As we enter into our seventh month of the coronavirus pandemic with an endless cycle of bad news, many people are struggling to remain optimistic about where we are and where we’re headed.
So it’s no surprise that searches for existential crisis and existential despair have spiked in the last six months.
The term “existential crisis” is often thrown around flippantly and the fact that it’s not a condition that’s formally described in the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5, might lead people to believe it’s not a real thing.