TORSCHLUSSPANIK
- (n) fear that time is running out to achieve life goals. Literally gate shutting panic.
This word intrigues me because I feel as if me and many others have felt this way before. After college, many kids will come out and not be able to find a job right away. Therefore, they may experience this type of feeling. Personally, I feel this feeling often because I just want to achieve so much in life, and my dreams are so massive, that sometimes I feel as if life is too short to achieve them. Sometimes I get anxiety thinking about it because I know that I only have one life, and what scares me the most is having regret when I'm lying on my deathbed. I don't want to be faced with the thoughts of 'I should have done this,' or 'I could have done that.' Thus I feel as if it is an obligation of mine to fulfill my dreams before I die or else I would have to face my worst fear.
Aside from all of that, I feel as if I have a mindset like 'I need to be successful now,' or 'I better be a millionaire by the time that I'm 22,' but the cold truth is that sometimes things don't happen that quickly. Thus I need to work on my patience because I've literally given myself a deadline of 22 years old to achieve my dreams, but the reality of the fact is that I have a lot more time. So I need to stop thinking that and being scared that I won't meet the due date of being a successful person.
Sentence: At night I commonly have torschlusspanik.
I could incorporate this word in my everyday vocabulary when I'm talking to myself and telling myself what NOT to do.
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