An existential crisis is a moment at which an individual questions the very foundations of their life: whether this life has any meaning, purpose, or value. This issue of the meaning and purpose of existence is the topic of the philosophical school of existentialism.
Description
An existential crisis may result from, be a misdiagnosis of, or be comorbid with:
Shattering of one's sense of reality, or how the world is;
An extremely pleasurable or hurtful experience that leaves one seeking meaning;
An existential crisis is often provoked by a significant event in the person's life — psychological trauma, marriage, separation, major loss, the death of a loved one, a life-threatening experience, a new love partner, psychoactive drug use, adult children leaving home, reaching a personally significant age (turning 16, turning 40, etc.), etc. Usually, it provokes the sufferer's introspection about personal mortality, thus revealing the psychological repression of said awareness.
Verse 1: You feel like you'll never break free and you're a prisoner of me I keep you away from the life that you want Verse 2: It's scary to think about it The murder you want to commit could go undetected if I don't tell no one Lead In 1: The ceiling is falling down on me I keep one eye open, open when I sleep Chorus: The bed is cold and I've known it for a long time It's getting old, The bed is cold The bed is cold and I've known it for a long time The truth be told, The bed is cold Verse 3: I wake with a chill each morning Has nobody seen the warning Or are these delusions imaginary Verse 4: The lock that I found on the storm door A silhouette the moves across the floor My every suspicion corrupts my sanity Lead In: Four walls are closing in on me The air is freezing thirty two degrees (Repeat Chorus) Bridge: Though I have been looking for it everywhere The feeling is gone but there's a ghost of me there
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