existential crisis

noun

noun

Existentialism, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.

The existential crisis is, however, a crisis of our existence, our whole being. When we do find ourselves at that crossroad, everything we have and everything we are is on the scales.1963, “The Existential Crisis In Intensive Psychotherapy”, in Psychotherapy:

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