Mid-life crisis at 18?

[zuhane]

I don't know about anyone else, but I actually feel like I'm having a mid-life crisis... at 18. I feel like I don't
know where my education's pointing me. I don't really see the point in like doing... anything. I mean, what IS
the point in the human species? What is the meaning of life? I feel distant from everyone and just wonder
where my incentive is to work so hard all the time and try and achieve the highest goals. It's not really getting
me anywhere. I want to know if it's just me. I'm not an emo by any means. Heck, I'm not even remotely
moshery or goth-esque, but I feel so... distant and weird. Any other teenagers/young adults experienced this before?

[Grandy]

It's angst.

Don't worry, it'll go away soon.

[Dragonium]

You're probably just burned out from education. It happens. Soldier on, things get better.

[zuhane]

God, I really hope so.

[X_marks_the_ed]

I felt that way all of last year, until I realized that life really is what you want to make of it. I noticed that I never wanted the fancy gadgets and attention everyone else had, instead, I discovered that I would be most happily living in a small home and growing some small roots with my community.

Do what makes you happy, not what will secure you for the future, because the future is uncertain. Just try to enjoy life right now, and try not to worry about where you are going. You will get there. There is no rush.

[Dragonium]

Hakuna Matata. Listen to that song nonstop for a few hours, and anything that might be wrong on your life will be better.

Even better, watch Epic Box for a few hours then go outside and do something indescribably epic like pushing a cow over.

Epic in the conventional sense. Not the LOLOLOL EPIC WIN 4chan sense.

[Archem]

You should kill yourself. It's not like things are gonna get better from here.

*digs around for antidepressants*

[Uberpwn_w00t]

Oh, is that what a mid-life crisis is? I have one of those at least once every two months. And I'm fourteen.

[Angel Walter]

Meh, it's no biggy... I'm 15 and I go through periods that are exactly the same. I think Epic Box probably does the trick though!

[Shady Ultima]

Heh, no, that's not a midlife crisis.

When you quit your 200k/year job, buy a motorcycle and travel to vegas... and lose everything... that's a midlife crisis.

[Zerlina]

That's not a midlife crisis- that's a normal "Holy **** I'm not a kid anymore- what am I going to do with my life?" phase

[fruckert]

I've felt like this since I was 12.
Don't worry, I assume it'll stop when you actually start doing something.

[Archem]

That's not a midlife crisis- that's a normal "Holy **** I'm not a kid anymore- what am I going to do with my life?" phase

This.

I gave up, and now I'm a useless waste of human life.

Great existence I'm leading, huh?

[SaiKar]

I don't know about anyone else, but I actually feel like I'm having a mid-life crisis... at 18. I feel like I don't
know where my education's pointing me. I don't really see the point in like doing... anything.  (etc etc)

Normally people figure this out on their own, but it usually takes a lot of angst and emoness, so I don't feel to bad spoiling the big secret for you:

Nobody really knows what they want to do with their life. Not at 30, not at 75, and sure not at 18.

The whole thought that you could choose what to do with your life at 18 is moronic. You don't know what you want to do because you haven't really done much other than school. Expecting you, or anyone, to pay huge amounts of money to a college to train you for one specific job when you don't know jack or squat about ANY job is pure BS. Everyone is pressured towards nothing but pure perfection and greatness and nobody feels they can live up to it. The transition between childhood and adulthood is an abrupt and jarring ending.

I didn't know what I want to do at 18. I fumbled around for a bit, changed majors a couple times, racked up a lot of debt, and eventually graduated. I'm 26 and I have a job I like and I'm STILL not sure it was a good move. Everyone goes through that. It's normal.

Being an adult isn't so bad because, even if you're not sure that you want to do what you're doing for the rest of your life, at least you're out in the world doing something. The decisions seem a lot more real when it's you making all of them. It's a difficult thing to describe to someone who hasn't experienced it.

[Prpl_Mage]

What people before said.

At the midlife crisis you will realize that your life is over soon and you have no idea what went wrong. What happened to your dreams, that job you wanted, those girls you wanted, those 4 kids and the brown puppy.
Basically it's a - "****, where is my life headed? Why did I chose this path?"

What you're having is "****, what should I do with my life? What path will I choose" You're not even close to midlife unless you're planning on dying at the age of 36. And that's when you should have kids or something.