply within yourself, understand that later, spending your life on such reflections, which only cause anxiety, and unambiguous answers to which you can hardly find, you are missing the moment of a full-fledged living in the present.
