For Those Who Feel Lost In Life

[ediwaw]

Mom! The depressed stick guy is making me have an existential crisis again

[jeehhtk]

That sea analogy perfectly explained what I felt at age 20. Literally paralyzed by choice and fear of failure.

[hendelcyp]

I am 20. I wish someone warned me. That's all. Like a small warning, maybe in the mail or something.

[ReynaSingh]

There is too much pressure on young people to decide who they want to be. It’s ok to change your mind over and over again until you’re satisfied with who you are. we need allow people the freedom to express themselves authentically.

[MrKajithecat]

Also remember, this isn't a thing that just happens in your 20's. I didn't really grasp my wrestling of identity until I was 30. Through my 20's I lived it up with travel, relationships, parties and new experiences. When I hit 30 I had the hard realization that I need to find actual meaning and a path, something I didn't think too much about before. Now I'm in school pursuing something I really want.

[liamer]

I feel just as lost as I did before I watched this video, but now I don't feel as bad for feeling lost. Thank you

[chiggayears]

Yes, ridge wallet in philosophy. But iam diogenes, and i don't have money

[oussemabecha]

"Tired and hopeless at age twenty-five, he said he was treading water to stay alive" Bro why you have to come at me like that?

[alternativefacts]

I do things for no reason. I live for no reason, I experience for no reason, and Ill die with a smile on my face knowing there was no point to any of this. The only thing keeping me from roping is the fact that there is no point in doing that either.

[MYwinters]

"Waiting for someone or something to show you the way "

[MichaelTurner]

This got me hyped up for a day of school for some reason I'm on the bus rn so thanks

[gauravbhalerao]

Oh man, this hits so hard. I have been struggling with an identity crisis (the moratorium stage) lately and this was exactly what I wanted to hear. I never had much trouble with the first two stages that you've explained but the moratorium stage is just the worst. The depression and anxiety on top of the existential crisis are altogether too much to handle. The desire to find the ideal path, the key to happiness, the one thing that can keep me content all my life just makes it all the more stressful.
The worst part of it all is it's happening, and YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT. Recognizing what is causing this dread (or any other in any part of your life) is one of the hardest things. Knowing what is wrong genuinely helps people tackle it better.
Also, negative identity is something that I genuinely think is the problem with everyone these days. The absolute will to rebel against anything you're being told without rationally thinking about it is just too strong with our generation.

Thanks, Sisyphus for another great video.

[dukeofanchor]

Remind me in 10 years to come back to this video so I can see where I am in life. I’m 18 now on my first semester of university.

Edit: Thanks for all the encouragement! I'm majoring in biology btw

[KiltLeo]

"Do you wanna fall in love?"

I wish someone would ask me that.

[Brandon_Brando]

"Your life is your life know it while you have it" Charles Bukowski

[Kevin-yoqk]

As someone who turned 20 this year and is definitely pretty lost right now in life the thing i've resulted to doing is just going with my gut feeling. There has been multiple times in life where I didn't go with my gut feeling and it ended up burning me in the end. Also if I go with my gut feeling and it doesn't end up working out I can atleast say I genuinely thought I was making the right decision and not have to live with much regret because of this.

[minarahman]

I'm going through an identity crisis :( stuck in the dilemma of what career to pick. I don't know my strengths and weaknesses. Wrong. I _do_ know my strengths and weaknesses. I just want to believe that I'll get over my weaknesses when probably I'm just in denial. I wish I knew what the right thing to do is. :(

[zj]

i’m watching this during my first semester of uni and it’s like 4 in the morning and i’ve been going through the worst identity crisis and i can’t shake off this awful feeling that something is wrong. i feel as though i’ve just woken up suddenly in a desert in the middle of nowhere. there’s no water or civilisation in sight and i don’t know how i got here and i don’t know how to leave and i keep pinching myself to wake up from this dream but now my arm is just covered in bruises and i’m stuck. i’m stuck. i hardly remember i exist.

[raghavapoojari]

i feel reading alot of books gives us insight into lives of different people and that seems to help me in my own identity crisis. its a very easy way to explore other alternatives

[chlooeydeschanel]

I’m 22 next month. I was just having a week of breakdowns but watching this and finding that I’m just having an identity crisis, am in my moratorium, has really helped me. Sure my entire world view has been shaken to the core, but finally putting a label to it is a huge load off my chest. And now I know why I feel like I’m falling apart and what I need to do.
This came at the perfect time. Thank you