Written by Lisandra

 Now I lay me down to sleep And the overthinking starts to creep in, and my thoughts become rapid, rabid, and ravenous in tandem, on tangents, Soon I find myself becoming conversational Talking to myself in a soothing manner Like a mother to a child I imagine a second me laying on the pillow beside me Eye to eye Face to face Talking And if we talk long enough I find I am pleasantly surprised by her company And I think how nice it would be if she were still there in the morning.

Abstract Existential anxiety, though it has varying definitions, exists as an inner conflict within an individual due to a perceived lack of  sense of self and identity, the presence of a feeling of emptiness, and the absence of meaning or purpose to one’s life (Berman et al., 2006; Tan et al., 2017; Schnell et al., 2018; Brassai et al., 2012).  Existential anxiety has been widely studied in literature and in the context of adults for decades, as existential concerns are a normative experience of being human and remain relevant core issues throughout life.  However, anxieties induced by existentialism are becoming alarmingly more prevalent within adolescent groups such as teenagers.  This has prompted more modern research to concentrate on the possible detrimental impacts that existential anxiety imposes on adolescent mental health and wellbeing.  This paper focuses on the findings of four different research articles relating to existential anxiety and crisis,...