A period in which you contemplate the meaning of life, your purpose in life, the inevitability of death, etc.

This can last from a few minutes up to a month. Best done lying on your tummy face down on a flat surface (usually the ground) with hands by sides. Can occur at any time during the day.

Most commonly occurs among people in their 20s as they have just become free and are living their own lives and making decisions which will impact them in the long run.
Made popular by Dan Howell (danisnotonfire)
Existential Crisis 1: *lying on the floor at the bottom of the stairs* "Life is so pointless. I work so hard to further my career and have a life when really it'll all be worth nothing because I'll just die. Is this really what I want to be doing?"

Existential Crisis 2: "Making some cereal.... Why do I exist? Life is pointless."
by kridjiti November 27, 2016
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Existential crisis in the works:
Dan: Making some cereal......why do I exist? Life is pointless....
Dan: Time to make a video! So fun! .....One day I and everyone I love will be dead. We're so alone in the universe
by dungman October 14, 2013
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"My youth is slipping away as time slips like a torrenting waterfall through my fingers towards inevitable death" -
Danisnotonfire who casually finds himself questioning the meaning of life in the hallway and/or staircase.
"He found himself having another existential crisis after questioning the meaning of his pointless life."
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A deep, obsessive concern with unanswered questions about the meaning of life and existence, resulting in the disruption of one's daily life and characterized by long or short-lasting bouts of apathy and depression.
"Dude, what's up with Steve?"
"He's been reading a lot of Nietzsche and watching How the Universe Works on the Discovery Channel, now he's having an existential crisis."
by Jimmy Banks November 25, 2012
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It's when you begin to question meaning of life; meaning of your existence
I'm having an existential crisis; Everyone I know is going to die....I'm so alone in the world.
by Amy Blaze February 14, 2015
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Grandma did not come from upstairs this morning, she is taking an existential nap or Timmy's dog can't fetch the ball because it's taking an existential nap on the farm
by ramphilosophers December 06, 2017
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Realizing that life is meaningless, worthless, or at best, a shit sandwich.
With the Grexit looming Christine is having an existential crisis. Being a disingenuous creep, and not wanting to face the possibility that she is simply just a highly paid shit supplier to the world shit sandwich market, Christine does not opt to reform the accumulated rot of the IMF but opts instead to blame Greece.
by WeDontCall911 June 20, 2015
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