existential crisis
Existential Crisis
An existential crisis can be a harrowing, chastening experience. How can one handle these crises? Here are some tips and advice...
- Accept that the crisis is not inherently bad. If analyzed carefully, it can help you question and redirect your life, and the way you live it. Be optimistic about it, and take valuable lessons as they come. Remember, being unhappy and pessimistic about life is not a healthy state of existence. It is not always possible to remain happy but at least we can try.
- Take a counseling therapy or talk to your elders. They have lived a life far longer than yours. Seek help; it is always there.
- Try to learn from life. If a bad experience made you pessimistic, think of 10 other positive experiences you had! That's the way to look at life! To state it precisely, count your blessings, and be thankful.
- Learn to see the funny side of life. Being too serious isn't going to help you. Philosophers have made life very serious, but all of them agreed that humor must play a large role in life.
- Some questions require a long time to be answered properly. Open your mind, live life and try to learn from it. Don't stay stuck on questions that block the flow of life.
- If you've been unhappy, try to feel the love surrounding you.
- There's no ultimate answer to life. It is mysterious, and as you go on, it unravels its mysteries. Live them, experience them!
- Existentialism, in its essence, is nothing but our ability to create and shape our life. It is a more realistic approach to life than merely being a puppet in the hands of an ulterior power.