Millennials: In search of the quarter life crisis

Millennials: In search of the quarter life crisis - BBC World Service

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Are millennials across the world being hit by a mid-20s crisis?
We’re told that our twenties are a time when we’re meant to be finding ourselves, having fun, living our best lives and making the most of our freedom before settling down. But are the twenties really like this for millennials around the world? Share you thoughts in the comments below 👇
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You might have heard of the midlife crisis, said to hit anywhere between a person’s forties. But in this video, we’re trying to find out whether there’s such a thing as a quarter-life crisis.
Katerina Venediktova, BBC Russian Moscow based producer, speaks to young people in Cairo, New-York, London and Moscow about their experiences and the pressures they say led them to face the crisis.
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@brittanymarriott6890 3 жыл бұрын

This video was ultra genuine/realistic, and I am struggling with what I have to probably just finally label as a quarter life crisis. Thank you BBC !!!!!

@cynthiadsilva9597 2 жыл бұрын

Hey BRITTANY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? ID LOVE AN UPDATE

@TaherNagati 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Katerina, ive been looking on youtube and only found mid life crisis videos. Im so glad i found a quarter life crisis video as it's obviously much more important. AND the video is so detailed and high quality, also amazing questions.. im so thankful for this, i wish you a good day. Do you have any other videos?

@rusherka97 Жыл бұрын

I'm 25 right now and turning 26 in May, my life is a mess but it's good to know we are all in this shit together no matter where we come from 😂

@rebeccagutierrez8170 Жыл бұрын

The wealthy have us all on survival mode with the prices set too high to get ahead for a normal life. Most people "making it" are the ones with generational wealth. When your parents and grandparents were your age a home 2 cars and a normal family life was attainable. We need to eat the rich the 1% hold most of the wealth in the world it is their greed robbing youngsters dreams. They are draining 99% of us. It isn't your fault.

@tobe3940 11 ай бұрын

But that does make us as a generation weaker and even the next generations weaker too as we're the parents of the next generations such as the generation Z.

@maddleinesim9384 2 жыл бұрын

I really love the video! The quality, representatives from so many countries and overall the format is just great

@BBCWorldService 4 жыл бұрын

Check out our video map with time codes to help you navigate through it: 05’10: ‘I have so much more potential’. Talking about building and shifting careers; 07’14: ‘Problematic’. On complicated relations with money. 09’56 ‘I betrayed my family’. What are relations with parents like now? 14’13 ‘ This kids talk does scare me’. How to build your own family? 17’48 ‘We are not using social media very well’. On navigating social media landscape. 21’40 ‘I think I would not be here, if I did not go to therapy’. How to deal with mental health pressures. 24’16 ‘Yes, we are more entitled’. Dealing with criticism, fair and unfair.

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@andybud3885 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks 👍🏻

@Infinitynow696 2 ай бұрын

Im a Gen X. The fact that you started with you thought you’d have your life together at 25 is where the problem starts. When i was 25 i had no idea what to do and just kept plugging at the opportunities that came my way. Building a life is one step at a time. Don’t be attached to expectations of others. You are not your job or your boyfriend or your marriage. Gosh 25 is so young to be unhappy! Want less do more… and just live and experience!

@OlesSavluk 3 жыл бұрын

Time codes to help you navigate through it: 05:10 I have so much more potential’. Talking about building and shifting careers; 07:14 Problematic’. On complicated relations with money. 09:56 I betrayed my family’. What are relations with parents like now? 14:13 This kids talk does scare me’. How to build your own family? 17:48 We are not using social media very well’. On navigating social media landscape. 21:40 I think I would not be here, if I did not go to therapy’. How to deal with mental health pressures. 24:16 Yes, we are more entitled’. Dealing with criticism, fair and unfair.

@tobe3940 11 ай бұрын

I thought Millennials were in this crisis only in my country that has been having its worst times ever since they were born but I'm surprised and kinda perplexed to see that the whole generation seems to be struggling worldwide! I knew the economic crisis was bad globally for us but to see other aspects of it ... baffling.

@tobe3940 11 ай бұрын

Actually most millennials are now into their 30s and fully in shock due to all the reasons you mentioned.

@MeganS1995 Жыл бұрын

Went through one of these a couple years ago at 25... though I prefer to call it a spiritual awakening or a personal revolution (a more secular approach), which sounds a lot more manageable than a crisis :P I think it comes from having a deeper glimpse into who've been at some point in our lives, perhaps after a bad relationship or job and then realizing that who we were doesn't match with who we want to be or our deeper values-- and maybe we question what we were taught by society or our caregivers. Perhaps it also comes from having high expectations of life, ourselves, or others (confronting how we compare ourselves to others) and getting more in touch with our needs, then facing the disappointment and discomfort from having these unmet. So we start exploring who we are, what we already have, and then confront who we were and integrate the two... Now that's a struggle!

@MeganS1995 Жыл бұрын

I liked the comment one of the last panelists made about how people view Millennials as soft regarding how we're over things like verbally abusive bosses. She links it to the label of "entitlement" that may be projected onto us but goes onto say how we're entitled to respect and for things to be different... That's progressive. We want to see changes in the world and I think knowing our boundaries there and speaking up for the greatest good (in this case) may sound entitled but it's a healthy thing to do. Carl Jung would say that the judgments people make of others reflects their inner world--perhaps verbal or emotional abuse would be normal to the people who criticize being soft or sensitive because they were taught that same thing early on. Break the cycles!