Refers to the sense of panic that occasionally surfaces in adolescents as a result of the feeling of not having done enough, whether it is regarding their academic or social
life. Typically experienced around the ages of
15 to 16. Or, alternatively, could also refer to a feeling of worthlessness experienced around this
age, but is not necessarily the result of depression.
Many teenagers experience a
mid-teens crisis the summer before the eleventh grade as the
reality of
high-school graduation and preparation dawns on them.